26
Jul
2011

Becoming Horrible

Having read the first book of ‘American Vampire’ by Scott Synder, Rafael Albuquerque and Stephen King, I thought… The real…

26
Jul
2011

Always A Motive

From ‘Batman: Lovers and Madmen’ by Michael Green… Gordon: Damnest thing. Like there’s motive. Batman: There’s always a motive. What makes…

26
Jul
2011

The Unsheathed Sword

In ‘Saya (Scabbards’) by Stan Sakai (of Usagi Yojimbo), a folk singer is first heard singing, The rain will rust…

20
Jul
2011

True Meaning Of Freedom

In ‘Pride of Baghdad’ by Brian K. Vaughan and Nikko Henrichon, this posed question is central to the story –…

20
Jul
2011

Where Is ‘Buddha-ness’?

How do we recognise a Buddha image to be a Buddha image? Is it the twirls of hair? But where…

20
Jul
2011

Mere Mindfulness?

Was asked to circulate an event about mindfulness via the www.TheDailyEnlightenment.com newsletter. S: Hmmm… TDE publicises only Buddhism-related events. Mindfulness…

20
Jul
2011

Curse Of Eternal Recurrence?

Friedrich Nietzsche wrote… “What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your loneliest loneliness, and say,…

20
Jul
2011

Reborn Every Day

Day or Birthday or Rebirthday or Re-birthday or Rebirth-day or…

20
Jul
2011

Rebirthday

A Tit for a Tat (326) Tit: My handphone just broke down! Why does this have to happen on my…

20
Jul
2011

Smelly Skin Bag

Stonepeace said, ‘Beauty is only skin deep and the skin is not very deep.’ A Buddhist saying says, ‘This body…

20
Jul
2011

Teachings by His Eminence Drubwang Konchok Norbu Rinpoche

A friend is compiling teachings by Rinpoche for publication, and asked me to check the below, which I sent years…

19
Jul
2011

Bizarro’s Cartoon Vegan Video

19
Jul
2011

Constant With Constant

‎ S: Otto von Bismarck said, ‘When you say that you agree to a thing in principle, you mean that…

19
Jul
2011

New Star?

I saw at 4.24am a new blue star outside the window From where I lay on the bed. But of…

19
Jul
2011

Every Day With Birdie?

There is this part in ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’ that mentions Buddhism. Morrie: Everybody knows they’re going to die, but nobody…

19
Jul
2011

What If Plants Have ‘Souls’?

A vegetarian Buddhist friend said a Christian friend remarked that animals have no ‘souls’, that it is okay to eat…

19
Jul
2011

(Com)passion

J: 想做的事多了,但做好的事少了,有时觉得自己能办到的,但更多时候却是“有心无力”的状况… 该放下?还是持续?有时很迷惑,别说方向,连自己也找不到。怎么办呢?我相信其实每个人都有无穷待开发的力量,只是… 只是… 易发愿,却难持续,怎么办?:'( S: How about finding your passion, and focusing on it as much as you can?…

19
Jul
2011

Paradox of Shades

Shades can tint and impair your true vision. But… Shades can block excess light for better vision.

19
Jul
2011

Good Or Not?

Edmund Burke said, ‘All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.’ Methinks,…

13
Jul
2011

Interview with Shen Shi’an

This is a little dated, from November 2007, but am reposting here for linking in this same site to my…