25
May
2011

The Okay Zinger

Says on the box, 100% Veg Crunchy Veg Zinger (Burger). A friend ate this in India. For once, I see…

24
May
2011

Sacrilege In Entertainment?

In the first ‘Gantz’ movie (see trailer below at around 46 seconds), a Vajrakumara (Dharma Protector guardian diety), a thousand…

24
May
2011

Unpriestly Priests

In the movie ‘Priest’, the heroes are the denounced priests who go against the church, despite the repressive ones in…

24
May
2011

A Grave Issue

Question: We went to exhume of one of our long-time ancestors’ graves for cremation and discovered some ornaments with the…

24
May
2011

Where for Dinner?

A Tit for a Tat (310) Tit: Where to for dinner? Tat: I dunno! Tit: Is it so hard to…

24
May
2011

Taste the Table?

A Tit for a Tat (309) Tit: Goodness! Why did you lick the table?! Tot: I just wanted to know…

24
May
2011

Extreme Humanity Among Extreme Inhumanity

Watching the TV version of ‘The Walking Dead’, I’m reminded again of why zombie flicks are important for humanity… really!…

20
May
2011

Shameless is Shameful

A Tit for a Tat (308) Tit: Language is tricky… Tat: For example? Tit: Shame is linked with blame, but…

20
May
2011

Animal-Friendly Celebration?

A Buddhist friend’s wedding invite read, ‘Dear friend, … please let us know if you have special dietary restrictions.’ The…

20
May
2011

Exceptional or Not?

A Tit for a Tat (307) Tit: Seems like every guy says he is exceptional. Tat: Except me! Tit: What…

20
May
2011

Karmic or Divine?

During a short talk I gave to some 800 students at Catholic Junior College to offer the Buddhist opinion on the…

20
May
2011

Bad Enough for Buddhism

‘Maybe I’m too bad to learn the Dharma!’ Nonsense! Everyone is bad or good enough to learn the Dharma. Besides,…

20
May
2011

Returning or Stealing?

Sequel to https://moonpointer.com/new/2011/03/accidental-thief : A Tit for a Tat (306) Tit: Look! My original shoes reappeared! Tat: How do you…

20
May
2011

Terror of Killing

On the death of Osama Bin Laden without trial, you can’t really kill terrorism – you have to transform terrorist…

20
May
2011

Nothing to Say?

A Tit for a Tat (305) Tit: Do you have nothing to say? Tat: (Shakes head)… Do you have nothing…

20
May
2011

Water Dripping

A Tit for a Tat (304) Tit: Is it raining or was that just water dripping? Tat: Rain is just…

20
May
2011

Statement on Buddhist Vegetarianism

A Buddhist organisation asked me to help write two short ‘politically correct’ statements on vegetarianism for a national documentary. This…

10
May
2011

My Virgin Vote

I know very little about politics but I know a good government should work for the people and not for…

09
May
2011

Best Of Both Worlds

He is a Buddhist, who wants the best of both worlds, as he struggles to be a worldly success, while…

09
May
2011

Wit & Wisdom

A Tit for a Tat (303) Tit: You need to be smart to be witty. Tat: Are you saying I’m…