Anjali! As our left and right brains represent our rational and emotional sides, when we place our palms together in…
If a pet has died, will you get a new pet? Will you relive the possible pain of departure again?…
Sometimes, a photograph as a self-portrait is the best representation of yourself. But this only represents how you see yourself….
It is a mystery to me, how he really looks like, for he looks so different in different pictures, and…
Which is the true face? The one beneath the hair? The one beneath the make-up? The one beneath the expression?…
A Tit for a Tat (330) Tit: I don’t associate with jerks! Tat: Am I a jerk? Tit: A jerk by…
Rāhul was raised by his mother and grandfather, King Suddhodana. When he was seven years old, the Buddha returned to…
I love how this piece of news is flipping perceptions around: http://independent.co.uk/news/science/candles-shine-new-light-on-diamonds-2339499.html Diamond dust forged in candle flames ‘Magical’ transmutation…
A very powerful speaker, with no wasted words. Just when you think he’s going overboard to get on your nerves,…
A Tit for a Tat (329) Tit: Sometimes, folks enter the lift with overpowering perfume. Tat: Hold your nose then….
Sunyata (Emptiness) = Anicca (Impermanence) + Anatta (Unsubstantiality; Non-self) Anicca refers to all physical and mental phenomena not being with…
This has been going around in email. But it’s good to share it here too: (The lines in blue are…
Advice for friend whose kids fight over toys: The trick is that when you buy a toy, even though only…
This is a chat on the article ‘Whose Buddhism is the Truest’ at http://www.tricycle.com/feature/whose-buddhism-truest : J: Who cares? These scholars are…
The Buddha once explained how the feelings we have can be classified in many ways, and how we can have…
Amazingly and appropriately, in body language, such a handshake, as you can see at http://youtube.com/watch?v=3M07B1Gr6jc is called a ‘cold fish…
A Tit for a Tat (328) Tit: Sometimes, I don’t wish to be in control. Tat: Not that you can…
Something funny I came across: ‘If you have a difficult choice to make, flip a coin. If you decide to…
A Tit for a Tat (327) Tit: Where can I get strong air freshener? Tat: The strongest would be fresh…
If Caesar* was ‘dumb’, he would be downtrodden, discriminated. If Caesar was ‘normal’, he would be neglected, discriminated. If Caesar…
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