More than ten years ago, I visited Buddha Kasetra School (佛陀园地: http://www.buddhakasetra.org). Based at Chiang Mai in northern Thailand, Buddha…
I used to take western medicine in general when I got sick, before I became vegan. After I became vegan,…
A dialogue below, set in the medieval times, from the latest ‘Robin Hood’ movie, that reminds me of more than…
Question: Why do some say it is not advisable for the pregnant to visit wakes? Answer: This is probably in…
Below is a passage I helped to translate to Chinese for Buddhist Library’s newsletter: Brightly shining, luminous is this mind,…
Do social networking sites make us more or less true and open? Do they make us more ready to connect…
In the movie ‘(Avatar): The Last Airbender’, one of the baddies shouts to his henchmen who capture him, ‘Do not…
Again, yet another random lesson from Taiji class: Getting the perfect move and pose is difficult at first but you…
Yet another random lesson from Taiji class: Taiji is ultimately about fluid movement; not rigid postures, even as we learn…
Another random lesson from Taiji class: To master Taiji faster, forget all your preconceptions… and even doubts, and accept the…
A random lesson from Taiji class: Never straighten or bend your arm totally in defense. When you give leeway to…
Question: According to Buddhism, there are five cosmic orders or processes (niyamas) which operate in the universe as follows: 1….
Question: While the three spheres (of self, other and connecting action) are interdependent of each other, how does emptiness come…
If a ‘Buddhist’ teacher does evil, despite knowing it is evil, one probably does not really believe in karma. If…
There is what seems to be the eternal tension between the young and old. The young think the old are…
If forced bedside conversion to another religion is okay according to some, is it okay if someone else does the…
A Tit for a Tat (172) Tit: He secretly complained to me that she snores! Tat: Is it?! Tit: But…
A friend visited a monastery in China, and came across a monk who told her that a couplet at a…
A drop of water at the hot-and-cold water dispenser dripped on a finger. For a second, I couldn’t decide if…
A Tit for a Tat (171) Sequel to https://moonpointer.com/new/2010/10/do-you-wanna : Tit: I think you need to turn on the fan….
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