In ‘Valley of Flowers’, which might appear to be a Tibetan Buddhist movie at first, there is a scene of…
To her own surprise, a friend who broke up with someone about eight years ago felt that it was only…
The last bowing session in the Pureland retreat lasted the shortest as there was the least fret, as there is…
Turning these defenseless animals into egg-producing machines with no consideration for their welfare whatsoever is a degradation of our own…
A friend confessed that he believes in the Buddhist teachings, while believing there is a creator God (which clashes with…
A Tit for a Tat (165) Tit: Clean up the room now! Tat: Why? Tit: Because it’s messy! Tat: But…
But a monk wrote the article! But so what? A mistake is a mistake. Poor editors don’t go enough for…
A conversation via instant messaging… Wyi: http://www.veganburg.com Wya: Yup, I know about it, but I have not got time to visit…
A wonderful one-liner from ‘The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift’: ‘When you drift, you’re in control and out of…
Just because the lie-detector says you’re telling the truth doesn’t make what you tell the truth because you might have…
Question: If I have committed observe the Five Precepts but repeatedly break one of them despite having practised repentance, can…
Question: Though it is wrong to kill animals for meat, isn’t it the karma of these animals to be killed?…
Someone attending an interfaith event on violence emailed to as about the Buddhist perspective of the subject. This was my…
From Wikipedia: ‘Thundereggs are rough spheres, most about the size of a baseball – though they can range from less…
While chatting with friends on the ‘Agree to Disagree: Conversations on Conversion’ project (http://conversion.buddhists.sg) much earlier, I suggested doing something…
I make a long list of stuff to bring to India, before I departed. Don’t forget the toothbrush, the torch…
There is some confusion recently as to whether Pureland is only in the mind. The below will clarify this, and…
Death as release from suffering, as being for the better, is not always true. Death as entry into hell, as…
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