25
May
2010

Is the Wind Blowing?

A Tit for a Tat (140) Tit: A wind is blowing. Tat: Of course it is! Tit: Why must it…

25
May
2010

The Speciesist Few?

If a handful of people dislike those of another race and rant against their ways, this doesn’t mean that the…

24
May
2010

Liberation of Greed?

The Chinese man remarked that during the revolution, they used to eat pork only once a year. This he said,…

24
May
2010

Mindfulness Over Mala

Your mala is to facilitate the quality of your mindfulness. But the quality of your mala is not the quality…

24
May
2010

With Whatever Constraints We Have

An extended reply sent to someone who wishes to attend this course, but am unable to do it in full:…

24
May
2010

Perfectionism is No Fault?

It’s bizarre when some Buddhists see ethical perfectionism as a fault. It’s not that all are perfectionistic out of attachment…

24
May
2010

One-Tracked Mind

The waitress served the pie with an empty smaller plate for putting slices of it. I put it aside, as…

24
May
2010

What Reference Point?

A Tit for a Tat (139) Tit: How do you tell a clock is telling the right time? Tat: By…

24
May
2010

What Am I?

‘I’ am an experiment experimenting with this ‘I’. ‘I’ am change changing this ‘I’. ‘I’ am (r/d)evolution* evolving this ‘I’….

24
May
2010

Don’t Project Your Laziness

The notion of Buddhas retiring forever after manifesting parinirvana once is ridiculous as they have endless compassion. They are the…

24
May
2010

Why Be Good?

Four Reasons for Goodness Firstly, if there is afterlife, and if there’s karma, I’ll have a good rebirth as I…

24
May
2010

Ignorant of Ignorance

With the ever-expanding Internet, with its information up-and-overload, we have less and less reasons to be ignorant about stuff. But…

24
May
2010

Dogmatism in Design

When I was asked about what I thought of some text on a series of small pictures, I commented that…

24
May
2010

No Way to Compare

A Tit for a Tat (138) Tit: You should try the mock sashimi. Tat: Why? Tit: Because it tastes amazingly…

21
May
2010

Upset Being Upset

Lisa says an accidental haiku in the film ‘Little Buddha’: I’m just upset with myself being upset. Here is another…

18
May
2010

The Arbitrary Printer

A Tit for a Tat (137) Tit: Now that I don’t have a printer, I can’t print stuff any time,…

17
May
2010

But So What?

A single long strand of white hair sprouting from my left brow. Fascinating Mysterious Became a hot topic But so…

17
May
2010

Power(lessness) of Words

Word can be so powerful as the same ones can mean so much to different people. Word can be so…

17
May
2010

Ode to Iron Man

(The first verse is somewhat a haiku!) The most important parts of Iron Man are not made of iron –…

17
May
2010

Is Being Asleep Being Alive?

Would you rather sleep longer and live longer, due to having improved health, or sleep less and have more waking…