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…

17
May
2010

How Do You Use the Net?

Give a fool access to the net, and he searches for nonsense. Give the wise access to the net, and…

17
May
2010

Why Get Peeved?

All instances of being peeved in the past came to pass. Phew! All instances of being peeved in the present…

17
May
2010

Double Insurance for the Truth

The teaching that ‘we should not simply adhere blindly to scriptures’ is itself in a scripture, in the Kalama Sutta….

17
May
2010

How the Quest for Truth Begins

If you are on a time-limited quest for truth, and come across countless schools of thought, each of which claims…

17
May
2010

Senseless & Stupid

Was thinking of ranting against someone’s senseless stupidity when I realised it would be senseless and stupid, especially if it…

17
May
2010

Do You Spiritually Handicap Yourself?

If you choose not to see the truth, are you good as blind then? If you choose not to hear…

17
May
2010

What’s the Natural State?

Int he movie ‘Marie Antionette’, she quotes Rousseau in the open fields to her friends, after ‘breaking free’ of the…

17
May
2010

You Don’t Really Believe…

If you really think you and I can’t change, you don’t really believe in Anicca. If you really think you…

17
May
2010

What Matters Most

Best words of wisdom from the third Shrek movies, by Arty: Just because people treat you like a villain, or…

17
May
2010

Is It You or Is It Me?

Sometimes it’s uplifting Sometimes it’s depressing How can the same song do this? How can the same listener feel this?…

12
May
2010

Course: Introduction to Pure Land Buddhism

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