10
May
2010

Why I Refuse Even a Morsel of a Dead Animal

If I eat whatever you give, appearing to be accepting, it might seem like a good spiritual practice? But if…

10
May
2010

Let Us Relish?

Here is a piece based on reverse psychology: Let us go today, my friends, to the forest. Let us set…

10
May
2010

Don’t Talk about Your ‘Great Wisdom’

Don’t talk about your ‘great wisdom’ if you do not have the slightest compassion for the weakest beings. Don’t talk…

10
May
2010

How to Share the Dharma?

When it comes to sharing the Dharma, how do we know what, and how to share, and if what we…

10
May
2010

Bad Faith for Good Feedback?

It’s intriguing that some ask for feedback openly but deal with it badly. How do you know someone is insincere…

10
May
2010

It’s Not What You Are

In ‘Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant’, this line is uttered – ‘It’s not what you are that makes you…

10
May
2010

It Happens

In ‘Wolverine: Not Dead Yet’ by Warren Ellis and Leinil Yu, Wolverine barely escapes yet another attempt to kill him….

07
May
2010

Exhibition: Gratitude to Earth & Earthlings

Map: http://kmspks.org/kmspks/getthere.htm Hall: http://kmspks.org/kmspks/templetour/tour_pagoda.htm Pix of Previous Exhibition: http://tinyurl.com/gratitudepix

07
May
2010

Free Vesak Smoothie Workshop

Map: http://kmspks.org/kmspks/getthere.htm Place: http://kmspks.org/kmspks/templetour/tour_pagoda.htm

05
May
2010

When to Turn It On?

A Tit for a Tat (133) Tit: It’s hot! When can we turn on the air-con? Tat: The hotter it…

05
May
2010

Another Way to Iron (or ‘How to Save More Energy’)

A Tit for a Tat (132) Tit: I need to iron this shirt. Tat: But there’s no need. Tit: Why?…

05
May
2010

The Best Fight is No Fight

In ‘Ip Man 2’, Ip Man (pronounced as Ye Wen in Chinese) shares some counter-intuitive wisdom on the arts of…

05
May
2010

Adhering to Uniforms

When I cut my hair short and wear brownish shirts and go to Dharma occasions or centres, people often ask…

05
May
2010

What If Enlightenment is Impossible or Retrogressible?

If enlightenment is impossible, the strife towards it is still meaningful because it is the path to greater happiness, as…

05
May
2010

Okay Stocks & Shares?

Q: If company X has a variety of businesses, one of which is involved in delivering, design and repair of…

05
May
2010

Something Interesting About Nature-Lovers

Something interesting about some nature-lovers is that they protect certain animals while eating other animals. It’s speciesism, partial compassion. Something…

05
May
2010

Interreligious Similarities & Differences

Something I helped to answer for the press: Q: Is current interfaith work too skewed towards looking for commonalities? Is…

05
May
2010

Not That I Disrespect

It is not that I disrespect your offering that I refuse to take your meat, but that I respect animals…

05
May
2010

One Brilliant Whatever

We replaced the one dim bulb in the living room with a new bright one, and removed the lamp cover…

05
May
2010

Sea Song & Deep Blue Day

Some years ago, something weird and wonderful happened. I was listening to Tears for Fears’ remake of ‘Sea Song’ on…