03
May
2010

Dharma@Cinema: Relating Our Lives to the Life of the Buddha

03
May
2010

The Plastic Bag Scene

One of the most memorable films ever is a film in a film – in the movie ‘American Beauty’ called…

03
May
2010

The Whole World is Running Out of Time

Another wonderful short dialogue from ‘Flash Forward’: Mark: We’re running out of time! Dyson: The whole world is! With or…

03
May
2010

Logo of Dharma@Cinema

Above is a crest symbol for the movie screening cum Dharma discussion sessions I run. And as the branding of…

03
May
2010

Brace! Brace! Brace!

One who braces for the hard knocks of life will find them less shocking and painful. Not bracing for reality…

29
Apr
2010

Let’s Improve Our Collective Karma!

29
Apr
2010

One App After Another

Even the most fun app(lication) in my iPhone gets deleted eventually, to make room for another app. Life is seeking…

29
Apr
2010

When the ‘Extreme’ is Not

His doctor told him to drink cow milk daily for calcium. I told him it will lead to loss of…

29
Apr
2010

Honor the Relative

From ‘The Power and the Pain: Transforming Spiritual Hardship Into Joy’ by Andrew Holecek – There are teachers who proclaim…

28
Apr
2010

Verifying God?

Q: In Buddhism, is it not so that only the Buddha can verify if there is a creator God or…

28
Apr
2010

Too Precious Not to Share

G: Thank you for all the effort and time to lead the Pureland fellowship. S: You’re welcome! The Pureland teachings…

28
Apr
2010

Let’s Not Call Him God

If your idea of God is not a person, while most believe him as so, let’s not call him God,…

28
Apr
2010

Where is the Multi-tasking Mind?

Q: Where is the mind? How does it multi-task? A: The mind is where you put it to. E.g. If…

28
Apr
2010

This Moment of Judgement

There is no Judgement Day to come but there is this Judgement Moment – from moment to moment. Judgement Moment…

28
Apr
2010

Deal with the Devil Anyone?

A deal with the ‘devil’ appears good, so that it will be tempting enough to sign it, but will never…

28
Apr
2010

Arrive Where We Started

We shall not cease from exploration And the end to all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started…

28
Apr
2010

The Most Amazing Thing

Q: Of all things in life, what is the most amazing? A: That a man, seeing others die all around…

28
Apr
2010

The Greatest Love of All

Q: Does one who sacrifices his life for you have the greatest love of all? A: Being able to live…

26
Apr
2010

Don’t Know What You Missed

A Tit for a Tat (131) Tit: Too bad! Tat: Why? Tit: ‘Cos you don’t know what you’d missed! Tat:…

26
Apr
2010

Mmm mmm mmm mmm

The more I look around, the more ‘mantras’ I see in everyday life. Here’s a haunting one… ‘Mmm mmm mmm…