14
Jan
2010

India Adventures (5): Compassion Will Prevail

People often asked me what i think about the plight of Tibet, I’m sympathetic but have not much to comment….

12
Jan
2010

India Adventures (4): Buddhism is Not Hinduism

Early during the pilgrimage, our Indian Hindu ‘sub-guide’ (who isn’t the main guide, who is instead Buddhist) introduced God (Trimurti) as…

11
Jan
2010

Birds of Different Feathers

The story by Maaike Hartjes in ‘Go Home: 12 Moving Stories’ tells of a baby bird born a little different….

11
Jan
2010

Take a Walk with the Walking Man

‘The Walking Man’ by Jiro Taniguchi is an everyman, except that he takes many walks and pays more attention to…

11
Jan
2010

Same Same But Different?

A Tit for a Tat (83) Tit: It’s so difficult to choose between the two because they are so alike!…

11
Jan
2010

Undercover Bodhisattva or Mara?

In the movie ‘Turning Point’, a baddie becomes an undercover cop, who is told to become an undercover baddie. It’s…

11
Jan
2010

Sleeping & Waking

Falling asleep readily in the night, may I swiftly let go of the world(ly). Waking up readily in the morning,…

11
Jan
2010

Karma @ Work

  Q: Whenever I face any challenges at work, I’ll tell myself I’m ‘paying’ for my past negative karma. If we…

11
Jan
2010

Who am I?

‘Who am I?’ ‘I’ am nothing but constant change, yet while our mind and matter change, there is always to…

11
Jan
2010

Veganism is Not an Extreme Way of Life

How can you save all beings from suffering, if you keep eating some of these beings? – Stonepeace Every once…

09
Jan
2010

Get the Good Momentum

It is easy for the good person to do good deeds, but for the evil one it is difficult to…

09
Jan
2010

News Beyond Doubt?

What happens when you trust an authority other than yourself to be the source of truth? You tend to lose…

09
Jan
2010

Secret Lure of PostSecret?

Free your secret and become who you are. – PostSecret tagline Sometimes when we think we are keeping a secret,…

08
Jan
2010

India Adventures (3): Monument of ‘Emptiness’?

En route to the first Buddhist holy place of worship, we dropped by the famed Taj Mahal. The brief of…

06
Jan
2010

Not Totally Different or Same

In the film ‘Don’t Look Back’ (Ne Te Retourne Pas), Jeanne (played by Sophie Marceau) realises that small but definite…

06
Jan
2010

There’re No Accidents

As I missed the movie ‘Accident’ accidentally when it was screening, I purposely (i.e. ‘not accidentally’) made a point to…

05
Jan
2010

Analysis of ‘Relics Exhibition’ Controversy

From http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DharmaNews/message/5321 : Controversy Over Display of Buddhist Relics Yen Feng, The Straits Times, 2 January 2010 Five prominent Buddhist…

05
Jan
2010

‘Sherlock Holmes’ is Smart But Unenlightened!

In a scene of the movie ‘Sherlock Holmes’, the famed super sleuth makes sharp observations and astute deductions on the…

05
Jan
2010

Why Commit to the Uncommitted?

The PostSecret postcard from ‘PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death and God’ reads: ‘I wanted him so badly that I slept…

05
Jan
2010

India Adventures (2): The Weight of Devotion?

The above is a picture of a juzu (nianzhu; mala; prayer beads) holder we previously bought from Japan’s Daiso. (Yes,…