26
Oct
2009

Karmic School Blues

Question: A friend’s son lately found it difficult to focus and could not study at all. He had applied leave…

22
Oct
2009

Yes, No & Dunno!

Once there are three friends – Yes, No and Dunno. Yes is full of enthusiasm, who believes that many high…

22
Oct
2009

Extreme Measures

Question: What is the correct approach one must practice to stop people who are persistently bad, like extremists? Answer: There’s…

22
Oct
2009

Permanent Place to Stay

A dialogue built upon a texting dialogue: D: (Looking for room to rent again) I realise I have to keep…

22
Oct
2009

Mere Impressions

A Tit for a Tat (55) Tit: I have a bad impression of him. Tat: But that’s just an impression….

22
Oct
2009

Metta for All

某人问‘做慈心观会不会不小心爱上观想的对象?’ 若成如此,那慈心观就做错了。为何呢? 因慈心应偏十方而不偏一人; 否则即是私心而非无缘大慈,同体大悲。 慈心是无量心;非偏心! Someone asked if it’s possible to fall in love with the subject while doing metta…

21
Oct
2009

Remembering Past Lessons / Reel to Real

In long drawn drama serials, it is rare that there are no sudden misfortunes via traffic accidents or great illnesses…

20
Oct
2009

Being Good Among the Evil

Who bears within them enmity: ‘He has abused and beaten me, defeated me and plundered me’, hate is not allayed…

19
Oct
2009

Do Your Best

A Tit for a Tat (54) Tit: Do you have any regrets over it? Tat: Nope. Tit: Why? Tat: Because…

19
Oct
2009

Getting Ahead

K: There is nothing wrong with getting ahead. But there is nothing wrong with not getting ahead either. S: I…

19
Oct
2009

A Spiritual Headache?

An SMS-email dialogue… C: I having bad headache from an infection, but I dreamt of of you last night. How…

19
Oct
2009

Virtual Dharma Friends

White wallpaper tiger ghost: http://facebook.com/shenshian I got a nice Facebook message recently… Dear Sir, … I live in Phoenix Arizona,…

19
Oct
2009

Things Must Change

From Depeche Mode’s ‘The Sun and the Rainfall’: Things must change. We must rearrange them. Or we’ll have to estrange…

16
Oct
2009

Evil, who?

Guy: I think girls are evil. I know some guys are as well, but girls are more evil. What do…

15
Oct
2009

The Keeper of ‘My Sister’s Keeper’ is My Sister

In the poignant but touching story of ‘My Sister’s Keeper’, a young girl realises that she was conceived specifically to…

14
Oct
2009

The Ultimate Message

What I learnt from the espionage movie ‘The Message’… ‘Don’t shoot me. I’m just the messenger!’ That said, sometimes, the…

14
Oct
2009

Appearances as Reflections of Karma

During and after the Dharma@Cinema session of ‘Handsome Suit’ recently, there were some issues raised on whether one’s appearance is…

14
Oct
2009

The True One True Love

Didn’t he proclaim her to be his ‘one true love’? How could he love someone else after her passing away?…

12
Oct
2009

Paradox of (Non-)Commitment

This is not a love story. This is a story about love. – Movie tagline “This is a story of…

12
Oct
2009

My New Piano Song

Every time I come to hear the poignant opening lines of Erasure’s ‘Piano Song’, I’m reminded of how the Buddha’s…