11
Sep
2009

More Metta Needed

Jat: What do you think of people who can’t take jokes? Yah: Why? Who had you offended? Jat: That petty…

09
Sep
2009

Emulating Bodhisattvas’ Diet

Question: Is there a need to be a full-time vegetarian if I pay homage to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva (Dizang Pusa)? Am asking because…

09
Sep
2009

Only Thing to Do

在一个无聊的下午中 面对一堆无聊的事物 唯我能做的就是念佛 安抚着那不在焉的心 阿弥陀佛! On a boring afternoon Facing tons of trivial brainless work The only thing I can…

08
Sep
2009

Thanks from a Fellow Student (Me)

Sharing the Dharma in person is great spiritual training for me. Through it, I learn to be more generous, patient…

07
Sep
2009

Samsara’s Drama

TV drama serials (or soap operas), creative as they can be in their story arcs, are at times predictable –…

07
Sep
2009

Tell Me My Character!

A Tit for a Tat (47) Tit: Tell me my character. Make it quick! Tat: Impatient! Tit: Not more than…

07
Sep
2009

Peace Kidnapped

In the graphic novel version of ‘Kidnapped’ by Robert Louis Stevenson (adapted by Alan Grant, illustrated by Cam Kennedy), the…

07
Sep
2009

Shackled by Delusion

In ‘Fables: Animal Farm’ by Bill Willingham et al, Weyland Smith fashions a key to help unlock Snow White’s shackle….

07
Sep
2009

You Sing Yourself

You sing yourself into this life. You live this life you sing. With what lyrics do you sing? With what…

07
Sep
2009

Deep Dark Secret

You might stumble upon what you think is another’s ‘deep dark secret’. But if you leave it unclarified, the true…

06
Sep
2009

Cycles of Highs & Lows

From yesterday’s news, a headline (and sub-heading) reads – ‘A star to the end: (Michael) Jackson mourners kept waiting as…

05
Sep
2009

Sides of Truth

Jat: She’s one of the most insensitive, childish and petty clients I’ve ever met! Yah: Wow… but how accurate is…

05
Sep
2009

Fancy Eating Shoes?

Vegan shoe design by Natalie Portman (for Te Casan) Something hilarious from a Facebook friend: M: T, what great shoes!…

05
Sep
2009

Confrontation Vs Clarification

When I was younger and more foolish, I used to avoid confrontation because I would react in anger. When I…

04
Sep
2009

Tongues Might Wag

A Tit for a Tat (46) Tit: Look! Two guys checking into a hotel… Tat: So? Tit: Tongues might wag!…

03
Sep
2009

Pop Buddhism?

Q: What are your thoughts on the relation of pop psychology and Buddhism, and how the concept of karma is…

03
Sep
2009

What Do You Mean?

A Tit for a Tat (44) Tit: Why do you do the things you do, that others might misunderstand as…

02
Sep
2009

The Daily Enlightenment 1, 2, 3

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02
Sep
2009

Warfield of Sports?

Sports is like a war without the killing. – Ted Turner From “West Ham football riot: ‘This was worse than…

02
Sep
2009

Doing the Dishes

A Tit for a Tat (43) Tit: You don’t think doing the dishes is important? Tat: Not always. Tit: Why…