08
Jun
2009

Is Suffering Necessary?

Some interesting quotes below to share from ‘Stillness Speaks’ by Eckhart Tolle. The book’s ideas are not totally about Buddhism,…

08
Jun
2009

Demonisation of the Demonic

In the movie ‘Blood: The Last Vampire’, it was suggested to Saya (the half-vampire human) by her teacher that (vampirical)…

08
Jun
2009

From a Collector to a Picker

After collecting about a dozen ‘Batman Black & White’ statues, which are released periodically into the market, I decided to…

08
Jun
2009

Our Seamless World

Because ‘I’ am part of this world, Because ‘I’ am interconnected with this world, Because ‘I’ am seamless with this…

08
Jun
2009

The Middle Way of Meditation Cushions

Not too hard or it would be painful Not to soft or it would be sagging Not too high or…

06
Jun
2009

Depends on How You Read Reality

A Tit for a Tat (9) Tit: Do you think my sms reply was okay? Tat: Well, it depends on…

06
Jun
2009

Electronic Bad Faith

A Tit for a Tat [8] Tit: Oh… how convenient it is, to communicate through email, to let others take their…

06
Jun
2009

How to Be Truly Confident

True confidence arises only when one becomes one with the true/truth.* – Stonepeace * Total confidence is attained by realising…

04
Jun
2009

Face Your Past for a Better Future

Haunted by ‘Ghosts of Girlfriends Past’ ‘Ghosts of Girlfriends Past’ is about a fickle guy, who is so scrooge-ly with…

04
Jun
2009

Our Dearest Cosmic Family

Whoever you are, you were my… dearest mother dearest father  dearest brother dearest sister  dearest son  dearest daughter Whoever we are, we are one…

04
Jun
2009

Borobudur Adventure (2) : Once Forgotten Treasure

I stood afar gazing at the world’s largest Buddhist stupa (of many other stupas) ever built. A monument that was…

03
Jun
2009

For Their Own Reasons

A student asked a Vegetarian Society friend, ‘If animals are not here to be eaten, what are they here for?’ I…

03
Jun
2009

Blessed are the Merciful

I was at a inter-religious gathering. To my surprise, there were meat dishes served at the buffet dinner, though there…

03
Jun
2009

When is Judgment Day?

I was chatting with someone from another faith, who asked about the Buddhist perspective of the end of the world…

29
May
2009

Borobodur Adventure (1)

More photos coming up (*)

29
May
2009

How Clean is Meat?

A colleague was urging another colleague to give up pork by claiming that pigs eat everything and anything, including their…

29
May
2009

We are Works in Progress

If there is an almighty perfect creator, the universe would be a perfect work of art. If the universe is…

26
May
2009

Belated Mother’s Day Tributes

Guanyin to Me My Mother is Guanyin to me because she prays to Guanyin for me. She isn’t really aspiring…

26
May
2009

Same Love Different Expressions

During a Dharma discussion at Awareness Place (after screening of ‘The Woodsman’), a participant remarked about how difficult is was…

25
May
2009

When A Sacrifice Isn’t One

In ‘Cairo’ by G. Willow Wilson & M.K. Perker: Asaad: How much is too much to sacrifice? For someone you…