10
Nov
2008

Picnic : Cake & Grass

Below is something from four years back, that I thought would be appropriate to reproduce here, as an article categorised…

03
Nov
2008

Adventures : Zeph Tales (17)

Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3rj What Are You Looking For? Zeph wasn’t really looking at her, as she was just sitting in the…

03
Nov
2008

Minimalism : Zen Garden

Japan Adventures (13) : The Zen in Zen Gardens? One of the reasons that urged me to return to Japan…

30
Oct
2008

Alcohol : (Non-)Wisdom Soup?

Japan Adventures (12) : The Soup of Intoxication & Addiction Koyasan (Mount Koya) is a large seminary of Shingon (Japanese…

29
Oct
2008

Adventures : Zeph Tales (16)

Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3re Something that Zeph wrote after hearing the song… The Stars Shine For You (Inspired by ‘Yellow’ )…

29
Oct
2008

Suicide : Of Ego

Japan Adventures (11) : Killing Attachment to the Ego We visited a temple where there was a room that once…

20
Oct
2008

Sword : Hidden Blade

Japan Adventures (10) : Legend of the Sword that Did Not Cut From ‘Fodor’s Exploring Japan’ by David Scott –…

20
Oct
2008

Adventures : Zeph Tales (15)

Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3r7, written in 2001… The First Existential Crisis You Ever Had When I consider the short duration of…

16
Oct
2008

Gesture : Compassion & Wisdom

Japan Adventures (9) : Letting Go of Letting Go Japan is the land of much formality and courtesy. Sometimes, it…

15
Oct
2008

Stairs : Up & Down

Japan Adventures [8] : Up to be Buddhas, Down to be Bodhisattvas After climbing a tall and steep flight of…

15
Oct
2008

Adventures : Zeph Tales (14)

Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3r2 Writing An Obituary Zeph always reminds himself of this whenever he flips to the obituary pages of…

14
Oct
2008

One : With Compassion

Japan Adventures (7) : One with Compassion The ticket cum bookmark for Kiyomizu Temple, which is dedicated to Kannon Bosatsu…

14
Oct
2008

Contentment : True Enlightenment

Japan Adventures ( 6 ) : Only to be Contented When you visit Ryoanji Temple in Kyoto, you will see…

13
Oct
2008

Demon : Potential Buddha

Japan Adventures (5) : Lure of the Demon Mask The above is a picture of a Hannya mask. Having seen…

13
Oct
2008

Politics : Of Religion

Japan Adventures (4) : The Oxymoron of Warrior Monks? I am not the destroyer of this monastery. The destroyer of…

13
Oct
2008

Lamp : Burn On

Japan Adventures (1) : The 1,200 Year Old Lamp Enryakuji is a temple built on Mount Hiei at the end…

13
Oct
2008

Temples : Rise & Fall

Japan Adventures (2) : Temples Destroyed & Rebuilt When you visit many temples in Japan, you will be given brochures…

13
Oct
2008

Nature : Ungodly Wrath?

Japan Adventures (3) : Gods of Nature? In ancient Japanese temples (such as Sanjūsangendō), it is not uncommon to find…

22
Sep
2008

Adventures : Zeph Tales (13)

Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3qV Stone Peace Rocks and stones are rather interesting objects to Zeph. From humongous ones like the Himalayan…

22
Sep
2008

Adventures : Zeph Tales (12)

Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3qM The Case of the Imaginary Cigarette At about 9.30pm at Marina Bay, Zeph and his friend Clyde…