Japan Adventures (4) : The Oxymoron of Warrior Monks? I am not the destroyer of this monastery. The destroyer of…
Japan Adventures (1) : The 1,200 Year Old Lamp Enryakuji is a temple built on Mount Hiei at the end…
Japan Adventures (2) : Temples Destroyed & Rebuilt When you visit many temples in Japan, you will be given brochures…
Japan Adventures (3) : Gods of Nature? In ancient Japanese temples (such as Sanjūsangendō), it is not uncommon to find…
Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3qV Stone Peace Rocks and stones are rather interesting objects to Zeph. From humongous ones like the Himalayan…
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…
Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3qG From Ennui to Dukkha, From Arghhh! to Ahhhhhhhhh! Zeph chanced upon the word ‘ennui’. According to http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ennui,…
Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3qx Why Do You Run? Zeph saw a Nike ad. It asks at the beginning… “Why do we…
Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3qp Toilet Thoughts The following entry was found scribbled in Zeph’s journal – In a glad moment with…
Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3qg Do You Believe in Balloons? Sometimes, Zeph wrote the most ridiculous things in his journal in a…
Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3q0 A Warped Nirvana Zeph came across the following quote in a Buddhist blog… As life and death…
Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3pV My Freedom from Me Zeph rethought his thoughts earlier – ‘The sun had set. Have I died?…
When singers pour their emotions into a song, the listeners tend to pour in theirs as well. However, the emotions…
Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3pP The clocks on the walkway chime for midnight. Christmas is over. The flow of people is thinning….
Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3pJ A couple tugs along a brawling toddler, embarrassed, shuffling by while a peaceful sleeping baby is pushed…
Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3ps Time passed and he didn’t know how long he stood. The sun is setting but my fire…
Don’t indulge in sadness – not over a song, not for anyone else, not even for yourself. Just do what…
Continued from http://wp.me/p54LT-3pp Suddenly, he felt angry towards himself – for taking it so cowardly. This has got to be…
I hope to make this into a play or even a movie some day! Zeph’s First Awakening It is Christmas…
The Cross-Manifestations of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas & Gods? (Also featured in www.buddhistchannel.tv) It is common for those unfamiliar with the different…
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