Tag: Anatta

16
Nov
2009

The Chrysalis Effect

I would like to share what I call the Chrysalis Effect… From everything ugly and even seemingly disgusting (e.g. a…

02
Nov
2009

Bundles of Energy

There is no real solid ball. There is just a bundle of potential (elastic) energy, that binds itself inwards. Likewise,…

05
Oct
2009

Why Beaches?

Used to wonder what’s so wonderful about the beach… Till I realised it is the meeting point of many things……

28
Sep
2009

Are We Human?

Voted song of 2008 by Rolling Stone, The Killers’ ‘Human’ has an interesting line, that seems grammatically incorrect – ‘Are…

17
Sep
2009

True Experience of Space & Time

Anicca… is the truth of impermanence. From the perspective of time, nothing is unchanging, while Nirvana is timeless. Dukkha… is…

15
Sep
2009

The Demon Haunted You

‘…Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.’ – Stephen King Monsters…

01
Sep
2009

Who is ‘The Time Traveller’s Wife’?

Adapted from the bestseller, ‘The Time Traveller’s Wife’ tells of a man’s peculiar condition, of being involuntarily subject to fading…

28
Jul
2009

What are You Supposed to Look Like?

When I was younger, during my adolescent years, there was a period of time, which felt like two years, when…

29
Jun
2009

MJ… Who Is It?

‘Who Is It?’ is one of Michael Jackson’s lesser known hits. With news of his tragic early demise, the song…

23
Jun
2009

Do You Really Give Any Gifts?

In ‘Re-gifters’,  a girl who has a crush on a guy buys him a special present. However, he doesn’t appreciates…

22
Jun
2009

The Absent Monster of Self

Question: A Buddhist article emphasised the importance of applying oneself to do the right things, instead of depending on others…

12
Jun
2009

Not ‘My’ Fault?

A Tit for a Tat (11) Tit: Hey! You misspelled ‘mispelled’! Tat: Hey! Not me! I saw you erase an…

09
Jun
2009

Time to Clock Out of Samsara? (1)

The thumbprint clocking in and out represented regimentalism that is pointless, because the nature of her work is anything but…

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

Our Seamless World

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

15
May
2009

What a Relief!

What a relief… that there is… no ‘one’ to be relieved.

02
May
2009

The Self-defeating Quest for Self

It is partly due to the ‘endless’ clinging to self-delusion, to constant wondering about the nature of the ‘self’, which…

30
Apr
2009

Penelope’s Piggy Plight

Shortly before the screening of ‘Handsome Suit’ this year was ‘Penelope’ last year – another real gem of a movie…

17
Apr
2009

Katz for Cats!

Pic: Which is scarier – a grinning Cheshire Cat or a scowling one? I saw two stationary stray cats gazing…

30
Mar
2009

An Ancient Universal Religion?

A friend sent me the above with this question: Bwahaha… i wonder what’s the teacher’s religion? 😉 I replied: Oh,…