Tag: attachment

08
Nov
2010

The Language Is Not The Message

A Tit for a Tat (174) Tit: I cringe whenever I hear his bad English! Tat: I cringe whenever you…

25
Oct
2010

All I Want…

A poignant song from Sarah Blasko, with some comments to share… All I Want Lyrics: I don’t want another lover…

18
Oct
2010

Play It Again!

A Tit for a Tat (169) Tit: Why do you keep replaying the same song? Tat: Well, if I prefer…

04
Oct
2010

Quitting But Not Quitted

A Tit for a Tat (167) Tit: She’s gradually quitting meat-eating. Tat: Cutting but not cut? Tit: Yes – not…

29
Sep
2010

India Adventures (20) : Exaggerated Liking

During one of the revision classes of HHDL’s teachings, the Geshela said attachment is an exaggerated form of liking. The…

29
Sep
2010

Towards Equanimous Sobriety

A bipolar student wasn’t sure he liked being his more ‘sober’ self. Perhaps he is used to swinging between highs…

29
Sep
2010

The Clinging Claw of Attachment

During the animal liberation, he seemed particularly angry in the box of many crabs. Using a pair of tongs to…

22
Sep
2010

Time That Didn’t Flow

To her own surprise, a friend who broke up with someone about eight years ago felt that it was only…

10
Aug
2010

The Present & The Absent

The only lesson I learnt from ‘Au Revoir Taipei’: Don’t miss the persons before you now, who care, whom you…

14
Jul
2010

Love, Sex & Marriage

Q: Can a Buddhist couple who are in love have pre-marital sex if they do not have any plans to…

14
Jul
2010

Can Quit Any Time?

A Tit for a Tat (152) Tit: Maybe you keep drinking coffee because you are addicted to caffeine. Tat: I’m…

14
Jun
2010

Moments of Respite

In ‘Made of Wood’ by Ed Brubaker, Batman says this – ‘There’s a moment… right before my grapple cable goes…

07
Jun
2010

Horseshoe Logic

A sophisticated yet funny story that Niels Bohr liked to tell: One of our neighbors in Tisvilde once fixed a…

24
May
2010

Dogmatism in Design

When I was asked about what I thought of some text on a series of small pictures, I commented that…

22
Apr
2010

Their Attachment to Life

Vegetarians and vegans are often accused of being attached to their choice of food. In many cases, this is a…

20
Apr
2010

Rather Stay Awake

It’s hard to say that I’d rather stay awake when I’m asleep, Cause everything is never as it seems When…

15
Apr
2010

Some Regrets about Some Relationships

If what you find attractive in someone is the Dharma embodied and expressed, why be attached to the manner and…

16
Mar
2010

Who is Attached?

A Tit for a Tat (116) Tit: I heard of a monk who had been using a set of prayer…

08
Mar
2010

This is a Bad Time

From ‘This is a Bad Time’ by Bruce Eric Kaplan: But why do we choose to be attached to the…

08
Mar
2010

The Invisible Colour of Attachment

From ‘The Color of Earth’ by Kim Dong Hwa, a young monk poignantly thinks to himself when he realises he…