Tag: attachment
From ‘This is a Bad Time’ by Bruce Eric Kaplan: But why do we choose to be attached to the…
From ‘The Color of Earth’ by Kim Dong Hwa, a young monk poignantly thinks to himself when he realises he…
A Tit for a Tat (109) Tit: What is True Love? Tat: That which does not become hate. Tit: Huh?…
A Tit for a Tat (93) Tit: Our boss is becoming more of a stickler for punctuality… Tat: What’s wrong…
Was writing detailed notes for a Dharma@Cinema session for NTU Buddhist Society’s anniversary celebration when I came up with the…
A Tit for a Tat (92) Tit: I don’t like him. Tat: How well do you know him? Tit: Not very well. Tat: Then…
Some believe that horror or violent films should not be seen as they will be imprinted onto the mind such…
In one of the stories within the movie ‘New York, I Love You’, we see a very old couple bickering…
In ‘Highlander: The Search for Vengeance’, Colin the ‘immortal’s’ attachment to his lost lover drives him on a vengeful streak…
Taj Mahal tells of a very sad love story. It’s sad not because two who were deeply in love were…
En route to the first Buddhist holy place of worship, we dropped by the famed Taj Mahal. The brief of…
The above is a picture of a juzu (nianzhu; mala; prayer beads) holder we previously bought from Japan’s Daiso. (Yes,…
When I was younger, I thought oldies sounded really old-fashioned. Then I realised I might end up years later preferring…
In the movie ‘Fling’, the subject of open relationships is explored. According to Wikipedia, ‘An open relationship is a relationship…
Meatguy: I think you are too strongly attached to being vegetarian. Shi’an: I’m not. I’m just aware that animals are…
A Tit for a Tat (56) Tit: Why is it so difficult? Tat: You. Tit: Huh? Tat: Because you refuse…
There are many Buddha images around the world, and they come in all shapes, sizes and materials. We will always…
A Tit for a Tat (49) Tit: If you meet someone exactly like you, would you like you? Tat: I’m…
The film ‘Thirst’ (which won the 2009 Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival) is another story that uses the…
Adapted from the bestseller, ‘The Time Traveller’s Wife’ tells of a man’s peculiar condition, of being involuntarily subject to fading…
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