Tag: death

Thus have I heard, the below poignant and hilarious accounts are based on actual concurrent incidents… The old abbot of…

In the ‘retelling’ of ‘Beowulf’ by Gareth Hinds, King Hrothgar tells Beowulf the following after they slays Grendal and the…

‘The Serpent and the Rainbow’, which is supposedly based on a true story (By Wade Davis) tells of a terrifying…

One of the most poignant poems I ever read, followed by some related sentiments: (The above is a scene from…

In the poignant but touching story of ‘My Sister’s Keeper’, a young girl realises that she was conceived specifically to…

‘Funny People’ is largely a comedy, but it is also a serious movie with elements of tragedy too. Okay, a…

What does it mean… that I’m not sure what it all means? that I’m not sure how I’ll figure it…

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…

Just when you think the ‘Final Destination’ trilogy was already complete, here comes ‘The Final Destination’ (also known as ‘Final…

An Awareness Place (Well-being Centre) customer wanted to have a copy of The Daily Enlightenment Book 1 and 2 each….

A Tit for a Tat (23) Tit: You should die happy… because you have done much good. Tat: I think…

The battery in the clock runs flat before you know it, before you are prepared for it, before you learn…

In ‘The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor’, the first emperor of China (Qin Shihuang), after his conquest of the…

Pic: Dharma Hall at Kong Meng San After lunch, just before the next round of the Pureland retreat recitation, I…

In the ‘Final Destination’ thrillogy (pun intended), you see ‘creative’ ways through which death creeps up gradually yet surely upon…

Jen: Your ‘imaginary funeral parlour notice’ [see below] is well written, seemingly depicting dying. Is it due to the way…

While selecting films for a Buddhist film event, we sampled some movies. A friend wondered why many of the shortlisted…

The ‘Twilight’ or Dawn of Desire? http://buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=12,7673,0,0,1,0 What if you have the power of great strength and speed, and are…

What’s the Meaning of Life? Once upon a time, there was a very small boy called Zeph, who wondered much…