Tag: delusion

A Tit for a Tat (58) Tit: Can you hear the humming? Tat: Yes. Tit: I’m surprised you can hear…

We jail and fine those who abuse and torture pets, but isn’t culling harmless animals the extreme form of abuse…

A Tit for a Tat (51) Tit: You are both Buddhists – how can you fall out over the Dharma?…

In the movie ‘Whiteout’, a U.S. marshal, being the only one assigned to Antarctica, makes it a point to solve…

No one wants to be unhappy due to being greedy. Some might not know how to be content. Why not…

A Tit for a Tat (48) Tit: Why is it that we seem more clear-minded that others? Tat: Is it…

The film ‘Thirst’ (which won the 2009 Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival) is another story that uses the…

In ‘Fables: Animal Farm’ by Bill Willingham et al, Weyland Smith fashions a key to help unlock Snow White’s shackle….

You might stumble upon what you think is another’s ‘deep dark secret’. But if you leave it unclarified, the true…

All interpersonal and organisational problems arise from people with different extents of delusion interacting with one another. It is usually…

Question: Based on the Alagaddupama Sutta, the snake and the raft represent all Dharma teachings as taught by Buddha. The snake…

Featured in the ‘G.I. Joe’ movie are nanomites, which are super-microscopic robots measuring in nanometres. They are used in missile…

A Tit for a Tat (35) Tit: Just to let you know, in case you are losing patience with him……

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

Catch the new single from Depeche Mode’s new album ‘Sounds of the Universe’ (performed live in Berlin). After the lyrics…

In a ‘post-Lehman Brothers’ world, an investment ad in the subway ironically reads, ‘Be humble, the stock market is probably…

Are you in the shadows or are you a silhouette on the brink of illumination?

Lamp light A midnight sun One is not enough to pierce the darkness of space Dharma light An eternal sun…

In the movie ‘Suspect X’, a brilliant mathematician plans an elaborate scheme that involves murder to help his love interest get…

Q: If a child makes a mistake out of ignorance or delusion, that he is not aware of as wrong…