Tag: Dukkha

12
Apr
2009

A Piece of Stuck Vegetable

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

10
Apr
2009

Soldiers… You’ve Got to Soldier On

We were there among the some 12,000, and it was truly fantastic. (Yes, I said it before.) Many say it…

28
Jan
2009

Mask : Grim Reminders

It struck me that the Hannya mask (left picture) I bought in Japan resembles Batman’s mask (right picture: DVD box…

20
Jan
2009

Paradox : Changing Truth?

From the story ‘The Maggies’ in ‘American Splendor’ by Harvey Pekar – Harvey: (Detecting untruthfulness) When you talk about dishonest…

04
Jan
2009

Hunger : Rise & Fall

In ‘Marvel Zombies 2′ by Robert Kirkman, it continues the adventures of key Marvel comics’ ‘deceased’ heroes, who have become…

04
Jan
2009

Freedom : Haunted Past

After reading ‘Wolverine: Origins and Endings’ by Daniel Way, it struck me that Wolverine (of the X-Men) needn’t be such…

26
Nov
2008

Photography : Useful Art

Photography as Skilful Means for Those ‘Born into Brothels’ Winner of the Best Documentary Feature (for the 77th Academy Awards),…

26
Nov
2008

Emptiness : Some Sayings

Some sayings on emptiness in the Buddhist sense, from Stonepeace – Emptiness is the nature of being empty of permanence….