Tag: evil

31
May
2010

Leader of Many Packs

In ‘Manifest Destiny : Wolverine′ by Jason Aaron, Wolverine learnt the hard way that he has to become the Black…

24
May
2010

Why Be Good?

Four Reasons for Goodness Firstly, if there is afterlife, and if there’s karma, I’ll have a good rebirth as I…

22
Mar
2010

What Might a Cat Say?

In the award-winning ‘The Rabbi’s Cat’ (Le Chat du Rabbin) by Joann Sfar, which ‘The Boston Globe’ calls, ‘An affecting,…

08
Mar
2010

Wisdom of Forgiveness

I used to be quite a severely unforgiving person. (Fortunately, things have improved greatly since.) The slightest bit of evil…

23
Feb
2010

Goodness & Truth

Good intentions are not good enough if they arise from delusion. This is why Buddhism pays attention to both goodness…

22
Feb
2010

Cold, Darkness & Poor Reasoning

The truthful are truthful, whether they believe in God or not. The good are good, whether they believe in God…

11
Jan
2010

Undercover Bodhisattva or Mara?

In the movie ‘Turning Point’, a baddie becomes an undercover cop, who is told to become an undercover baddie. It’s…

09
Jan
2010

Get the Good Momentum

It is easy for the good person to do good deeds, but for the evil one it is difficult to…

07
Dec
2009

Truth, Goodnesss & Beauty

In the story ‘Kiss of Death’ by Richard Starkings in ‘Popgun Volume 1’, the conclusion reads –  ‘… one should…

11
Aug
2009

Our Hidden Nanomites

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

08
Mar
2009

The Personification of a Rorschach Test

In the ‘Watchmen’ graphic novel and movie, is an intriguing vigilante character called Rorschach. Yes, you guessed it – his…

09
Feb
2009

Adventures : Zeph Tales (23)

The Myth of Pointing at the Moon? A strange urban legend(?) of no specific origin has it that if one…

29
Dec
2008

Reel : To Real?

After picking up Buddhism, I found my threshold of being able to withstand seeing others in suffering to have reduced…