Tag: goodness

08
Jun
2010

The Bar of Goodness

Friend: Maybe he’s watching you and thinking you’re raising the bar. Man: Maybe. With God, you never can tell. Friend:…

31
May
2010

The Harder We Must Strive

For matters of truth and goodness, the harder it is to do what is right, the harder we must strive….

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
Apr
2010

A Vegetarian is Not Vegetarianism

While some animal-eaters disparage vegetarians who are less kind to some humans, some vegetarians disparage meat-eaters who are less kind…

08
Apr
2010

Four Assurances for Batman

In ‘Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?’ by Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert, the newly deceased Batman says, ‘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,…

01
Mar
2010

Do I Make Any Difference?

From ‘Essex County’ by Jeff Lemire, Annie the nurse says, ‘I lost a patient today… Humph!… I know what you’d…

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…

06
Nov
2009

The Importance of Inter-Religious Harmony

Something written for an Inter-religious magazine… It is a common and idealistically beautiful notion, that all the religions of the world essentially…

18
Sep
2009

What Does It Mean?

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

14
Sep
2009

‘Thirst’ for Desire & Death

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

12
Aug
2009

What Values are Truly Valuable?

‘Superman: Escape from Bizarro World’ by Geoff Johns, Richard Donner and Eric Powell is a collection of Bizarro tales. For…