Tag: karma

16
Jan
2012

Worth More Money?

Advice to a reader, who lost money unfairly in a deposit: If you feel that the time wasted and unhappiness…

16
Jan
2012

Why Be Displeased (And Apathetic)?

Why be displeased at others, when you karmically conditioned yourself to be displeased? – Stonepeace Why ignore others’ mistakes, when…

09
Jan
2012

Plan & Improvise

In ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’, similar to the first movie in this series, Holmes is depicted visualising ahead…

09
Jan
2012

Reciprocation?

Always reciprocate even the smallest kindness done for us. Never seek reciprocation even for the greatest kindness done for others….

02
Jan
2012

Brightness & Darkness, Beauty & Ugliness

At the beginning of the movie ‘Cracks’, the song ‘All Things Bright And Beautiful’ is sung in a boarding school….

02
Jan
2012

To Not Drink & Drive, Don’t Drive (Or Drink)

If you do not drive to drink, you will not drink and drive. To not drink and drive, don’t drive…

21
Dec
2011

Nature of Criticism

That criticised is usually… close enough to be worth criticising, but distant enough to be safe criticising. And beyond mere…

06
Dec
2011

The Limited Merits Of Meritocracy

Meritocracy sounds fair at first – the idea that may the ones who work the hardest shine, but the truth is,…

29
Nov
2011

State of the Dharma

The dismal state of the Dharma in the world is the collective karmic effect of inadequate practice and propagation. It…

08
Nov
2011

Just Karma

The law of karma is perfectly just because it is perfectly natural and unbiased; not created or directed by any…

31
Oct
2011

Truly Bad Karma

Your karma is [or ‘will be’] truly bad only when you take it badly, by not truly acknowledging your mistakes…

27
Oct
2011

Jail or Not?

Question: My friend’s business partner cheated her of her money. She wants to send him to jail. Answer: If the…

12
Oct
2011

Rationalisations for Eating Animals

I came across two strange sentiments about eating animals: 1. ‘As long as the Buddha is in my heart, eating…

04
Oct
2011

Dharma of Karma

‘Take care of your karma, and your karma will take care of you.’ Take care of your Dharma (practice), and…

20
Sep
2011

Karmic Food

A king tastes better food not merely because his subjects take more efforts in preparing good dishes, not merely because…

20
Sep
2011

What Mission?

A friend sent by the Chinese text below, written by a Dharma teacher, for comments. My comments are in English,…

08
Sep
2011

Compassion for the Harmful

Though some might be harming you, they are harming themselves too – karmically. Which is why we should not just…

07
Sep
2011

Prepared To Face Heaven Or Hell?

From ‘Divide “between religions, not religious and non-religious”‘ in The Straits Times on 6 September 2011: ‘Mr Lee (Kuan Yew), whose…

11
Aug
2011

A ‘Better’ Paradox

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another…

03
Aug
2011

What Is Dark Matter?

From the article below: ‘Then there is the matter of dark matter. The concept stems from telescope observations that appear…