Tag: koan

24
Mar
2018

Koan: Dharmagram #24

Dharmagram #24: You are your key koan. 

17
Jun
2015

The Cinderella Koan

In the musical movie, ‘Into The Woods’, which retells the Cinderella story (among other fairy tales), her shoes got stuck…

02
May
2012

Dharma Class Scheduling Koan

Yes, I should stagger my classes once in a while to reach out to different people with different day and time…

13
Sep
2011

Spouse & Kid Koans

For some singles, to have or not have a spouse, that is the question. But to have a spouse does…

15
Jun
2011

Zombie Koan

Zombie Koan #09 How do you decide whether and when to kill a bitten walker-to-be as there might be a…

14
Mar
2011

The Wedding Koan

From Adrian Tomine’s ‘Scenes from an Impending Marriage’ is this dialogue: Guy: (About whether to invite someone just because one…

10
Aug
2010

A Monster Koan

In the movie ‘The Cave’, a parasite takes upon host humans, gradually taking over their bodies and minds entirely. A…

23
Jul
2010

Dharma@Cinema: ‘Aftershock’ of the Human Heart

(Thank you, Scorpio East, for the premiere tickets!) Though ‘Aftershock’ retells the terrible tragedy of the 1976 Tangshan earthquake which…

15
Oct
2009

The Keeper of ‘My Sister’s Keeper’ is My Sister

In the poignant but touching story of ‘My Sister’s Keeper’, a young girl realises that she was conceived specifically to…

26
Apr
2009

Kids As Living Koans

If a chubby child, who already should have had his fill cries for more and refuses to stop, what do…

03
Feb
2009

Ticket : Pseudo-Koan

Advice on tackling a koan: It must be like gulping a hot iron ball that you can neither swallow or…