Tag: mindfulness

25
Feb
2009

Dedicating Some Beings to All Beings?

While chatting with Sophie over dinner at Yes Natural (a healthy vegetarian food restaurant) this evening, she asked if it…

25
Feb
2009

Never a Need to Be Angry

‘Scold! Scold! Scold!’ Listen… listen… listen… Gosh! He’s right! May I accept the fault-finding graciously. No need to get mad…

23
Feb
2009

Gun : Dharma Loaded

The water gun shaped as a sentient being made me think… What do I load myself with? Just water (and…

20
Feb
2009

Focus : Just Mindfulness

Previously (link: Walking : With Mindfulness), we discussed about us city folks having the tendency to walk while doing something…

14
Feb
2009

Walking : With Mindfulness

Ever since the distribution of free newspapers began, people would flock in the mornings like bees towards the handout spots…

14
Feb
2009

Mindfulness : Wrong Focus

There is this lady whom I’d encountered a few times in the subway train. She would be very engrossed in…

10
Feb
2009

Beasts : Vampires & Werewolves

Understanding ‘Underworld’ Underdogs http://buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=12,7765,0,0,1,0 ‘Underworld: Rise of the Lycans’ is the instalment of the trilogy that explains how the lycans…

07
Feb
2009

Who : Anyone You Want

The TV series ‘Samantha Who’ is about Samantha Newly, who sort of gets ‘newly reborn’ when she recovers from coma…

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…

02
Feb
2009

Today : Groundhog Day

Happy Groundhog Day! By sheer karmic coincidence, I screened ‘Groundhog Day’ today… on Groundhog Day itself – the 2nd of…

29
Jan
2009

Defilements : Hidden Grime

Are washing machines by default the cleanest machines in the world, given that they are fed detergents regularly? Turned out…

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…

26
Jan
2009

Enso : Not One?

(Caution: Lame irreverent humour ahead) On the left is an ‘asso’, the poor result of unmindfully sitting wet on a…

22
Jan
2009

Memory : Recording Lessons

I was looking through my old phone’s notes… a collection of words, most of which do not form complete sentences,…

18
Jan
2009

Responsibility : One & All

Bing: Why is there paint over forgotten masking tape on this wall? Ding: The renovation guy must had been sloppy……

17
Jan
2009

Mindfulness : Clear & Complete

Customer: Two cold barley (drinks). Staff: Barley – hot or cold? Customer: Cold. Staff: One? Customer: Two. I had the…

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…

03
Jan
2009

Karma : Cheat Death

In ‘Chickens with Plums’ by Marjane Satrapi is this recounted story where Azrael, the angel of death was commanded by…

03
Jan
2009

Light : Wiser Offering

Q: I don’t take honey but I bought some candles, before realising they contain honey with wax. Should I use…

01
Jan
2009

Smile : Buddha & Bodhisattva

At 2 am of new year’s day as part of a post ‘Spiritual Countdown’ to 2009 celebration program, I helped…