Tag: mindfulness

06
Dec
2010

Taiji Lesson #7

… The posture of the mind affects the posture of the body which affects the posture of the mind… (This…

29
Nov
2010

Ego Trip & Fall

When one trips and falls, it’s easier to look for someone to blame, than to realise one was unmindful, as…

29
Nov
2010

Taiji Lesson #6

To know if your moves happened to be right due to unmindful beginner’s ‘luck’, keep practising them, to repeat the…

29
Nov
2010

Mystery of the Moving Wick

A Buddhist friend shared a mystery with me. For twenty years, he had offered an oil lamp, that uses a…

15
Nov
2010

What’s On Your Mind?

A Facebook dialogue: Shian: Struck me that the Facebook live feed question is a good one – ‘What’s on your…

15
Nov
2010

Sent to Colleagues

Email subject header: Diabetes Alert? Hi Everyone, Recently, I noticed that there are black ants on the rim of the…

15
Nov
2010

How to Enjoy Sleeping?

A Tit for a Tat (175) Tit: I enjoy sleeping. Tat: But ‘you’ are not there when you’re asleep! You’re…

10
Nov
2010

Who is Mindful of Buddha?

One of the methods to ‘combine’ Pure Land and Zen practice is that the one who practise mindfulness of Amituofo’s (Amitabha…

10
Nov
2010

Is Meditation Dangerous?

From a Facebook discussion, a friend got this reply from his friend when he said he’s going to learn what…

08
Nov
2010

Mindful Enough?

A Tit for a Tat (173) Tit: I’m very mindful. I never accidentally kill a single ant when I do…

01
Nov
2010

Taiji Lesson #4

Again, yet another random lesson from Taiji class: Getting the perfect move and pose is difficult at first but you…

04
Oct
2010

Are We Mad?

A friend sent an old news link about how a girl killed and cut her parents into pieces due to…

21
Sep
2010

Shortest Bowing Session

The last bowing session in the Pureland retreat lasted the shortest as there was the least fret, as there is…

02
Sep
2010

Harder to Forget

A Tit for a Tat (162) Tit: He just told me to remind him to do that. But it’s forgetful him…

23
Aug
2010

In the Right Light

Saw this t-shirt at Bugis Junction. The design is the kind of photo I used to take. When you highlight…

23
Aug
2010

Mind & Matter

M: If one were to mind, wouldn’t that translate to more ‘mindfulness’ And if one were to take a ‘never…

18
Aug
2010

Is the Hulk Innocent?

One who easily loses one’s mindfulness easily loses one’s temper. – Stonepeace The Hulk never intentionally hurts the innocent. But…

10
Aug
2010

‘Lots’ of Advice

Q: Some Buddhists like to cast lots, e.g. at Guanyin temples. Are these lots’ words from Guanyin Bodhisattva? A: There…

26
Jul
2010

Greyness of the Hulk

‘Hulk not monster!’ So yells the Hulk, as he slams stuff… monstrously… In ‘Hulk: Gray’ by Jeph Loeb and Tim…

26
Jul
2010

Are You Secretly Invaded by the Skrulls?

In ‘Secret Invasion’ by Brian Michael Bendis, it is realised that the alien Skrull race, which is capable of shape-shifting…