Tag: rebirth

While sharing on the movie ‘Inception’ at NTU Buddhist Society’s camp at Cheng Beng Buddhist Society’s building, I concluded by…

Amulets might offer some protection – but they cannot protect anyone from eventual death. Amulets might offer some blessings –…

In the movie ‘(Avatar): The Last Airbender’, one of the baddies shouts to his henchmen who capture him, ‘Do not…

If forced bedside conversion to another religion is okay according to some, is it okay if someone else does the…

To empathise is to civilise. To civilise is to empathise. – Jeremy Rifkin As mentioned in the video, ‘We are…

Death as release from suffering, as being for the better, is not always true. Death as entry into hell, as…

Q: Abortion is against the First Precept of not killing. But due to great advance in medical science, doctors are…

Truth be told, with all due respect to all great Tulkus, many Tulkus (recognised reborn Buddhist masters or students) still…

It’s quite scary, when I find myself ordering the same old dishes, as I did the last time I was…

Q: If one is reborn as an animal, say an ant, how would the ant be able to practise the…

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

The girl pushing the Dim Sum cart in the food court has seen us many times, as we are here…

Q: Is the rearing of child spirits (such as aborted babies or those who died prematurely) a Buddhist practice? A:…

I try to share this at least once a year. So… here is Groundhog Day… again! Date: 19 August 2010…

Q: Sometimes, suffering may not be a bad thing. A: Suffering is ‘useful’ only if it spurs one to advance…

When away in another land, we want to seize the day, as we will be there only for a while,…

Thoughts about ‘Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time’: Only the holder of the Dagger of Time knows he is…

A letter sent to the press: I refer to the 2 June 2010 article in The Straits Times, ‘Pray, let’s…

Four Reasons for Goodness Firstly, if there is afterlife, and if there’s karma, I’ll have a good rebirth as I…

Was thinking of ranting against someone’s senseless stupidity when I realised it would be senseless and stupid, especially if it…