Tag: truth

09
Feb
2011

You Prefer Honesty?

A Tit for a Tat (214) Tit: Do you have change? Tat: Yes… but I need to use it later….

08
Feb
2011

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

I left the cinema wondering exactly what that was all about. Maybe there was nothing exact about it, to be…

10
Jan
2011

What Was the Bus?

A Tit for a Tat (202) Tit: A bus just went by. Tat: Don’t tell me what it was! Tit:…

02
Dec
2010

Extensions of What?

Wolverine’s adamantium claws are at times extensions of his heroism, of the fight for justice. But at other times extensions…

24
Nov
2010

Beware of Brainwashing

Question: I think I will still attend my friend’s gathering [at what is considered a cult by orthodox Buddhism] but…

10
Nov
2010

Thoughts on Exorcism

I went too see ‘The Last Exorcism’ because I thought the premise of the story was interesting. But it was…

03
Nov
2010

Truth of Fashion

Oscar Wilde said that ‘Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six…

01
Nov
2010

Taiji Lesson #2

Another random lesson from Taiji class: To master Taiji faster, forget all your preconceptions… and even doubts, and accept the…

12
Oct
2010

Paradox of Love Vs Lies

As shortened from Wikipedia: ‘”I Love You, Phillip Morris” is a comedy-drama film based on the real life events of…

21
Sep
2010

A Mistake is a Mistake

But a monk wrote the article! But so what? A mistake is a mistake. Poor editors don’t go enough for…

17
Sep
2010

The Moment of Non-Truth

Just because the lie-detector says you’re telling the truth doesn’t make what you tell the truth because you might have…

02
Sep
2010

Liar’s Paradox

A Tit for a Tat (163) Tit: Look! Says here – ‘This sentence is false’. Tat: That’s meaningless! Tit: Why?…

02
Aug
2010

The Power of Truth

The truth is the truth. What does it matter… that someone said it?* The truth is the truth. What does…

02
Aug
2010

Being Truthful at Work

Q: If my boss asks me to comment on a colleague’s work, should I tell the truth, when I know…

02
Aug
2010

Not Oversensitive

A friend had cultivated such powerful sensitivity to the slightest relatively unhealthy foods, that we often take for granted, that…

02
Aug
2010

Being Contactable

I’m reminded that it is good to leave my email address when I comment online… so that I can receive…

26
Jul
2010

Does Truth Hurts?

Q: We continue to have delusions, and fail to see the truth, because the truth hurts. A: This is why…

13
Jul
2010

The Moment of Truth

I think the most enlightening part of the TV game show ‘The Moment of Truth’ is not when there are…

05
Jul
2010

Small Vs Dharma Talk

A friend asked me how do I have confidence to deliver Dharma talks My reply was that the wonderful Dharma…

14
Jun
2010

Truth is My Morning Star

The above is a fan video, while here’s a different interpretation of the lyrics of ‘Morning Star’ by Flunk: ……