Tag: truth

17
May
2010

How the Quest for Truth Begins

If you are on a time-limited quest for truth, and come across countless schools of thought, each of which claims…

17
May
2010

Do You Spiritually Handicap Yourself?

If you choose not to see the truth, are you good as blind then? If you choose not to hear…

29
Apr
2010

Honor the Relative

From ‘The Power and the Pain: Transforming Spiritual Hardship Into Joy’ by Andrew Holecek – There are teachers who proclaim…

19
Apr
2010

Better or Worse?

From ‘The Resident Tourist: Otah Tree’ by Troy Chin in ‘Liquid City: Volume One’: Mint: It’s funny. Don’t you think,…

07
Apr
2010

I Find It Hard to Understand

I find it hard to understand people who complain of gory videos, of animals being killed because this is the…

01
Apr
2010

Humanity, Humility, Honesty

Visited St. Patrick’s School again, a couple of days ago, to give a presentation on the Buddhist perspective of life…

23
Feb
2010

Goodness & Truth

Good intentions are not good enough if they arise from delusion. This is why Buddhism pays attention to both goodness…

22
Feb
2010

Why Not Say & Do What You Really Want?

What if you said what you really want to say? What if you did what you really want to do?…

22
Feb
2010

Cold, Darkness & Poor Reasoning

The truthful are truthful, whether they believe in God or not. The good are good, whether they believe in God…

01
Feb
2010

Should We Shun Horror Flicks?

Some believe that horror or violent films should not be seen as they will be imprinted onto the mind such…

09
Jan
2010

News Beyond Doubt?

What happens when you trust an authority other than yourself to be the source of truth? You tend to lose…

09
Jan
2010

Secret Lure of PostSecret?

Free your secret and become who you are. – PostSecret tagline Sometimes when we think we are keeping a secret,…

05
Jan
2010

‘Sherlock Holmes’ is Smart But Unenlightened!

In a scene of the movie ‘Sherlock Holmes’, the famed super sleuth makes sharp observations and astute deductions on the…

11
Dec
2009

Duplicity Duo Duped!

Being confident tricksters used to outsmarting others, ‘Julia’ and ‘Clive’ in the movie ‘Duplicity’ thought they had the upperhand this…

07
Dec
2009

Truth, Goodnesss & Beauty

In the story ‘Kiss of Death’ by Richard Starkings in ‘Popgun Volume 1’, the conclusion reads –  ‘… one should…

30
Nov
2009

Less Ground for Liberation

Beware of one, who is slow to apologise, for one might believe in pride, that under the power of Mara,…

18
Nov
2009

When Lying Becomes a Habit

What I learnt from the movie ‘The Informant!’, which is a true story, about lying… dramatised of course! (Is it…

16
Nov
2009

Having the Last Word

A Tit for a Tat (60) Tit: Why must you always have the last word? Tat: I don’t always have…

10
Nov
2009

Is Joking Lying?

Marc: Is telling jokes based on non-truths breaking the fourth precept against false speech? E.g. I joked that my computer’s…

09
Nov
2009

Which Side Should You Support?

What great spiritual truth do you seek, when you are not truthful to yourself [and/or others] over the smallest worldly…