Salt * Wet * Fish

When disasters stuck Burma and China, many people asks if that is due to karma. Even the famous Sharon Stone declared that these are due to karma. It did come across to me once, but quickly I thought otherwise.
Why can we use karma to explain these disasters happening in Burma and China? After all China […]

The article was recently posted on Ven. Dhammika’s blog. Bhante is currently the spiritual advisor of Buddha Dhamma Mandala Society.
Note: Not all gay male like to dress up in women’s clothes. This is only one aspect of some gay males. In fact, some straight man loves to cross dress themselves.
A Gay Tragedy
(http://sdhammika.blogspot.com/2008/05/gay-tragedy.html)
Occasionally someone, usually […]

The recent events with China/Tibet and Burma made some people question what role in politics should Buddhists and Buddhism play? And more especially what roles in politics should the monastics play?
In general, most of the teachings within Buddhism is towards inwards reflection and letting go of or having detachment for worldly and sensual desires. The […]

Too many people continue to have the romantic notion of Shangri La, that was Tibet, before China invaded them some 50 years ago. This does not help with movies and the Western media playing up this biased perspective. Many people, even Buddhists, continue to imagine a world of lah-lah land, peace and harmony had China […]

Was reading Molly Meek who compile some of the quotes from the support377a site and came across this
quote from a supporter of 377a.
“I am a Buddhist and I support 377A. This is because Buddha teaches us to be tolerant and respect all life, but he didn’t say specifically we must be tolerant to gays and […]