Monthly Archives: January 2014

Omen

Just now, I got on a chair to examine a container of Luang Por Thoon’s relics. I picked it up, unscrewed the top, and yelled to my mom that they were still in the same form. Somehow the lid slipped from my hand and as I tried to catch it, the container jerked forward, spilling […]

I’m offended

When someone says something, why do we sometimes feel nothing, while at other times we take offense? The answer is in the Dhamma Roundtable quote from a few weeks back, “that which we believe as us or belonging to us will lead to suffering in this world.” Imagine my mom is having breakfast and is […]

Fastrak

Where I live, there’s a device you can put in your car that automatically deducts the bridge toll from your account when you drive by the “Fastrak” toll lanes. There’s usually a long line in the cash lanes that sandwich the Fastrak lane. During congested traffic hours, the huge empty space where cars zip by […]