India

Buddhism Not a Religion?

Posted by on August 17, 2012 at 5:21 pm

I was reading an opinion piece in the New York Times about the perils of positive thinking, or even the power of negative thinking, when I stumbled upon this part: Buddhist meditation, too, is arguably all about learning to resist the urge to think positively — to let emotions and sensations arise and pass, regardless [...]

India, Singapore and China

Posted by on May 8, 2011 at 10:45 pm

The results of Singapore’s elections doesn’t sound like anything else than the typical landslide for the PAP. With 81 out of 87 seats in parliament, or a whopping 93%, they give the term “supermajority” new meaning. However, in Singapore’s political landscape this is anything but a landslide victory for the PAP. Instead, for PAP and [...]