Welcome to "What do you think, my friend?". This site contains a selection of writings on Buddhism.

This site takes a highly personal and practical approach towards Buddhism. Here, there are no deep philosophical discussions on Anatta or Sunnata. Just ordinary people like myself sharing insights and experiences on how Buddhism had benefitted us, and exchanging some nice stories and a few good jokes about Buddhism.

This is why I named my website "What do you think, my friend?". In this little corner of cyberspace, there is no Great Master. There is no, "Please enlighten me, Venerable Sir". There is only a funny guy living his life and sharing it. There is only, "What do you think, my friend?".

Thanks for coming to visit. I hope you will find the information here useful. Give me a mail some time. I would appreciate the opportunity to learn from you. My e-mail address is cmtan@serve.com

Launched in May 1995, this site is one of the oldest Buddhist sites on the web.

"Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: it transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural & spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity" -- Albert Einstein [Ed: Source unknown. I checked, many books contain this quote, but none offers a reference or citation]

 
 

Living and Learning Questions and Answers on Buddhism Things that you want to know about Buddhism.  A few Buddhist stories Some interesting Buddhist stories.  Revealers of Treasure Beautiful words from great teachers.  Personal contemplations Spiritual contemplations of ordinary people.  Encounters with Buddhism Ordinary people on why they became Buddhists.  A lighter side of Buddhism Buddhist humor. We Buddhists love to laugh at ourselves.  Interesting articles on Buddhism Buddhist articles worth reading.

Scriptures and Links The Dhammapada One of the best-loved of all Buddhist scriptures.  The Life of Gotama Buddha The beautiful story as told by Ven Narada.  Praised by the Wise Famous men and women comment on the Buddha and His Teachings Links Links to other Buddhist sites.

About this site

Some feedback

The author of this site is Tan Chade-Meng, a Singapore-born Software Engineer working in California.
 

Mirror site in Germany

 Wolfgang Stanglmeier has generously offered web space on his Germany-based webserver to mirror this site in Germany. This is done entirely at his own expense. I would hereby like to express my deepest gratitude to Wolf. You can now access this site at any one of the 2 locations:

http://www.serve.com/cmtan/buddhism (USA)
http://cmtan.xinu.de/buddhism (Germany, updated every Sunday)

Awards
 

Britannica Internet Guide Award.	Best of Asia-Pacific Web Award.
>  Member of The Meditating Buddhists.

Editor's Note: Since the birth of my daughter, Enya, I haven't been able to update this site or reply to most emails as frequently as I have hoped. I do read all my emails.  Please accept my apologies if I take a month or more to reply to you.