Archive for November, 2007
Friday, November 30th, 2007
The Aussie Prime Minister gets the boot
I am not a fan of democracy. The belief that the vote of the majority is the best form of government is questionable to say the least. Poverty, violence, addictive behaviour, unhappiness are widespread in democracy. Do our politicians express the will of the majority? There is an epidemic of alcohol abuse, drug addiction, depression [...]
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
“Do you want the good news or the bad news first?
Thankfully, the flight touched down right on time at Brisbane Airport at around 6.30 am. My mother greeted me. “I need to go to the doctor and the hospital,” I told her.At the clinic, the doctor gave me an examination. “Without x-rays, I cannot be sure of what the problem is, he said. “ From [...]
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
PAIN, PAIN,PAIN
By 5 pm on the Saturday afternoon of the weekend retreat with Nicole in Germany, I could unmistakably feel that there was major distress in the body. Intense pains and a sickening nausea began emanating out of the stomach area. I could feel myself wanting to retch. Two or three hours later, I experienced the [...]
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
The Buddha and the Rugby Player
I picked up The Times newspaper on Saturday, October 22, 2007. It had a rather large picture of Johnny Wilkinson, the handsome and much loved English rugby footballer, who was playing with the English team in the World Rugby Finals in Paris that afternoon.
In the previous World Rugby Finals in Australia, four years ago, Johnny [...]
Comments Off - Posted in Dharma Reflections by Christopher
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Overturning the Begging Bowl
As a former Buddhist monk, I bow down with the greatest respect and reverence to the thousands of Burmese monks who silently and respectfully walked the streets of cities and towns of Burma to communicate unequivocally their profound disapproval of the treatment of the citizens of the country by the military government.
I saw the picture [...]
