Archive for June, 2008
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
A Triple Gem in the Family
A Triple Gem in the Family
Nshorna, my daughter, aged 26, looked enormous. I took some photographs of her at home about week or two before the birth of her third child, a boy, named Milan (from the Sanskrit for Union or Connection) in Torquay.
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
You can bank on it
A day or two after receiving my dana (donations) in a country overseas, I called in at the HSBC bank to change the money into sterling, the English currency. HSBC bank, it promotes itself as “your local bank,” offered a very, very poor rate of exchange. So I called in at another bank and received [...]
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
A David and Goliath story for Burma
A friend since the early 1980’s, David Arnott has placed his concentration for 20 years on secuing the welfare of the people of Burma. Aside from assembling a massive amount about Burma, he meets with politicians, academics and aid agencies, East and West, in a quiet determination to bridge the deadlock between the Burmese government [...]
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008
The Challenge of Self-Employment
I have been engaged in reflection and reading on Right Livelihood. Generally speaking, we consider right livelihood in terms of its ethical significant – we work without causing suffering to others. We also need to consider work in terms of the relationship to intention, action and result. Many dharma friends are self-employed – yoga /dharma [...]
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
Sowing the Seeds of Self-Destruction
The woes of our planet seem to be growing. As a species, we are simply not very good at living wisely. There are destructive forces in the world. Our daily newspapers report global pressures on the food supply, oil and energy. In such times, we tighten our belt . We spend less on food, drive [...]
