Archive for September, 2009

Friday, September 25th, 2009

‘No Doer of a Deed’

From time to time, Dharma  and  Advaita friends ask me where does the Buddha say in the Pali suttas; “Deeds are done but there is no doer of.”

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Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Silence is golden for the athlete

If you go to Facebook,  you can watch a short advertising clip of Jonathan Barbour, a former winner of the 100 metres in the European championships. He sets off with electric speed and finishes a few second a later with one hand triumphantly raised in the air.

It is Epson announcing that they support World [...]

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Saturday, September 12th, 2009

Thank you for Living in the Tower of Song

I once heard Leonard Cohen, the much heralded Canadian singer, tagged as the “godfather of gloom” with his musical leanings towards melancholy, anguish and loss of love. It seemed rather harsh.

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