. . . I have a risk assessment workshop to facilitate. Am not really looking forward to it, but oh well.

So it takes the buffoonery of the convicted-and-on-parole actor Sanjay Dutt and his eccentric side-kick speaking Mumbai's own version of 'gangsta' English viz., tapori Hindi, to remind a nation of the Mahatma and his methods.

Not surprising really, given that we have duly apotheosized the old man, and consigned his principles and ideas to oblivion ( Read more... )

It is funny how the need to be up-to-date on a subject matter, for say an important meeting, will galvanise us into reading up and getting to know about the topic. Of course, we would actively seek out the appropriate information when we need it. But if the information were lying with us - in books and papers and such like professional literature ( Read more... )

. . . . - the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages." So said Stanley Baldwin, borrowing a phrase from a letter written by his cousin Rudyard Kipling. He was talking about the press barons of his time and what in his sight was their irresponsible and abusive journalism.

In today's India though, the phrase would apply well to the Communist ( Read more... )

This CNN report informs us.

The patent weapon of dictators the world over - censorship. Shut the flow of information.

Damn. I wish we had the guts to do what we did in Bangladesh.

 
 . . . monks and laymen in Burma are being beaten, jailed and killed for demanding the freedoms that we take so much for granted.

The world watches and does nothing. Burma is not important enough. There is no oil there, and the hooligan Thaw is not seen as a personal foe by the ruler of a powerful nation, he does not harbour Al Qaeda, and there are ( Read more... )

Quoting from here.

The emperor Goyozei was studying Zen under Gudo. He inquired: "In Zen this very mind is Buddha. Is this correct?"

Gudo answered: "If I say yes, you will think that you understand without understanding. If I say no, I would be contradicting a fact which many understand quite well."

On another day the emperor asked Gudo: "Where does ( Read more... )

Fa-yen, a Chinese Zen teacher, overheard four monks arguing about subjectivity and objectivity. He joined them and said: "There is a big stone. Do you consider it to be inside or outside your mind?"
One of the monks replied: "From the Buddhist viewpoint everything is an objectification of mind, so I would say that the stone is inside my ( Read more... )

We are the WORLD CHAMPIONS ( Read more... )

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