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An Appropriate One For These Times
"Renunciation is not giving up the things of this world, but accepting that they go away."
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Hanukkah Food For Thought:
"In elevating to a level of demiworship people with big bucks, we have been destroying the values of our future generation. We need a total rethinking of who the heroes are, who the role models are, who we should be honoring."
RABBI BENJAMIN BLECH, professor of philosophy of law at Yeshiva University, on the downfall of disgraced financier Bernard ( Read more... ) -
The Essential Difference:
Not by harming living beings
Is one a noble one.
By being harmless to all living beings
Is one called "a noble one."
-The Dhammapada
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From A Musician Friend In LA:
Jazz musicians look to federal budget for bailout support
Washington, D.C. (CNN)
In light of the recent downturn in the American economy, the nation's jazz musicians have joined the long line of lobby groups looking to Washington for support as the economy slides into a deepening recession.
The jazz industry is asking Washington for a bailout ( Read more... )
