"Compassion is not religious business, it is human business. It is not a

luxury, it is essential for our peace and stability. It is essential for our

human survival"

- His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Suo Gan

Huna blentyn yn fy mynwes
Clyd a chynnes ydyw hon
Breichiau mam sy'n dyn am danat,
Cariad mam sy dan fy mron
Ni cha dim amharu'th gyntun
Ni wna undyn â thi gam
Huna'n dawel, anwyl blentyn
Huna'n fwyn ar fron dy fam.

Huna'n dawel, heno, huna,
Huna'n fwyn, y tlws ei lun
Pam yr wyt yn awr yn gwenu,
Gwenu'n dirion yn dy hun?
Ai angylion fry sy'n gwenu
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They do not lament over the past,
they yearn not for what is to come,
they maintain themselves in the present,
thus their complexion is serene

Samyutta Nikaya I, 5

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1 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 
2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 
3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 
4 traitors, headstrong, ( Read more... )

"Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them." Albert Enstein

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong " Mahatma Gandhi

"The greatest freedom of all - is not having the fear of losing" Unknown

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, ( Read more... )

Given:

Instrumental rationality (or “means-end rationality”) consists in choosing the correct means to attain one’s actual goals, given one’s actual beliefs. This is the kind of rationality that economists generally assume in explaining human behaviour.

Epistemic rationality consists, roughly, in forming beliefs in truth-conducive ways-accepting ( Read more... )

I think we have hit the hottest day of the year - 34 C in London, breaking the record set in 1911! But it is raining now - so I guess that was summer.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate,
And though I oft have passed them by,
A day will come at last when I
Shall take the hidden paths that run
West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

J.R.R Tolkien, attributed to Bilbo Baggins

Just spent the last week on my second archaeological dig. Much nicer than the first one :) - not only was the weather kind, the accommodation in the nearby hostelry was much more civilised. I also had the achievement of finding a bronze age axe head - well, maybe it was more a case of my stumbling upon it! I honestly did not really think it was ( Read more... )