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Yesge
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The Light on the Shore
Old as I am Older than the threads of understanding Which we weave between us Old as you are Older by far than the contours of the love Old as I am Older than the threads of understanding Which we weave between us Old as you are Older by far than the contours of the…
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Bullying: A New Approach
In almost every school, there are posters and there are assemblies that address a problem that 20% of kids face every day, bullying. Kids who are bullied “are at increased risk for depression, anxiety, sleep difficulties, lower academic achievement, and dropping out of school.” (Pacer.org) It is these effects that make bullying an important issue…
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The world is a beautiful place to be born into
The world is a beautiful place to be born into if you don’t mind happiness not always being so very much fun if you don’t mind a touch of hell now and then just when everything is fine because even in heaven they don’t sing all the time The world is a beautiful place to…
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CREAMY CARROT SOUP
A simple carrot soup which most children enjoy. Ingredients 2 tablespoons butter (or half butter, half oil) 1 large onion finely chopped 500g carrots scrubbed and sliced 4 cups (32 fl oz) vegetable stock (or water) Salt and pepper, to taste 1 cup (8 fl oz) milk Pinch of grated nutmeg 1/cup (4 fl oz)…
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The White Man’s Burden
The white man’s burden Rang loud and clear Trumpeted by church and state alike. Exercise dominion over the colored savages. Cleanse them of their heathen ways.
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Positive News
Like many seaside towns in the UK, St Austell has suffered from changing holiday habits (even before the pandemic) and the decline of the fishing industry. A new arts project aims to reverse its fortunes – and that of the bee
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The Teachings of the Buddha
A double-edged question. The local ruler, called Abhaya, went to Nataputta, a monk who belonged to a community hostile to the Buddha. Nataputta said to Abhaya: ‘If you were to defeat Gautama, whom they call the Buddha, in public debate, your reputation would be hugely enhanced,’ Abhaya said: ‘How can I defeat Gautama in debate? …
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Chinese poems
Po Chü-i was born at T’ai-yüan in Shansi. Most of his childhood was spent at Jung-yang in Honan. His father was a second-class Assistant Department Magistrate. He tells us that his family was poor and often in difficulties. (772-846)
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u3a Photographs
The following photos were taken by members of Photography 4 of University of the Third Age, Edinburgh. Every month the members decide on a subject and submit a few photographs on Dropbox followed by a viewing on zoom. At other times, one member gives a presentation about some aspect of photography. Our group leader, Geoff Gardner,…
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NIRVANA, THE WATERFALL: Shunryu Suzuki
I went to Yosemite National Park, and I saw some huge waterfalls. The highest one there is 1,340 feet high, and from it the water comes down like a curtain thrown from the top of the mountain. It does not see
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Online Book Shop
Online book shop has now reopened Bodhicharya Publications would like to wish everyone very best wishes for the Iron Ox Year we have entered. We hope you have been enjoying the wealth of online teachings and recordings offered by the Ringu Tulku Archive. In addition, we are happy to confirm our online shop is once again…
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The Birth of a New World
How can I speak of hope when so many have died? The tragedy is that those who have passed are all the beloved of someone who lives to mourn them. Many innocent lives cut short. The sun continues to rise. As Francesca Melandri wrote, in A Letter from Italy, “We are witnessing the birth of…
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Review: The Dalai Lama’s Cat
A cat’s-eye view of the bodhisattva (bodhicatva) path, this wise and witty novel follows the progress of a Himalayan kitten, snatched from the jaws of death in a New Delhi slum where, as the runt of the litter, she is about to be consigned to the rubbish-heap. She is rescued by two young attendants of…
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March 1st 2020 St David’s Day
Prelude to poem ‘March 1st, 2020, St David’s Day’ This poem was written last year, just before the World Pandemic 2020 exploded in the UK, during a time, when all we had to worry about was ‘differences of opinion’! That still remains, of course, and for me, my ongoing ‘fight’ is over ‘styles of gardening’…
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Stephanie Jones
Stephanie Jones is an active soloist and chamber musician who is currently based in Germany and studying Konzertexamen at the University of Music Franz Liszt with Prof. Thomas Müller-Pering.