Category: Editorials
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EDITORIAL
“You are what you eat.” In this issue there are several articles about food including two recipes from Joys of Nepalese Cooking by Indra Majapuria. The recipes in her book are authentic, Nepalese fare: there are sections on soups, rice, pulses, noodles and vegetables. Multifarious meat and fish dishes are also covered. Monica Wilde has a Masters…
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Spring Editorial
Life holds but one commonplace mystery … time. Calendars and clocks exist to measure time, but that signifies little because we all know that an hour can seem an eternity or pass in a flash, according to how we spend it. (From Momo, Michael Ende, Puffin Books, later made into the film … The Never…
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WINTER EDITORIAL
A guid New Year tae yin an aw, an monie may ye see. Many Roads is an electronic magazine and subscription is easy and free. Albert Harris, manyroads@bodhicharya.org FEATURES DESIDERATA: Living and Dying in Peace PANEER WITH PEAS: Mridsu Shailaj Thanki LAMENT FOR WILD FOOD: Monica Wilde R.T.R ARCHIVE MEMBERSHIP: Ringu Tulku Rinpoche POETRY BETWEEN…
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SUMMER EDITORIAL
Making positive choices about the environment is the theme in some magazine articles this summer. Monica Wilde, who I consider to be an eco-warrier, brings our attention to the reality that we can make life style choices which can have an effect on the environment and ultimately on ourselves. The disconnect in life, she suggests,…
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JANUARY EDITORIAL
The mind that is learning is an innocent mind, whereas the mind that is merely acquiring knowledge is old, stagnant, corrupted by the past. An innocent mind perceives instantly, it is learning all the time without accumulating, and such a mind alone is mature. J. Krishnamurti Welcome to 2019 and the year of the earth…
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Autumn Editorial
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. From The Road…
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Summer Editorial
War doesn’t determine who’s right – only who’s left. Bertrand Russell Finding peace of mind is most important ; and in difficult times, when…
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Editorial
We can use metaphors to help envision interconnectedness. . . . thinking of reality as a net. We can also see it as a fabric that has been woven through causal relationships. Like threads that run through a piece of fabric, the actions of one person serve as causes whose effects others must experience. In…
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EDITORIAL
An appreciation of the unity and sacredness of all life is integral to awakening to our own awareness. (Lyse Lauren) Welcome to the late summer edition of Many Roads for Bodhicharya. Wishing all well and hoping to hear from you soon. Albert Harris FEATURES LIVING AND DYING IN PEACE: Ringu Tulku Rinpoche REACHING OUT TO…
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Editorial
Welcome to 2017 edition of Many Roads for Bodhicharya. In this edition there are entries from new sources and writing from regulars . I want to thank all the readers who have contributed with an array of different subjects and styles of writing. As the name of the magazine implies, there are as many different…
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Autumn Editorial
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. Carl Sagan Pesticides and disease-bearing parasites are decimating the bee population in the US. 10 million beehives have been wiped out. In reality, these pesticides and fungicides being poured into the earth by farmers in order to increase their…
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Has Spring Sprung?
The weather doesn’t seem to be sure of itself. January was about 8 degrees warmer that the average maximum temperature. That was followed by above average temperatures in February and March. Yet there are still people who question the effect of global warming on our planet. In this issue of Many Roads, we have contributors from…
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Winter Post
Protecting the environment that we all rely on for our survival is an immediate way to care for all beings. (The Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje: The Heart is Noble.) Greetings to readers of Many Roads for Bodhicharya. Coming to the end of the year and we’re still waiting for the winter snow in Scotland. With…
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August Editorial
Summer is coming to an end and the Autumn Equinox is around the corner. Already we’ve had our first crop of potatoes from one of our raised beds. They are clean and organic, with a real taste that you won’t get from supermarket produce. The brae berries are fat and sweet and the red currants…
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May Editorial
DURBAR SQUARE BHAKTAPUR The earthquake in Nepal was unprecedented in the amount of damage that was caused to the fabric and the hearts of the people. The ancient cities of Lalitpur, Kathmandu and Bhaktapur have been badly hit. Little news has been heard about the villages to the north, west and east, although unofficial word is that many…
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Winter Editorial
Schiehallion (Fairy Hill of the Caledonians), Perth and Kinross, Scotland by Yeshe There has been a lot of talk and a lot written recently about mindfulness. I came across quite a few websites concerned with corporate-based mindfulness training (CBMT). There seems to have been a transposition of the Buddhist idea of mindfulness incorporated into business in order to decrease…