Ireland, Somerset and the Legion d’Honneur

Nichiren …if the minds of living beings are impure, their land is also impure, but if their minds are pure, so is their land. There are not two lands, pure or impure in themselves. The difference lies solely in the good or evil of our minds. – Nichiren Daishonin, from his writings, page 4.  Written [...]

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Der Spiegel on World War 1

Today’s the 90th anniversary of the armistice, the end of the war to end all wars as it was called.  All we seem to have had here in the UK is pictures of loads of stark white, neatly arranged tombstones for weeks now.  It’s as if en-masse, the people get an obligation to feel sadness, [...]

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Thoughts on a 64 year old Massacre

France 24 item in English 64 years after massacre, villagers of Maillé may get some answers at last The Guardian The forgotten French village massacre BBC News The Nazis’ final atrocity: why, as they were surrendering, did one unit wipe out an entire village? Mail Online Orphans of forgotten Nazi massacre hope for justice Daily [...]

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Bush’s Double Standards in Texas, Pakistan and Afghanistan

I’ve just seen a news article today about a man who’s been locked in a jail for about 30 years and no-one knew where he was! He belongs to the world’s largest democracy, India, and has been jailed in Pakistan since 1973! This is the same Pakistan that George Bush has decided is a friend [...]

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