- March 3, 2010
- The Hell of Incessant Suffering and the Land of Tranquil Light
- Posted by Strangely
- Buddhism
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The Hell of Incessant Suffering and the Land of Tranquil Light Note: This was originally published here http://buddhastate.co.uk/blog/?p=30 on Sunday, September 24th, 2006 at 4:28 pm and filed under Buddhism.. The link has been dead for quite some time, looks unlikely to re-appear, so I’m showing the words here as they are so wonderful because [...]
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- December 24, 2009
- Some Words are Just ‘Right’!
- Posted by Strangely
- Buddhism
- Tagged with: America, benefit, book, Buddha, Buddhism, Buddhist, Christian, common people, concept, courage, creative, Daisaku, Daishonin, Express, faith, flower, Freedom, friend, future, happiness, heart, HOPE, Human, Ikeda, independence, index, Lotus, lotus sutra, Makiguchi, mind, nam myoho renge kyo, nation, Nature, Nichiren, power, president, Religion, Resource, service, SGI, Shakyamuni, Slave, Sutra, Times
I woke up this morning ……and read two small passages, both written by Buddhists, one of which quotes one of “The Buddha’s” last works, the Lotus Sutra. What struck me, was that sometimes, this Buddhism that I do can get a bit confusing, and then suddenly – suddenly someone says something that brings everything right [...]
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One and a Half Days Left! You’ve one day left to get to Paris and see Jarvis Cocker jamming with the common people. It’s quite a good idea, actually; six days of 6+ hours sessions jamming in an art gallery as other people join in! Last day tomorrow. It’s at Galerie Chappe, 4, Rue Andre [...]
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- March 11, 2009
- DNA and Capital Punishment
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- Freedom, Life, Technology
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Yet Another Reason Why We Don’t Kill Murderers in Britain Sean Hodgson could be the latest person to benefit from the pure goodness of science and knowledge. His DNA, apparently, isn’t the same as that of the person that killed Teresa De Simone way back in 1979! Tragically, he’s been locked up all that time [...]
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- January 13, 2009
- Jean de Florette and Gaza
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- Art, Environment, Freedom
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Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources Two Films in a Great Story you Must See Before you Die. Today, Claude Berri died. A common Frenchman who directed a duo of extraordinary films about common people, their loves, jealousies, humour, insecurities and real needs in a harsh land. The beautifully told plot unfolds to it’s [...]
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- September 13, 2008
- The 26 Admonitions explained by Richard Causton
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- Buddhism, Freedom
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Introduction I’ve nabbed the content of this from Ted Penfold. My wife, has told me that she heard this lecture of Dick’s and found it and him some of the most inspiring things in her life. I came across this wonderful piece by chance, looking for some background information on Nikko, the second guy after [...]
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- June 3, 2008
- Law Regarding Measures of State Self-Defense (Leviathan, how come?)
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- Freedom
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a.k.a. How did the Labour Party come to this? The present Home Secretary, the former teacher called Jacqui Smith, is desperately trying, at all costs, to implement laws that would allow events such as the law that is title of this post, to easily occur at some future date. Let’s state my case; I’m (still) [...]
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