Archive for November, 2009

Twenty-Second Chapter:Dhammapada

Posted by Madhu B. Wangu on November 7, 2009

The Downward Path
306. He who says what is not true, he who denies what he has done, both go towards downward path. After death these two become partners in falsehood.
307-08. Those who put on saffron robe but remain undisciplined and ill mannered are dragged down by their evil deeds. It is better for an undisciplined [...]

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Is Silence Sacred?

Posted by Madhu B. Wangu on November 7, 2009

A decade or two ago, whatever little time we use to have to ourselves, walking, driving, shopping, biking, gardening or any other such activity seems to have been replaced by the hurly-burly of cell-phones, speakerphones, texting and twittering. Experiencing silence has become remote, even counter culture. We have become a culture of din and distraction [...]

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