I can still recall on November 28, 1990 walking into a café in Cornwall in the west of England and picking up a newspaper with the headline that Margaret Thatcher had resigned as Prime Minister. …
I jumped for joy on November 28,1990 when Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher got evicted….Read More »
I jumped for joy on November 28,1990 when Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher got evicted…. Read More »
(Sutta means discourse)
The Kalama people told the Buddha they were perplexed by the different spiritual/religious views. He replied: “It is fitting for you to be perplexed. Doubt has arisen in you about a perplexing matter.”
Then the Buddha gave to the Kalama people of north India a discourse. This discourse constitutes one of his most loved statements endorsing our capacity to question authority. …
OK. Perhaps you don’t feel particularly compassionate towards animals, birds and fish. Then consider a vegan diet for personal health reasons.
It is a thing of beauty to live a much more healthy and happy life from food growing out of the Earth. …
It is not easy for meat eaters to become vegetarians and not easy for vegetarians to become vegan by letting go of dairy products such as milk, butter, yogurt, cheese and eggs. It is often as difficult a transition as going from meat/fish diet to vegetarian. Renunciation functions as a direct contribution to feeding the world’s hungry whether one is a vegetarian, vegan or primarily vegetarian or primarily vegan. …
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I recall weighing around 66 kilos (10 stone 6 pounds, 146 pounds) in my early 20s and standing about 182 centimetres (six feet tall). I wore a large size tee-shirt, large size boxer shorts, large size pullover and so forth. I lost a few kilos (too much fasting) in my years as a Buddhist monk in Thailand before returning to the UK in my early 30’s but regained weight after I disrobed. …
I could be shopping in a few years in the kids section of a store for my next tee shirtRead More »
I could be shopping in a few years in the kids section of a store for my next tee shirt Read More »
