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Are Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump the only choice? Part Two of Two

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Part Two of Two

In Israel in September, 2016, I received an email recommending that I read a memoir of Stefan Zweig, a remarkable Jewish author (1883 – to 1942). The very next email in the daily long list of emails, I also received another encouragement for me to look at the writings of Stefan Zweig.

I bought his book: The World of Yesterday: Memoirs of a European upon my return home to Totnes, England. …

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Is a Vote for Hillary Clinton a Wasted Vote? Part One of Two

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Part One of Two

There is a common view that Hillary Clinton is the “lesser of the two evils” between herself and Donald Trump in the race to be President of the United States.

It might or might not be true. A lesser evil is still an ‘evil.’ If you vote for Hillary Clinton, then you are voting on her political record. You are voting for her policies.

Your vote for Clinton is a direct endorsement of her years in political office. You are voting for the continuity of the old.

Is there any moral/ethical justification for giving her your vote? …

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Bob Dylan, Sony, Sharks, Youtube and Mr. Tambourine Man

Poems and Prose / /

 

Bob Dylan: Sony, a corporation of sharks,

who swallow up Dylan on YouTube.

Plus, the transcendent Mr Tambourine Man

…

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Know Thyself is not enough. Know the Other as well

Dharma Reflections / /

The Inquirer

(Sutta 147 in Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha)

I gave a commentary on The Inquirer,  a talk of the Buddha last week during our Dharma Enquiry Programme at the Waldhaus Buddhist Centre, near Andernacht, Bonn, Germany.  The Buddha regularly encouraged mindfulness/inquiry to be directed towards others, as much as oneself.

The Buddhist tradition and other mind/body traditions have emphasised the inner, often at the expense of outer mindfulness/inquiry of another(s). The willingness to work to transform the outer can heal wounds, be deeply therapeutic and develop empowerment through action. …

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1967 – 1977. Ten Years on the Road. An Outline

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In April, 1967, I set off from Sanderstead, Croydon, south of London, to see the world. I started off sitting in the back of a van with my friends, Stan and Margaret, who lived around the corner and were going to Greece for a holiday.

During the 10 years away from Britain, I wrote a letter home every week or so except for one time.  During my years as a Buddhist monk in Thailand,  I once took a vow for  three months for the duration of the rains retreat (pansa) in 1971 that I would not read nor write a word in that period. …

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