Sex. Identity. Gender. LGBTQ+, Non-Binary, Animals, Rights and Dharma. Are we a narcissistic species?
I regularly refer to women and men in public talks or men, women and children or all sentient beings. …
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First Five Sonnets by William Shakespeare – the Buddha of the Heart. With a brief explanation of the meaning of these Sonnets on beauty and love
At the age of 14, I played in the class at school the part of Brutus in Caesar, one of the 37 plays of William Shakespeare. It was my first introduction to the playwright making a long-lasting impression. Brutus, a politician and orator, engaged in the plot to assassinate Caesar. The following year, I quit the John Fisher Roman Catholic School in Purley, Surrey, England to get a job and taste a new kind of independence. I never missed school except for the English literature class studying the bard of Britain. …
The Buddha adopted a Relaxed Attitude to Nakedness
The Buddha extolled the virtues of the homeless wandering seeker. He described householders’ life as crowded and dusty while a life gone forth is wide open.” (Middle Length Discourses Sutta 36). That generalisation may have rung true then in a lifestyle of extended families living in the same building but for many of us today our homes are neither crowded nor dusty (unlike some monasteries!). …
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Sir Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones sing 12 ’Buddhist’ Songs.
We could consider the 12 songs of the Rolling Stones among the rock anthems.
There is a regular theme with Mick of his struggles with desire for pleasure and then finds he experiences love in his heart and then the love fades. …
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Sir Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones sing 12 ’Buddhist’ Songs. Read More »