Now not even a statue remains. All that is left of Samye is something the size of this tent, hardly bigger than a stupa. Everything was either looted, broken or scattered, and all the great images were destroyed. These things have happened and this demonstrates impermanence. Think of all ...
January 19 – This week’s quote fromJean-Baptiste Poquelin(1622-1673), known asMolière, the French actor and playwright, regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and universal literature, should make you smile: “All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that...
1:41pMy sister made frequent withdrawals from the ‘bank of Mom and Dad.’ Now our family is torn apart. What can I do? 1:31p‘I paid for everything from day one’: My husband barely worked during our marriage. Can I leave my $500,000 IRA to my son?
The campus is large, and it will no doubt take me some time to find where everything is located. The number of staff is daunting – so many people and many of them newbies like me. I hope they will all wear their name tags for quite a while. During staff development days, we addre...
Tagged: The World, humanity, Good News, Positivity, human race “Everything I perceive is a projection of who I am.” — Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think Tagged: Perception, self, The World “I looked at everyone and wondered where they came from, and...
32. “People say love is blind because they do not know what love is. I say unto you, only love has eyes; other than love, everything is blind.” 33. “The way of love is the way of no expectation. Love exists only when there is total acceptance and no desire to change anything...
everything that before was pleasant and agreeable. The doors creak louder on their hinges — the unfrequented rooms are stiller, darker, gloomier — the wind has a deeper moan — the very sunshine and the storm seem to speak in subdued tones. The vacant chair at the table, the empty ...
The more we try to put everything to rights, the more we make fantastic messes.” — Alan Watts Play to Live : Lectures of Alan Watts (1982) Context: Archimedes said, "Give me a fulcrum and I will move the Earth"; but there isn't one. It is like betting on the future of the ...
Of light and shade, and then, between Your breaths, 'tis gone... ~Rev. James H. Ecob, "The Dreamer and Reaper," 1889 [W]hen you are nine years old, what you remember seems forever; for you remember everything and everything is important and stands big and full and fills up Time...
We recorded this album in chronological order, labeled "Bomb 1" through "Bomb 11." When we stepped into the studio and got drums EQ'd, set up and everything, Brady picked up drumsticks and played Bomb 1 perfect on his first try. We were all confused and said "uh... you wanna do ...