It was first established under Lenin during the early Bolshevik years and ultimately included 476 camp complexes. The system reached its peak after 1928 under Stalin, who used it to maintain the Soviet state by keeping its populace in a state of terror. What used to be the colloquial name ...
Posted inHumor, Quotes3 Comments on Quote of the Day The craziest sentences uttered at the Vancouver Olympics came from Norwegian silver medalist Odd-Bjoern Hjelmeset describing his performance in the men's 4×10 cross-country relay: "My name is Odd-Bjoern Hjelmeset. I skied the second lap ...
Now the fourth aspect is the benefit of taking refuge. The benefit of taking refuge is said to be enormous. Even by merely hearing the refuge, even by merely hearing the name of the Buddha, we can gain an enormous amount of benefit. So if, with very sincere devotion and faith, we tak...
Keep your eyes on the heavensand believe that your feet will carry you well.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie Live a Life of Bold and Courageous ActionInspired by Powerful Dreams.- Jonathan Lockwood HuieAs you awaken,may your dreams greet you by name,and may you answer, "Yes!"- Mary Anne ...
I name that drawing on the wall.It's not graffiti after all.The past has been broken. The prison's not real.My word holds the magic - the power to heal.Intent is my weapon - a sword from above.Cruel hate, fear, and anger transmute into love.This world's my joy. This mouth's ...
The greatest mistake you can make in lifeis to be continually fearing you will make one.- Elbert Hubbard I have found that if you love life,life will love you back.- Arthur Rubinstein As you awaken,may your dreams greet you by name,and may you answer, "Yes!"- Mary Anne Radmacher ...
I feel the call.From time before all time,I know the call.From one before all ones,I am the call.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie Everything we say, do, think, and feelis a product of our personal historyand the collective history of humankind.Our name for these histories is "prejudice."- ...
Smiling Quote of the Day Welcome to these Smiling Quotes of the Day from my large collection of positive, romantic, and funny quotes.Life is full of beauty. Notice it.Notice the bumble bee, the small child,and the smiling faces.Smell the rain, and feel the wind.Live your life to the ...
your name, your identity, everything,because this has been given to you by others -if you drop all that has been given by others,you will have a totally different quality to your being: innocence.This will be a crucifixion of the persona, the personality,and there will be a resurrection...
Ignorance, in the sense of not seeing the true nature of the mind. Instead, without a logical reason, we cling to the concept of a self. The Buddha’s teachings state that there is no self. If there were a self, it would have to be our name, or our body, or our mind. But ...