“You do not need the Bible to justify love, but no better tool has been invented to justify hate.” –Richard Weatherwax God is the universe/love/laws of physics. We already have names for these things. Redefining something as ‘god’ tells us nothing. To use the word ‘god’ implies...
If any living being usurps the drinks, foods, or possessions of Sanghas (group of monks), even though one thousand Buddhas appear in the world, he will not get to repent and reform. Even if he repents, his sins...
vague concept. We all know what it feels like, but it’s not something we can point to, like a chair or a flower or a snail. Philosophers and scientists have been squabbling over what happiness is for thousands of years, proposing hundreds of different definitions. ...
It is said that her ascension was the result of her dutiful daughter’s offerings, on her behalf, to Awakened By Flower Meditation Self-Mastery King Tathagata’s stupa and temple. Not only was the Bodhisattva’s mother able to leave...
Based on Christie’s 1934 mystery, the story centres on the local Vicar’s son, Bobby Jones (Poulter), and his whip-smart friend, socialite Lady Frances ‘Frankie’ Derwent (Boynton) on their crime-solving adventure after they discover the crumpled body of a dying man who, with his last ...
Everything fromcolorful, sparkly ghoststo tabletopskeleton handsshowing off their flower spirit have rocked the Halloween collector world and given shoppers who can't wait until summer's end something to display right now. Transitioning into peak Halloween season ...
Perhaps you are familiar with Drunvalo Melchizedek’s Flower of Life. This is not that. This is the Trillium Seed of Life. It is based on a 3-fold symmetry and incorporates three Vesica Piscis. From this we can build the Trillium Fruit of Life. ...
Not least, the degradation of Fuji has come from simply loving the 12,388-foot mountain to death. Pilgrims have scaled the rocky paths for centuries, though women have been allowed to make the ascent only since 1868. Supplicants chant “Rokkon shojo” (“Cleanse the six sins, hope for go...
Her prose is not difficult; in the Gilead sequence, in fact, it is exceedingly simple, almost crystalline. Yet, her language seems to unfold like the layers of a flower, revealing with a slow, measured grace its buried workings. If you don’t take the time to study it and dwell within...
Here’s an overview of the glass flower exhibit (3,000 specimens, not all on display). It’s called the Ware Collection after the Blaschka’s patron, Elizabeth Ware: Some leaves. Note that none of the flowers or specimens were painted; they were all made using different colors of glass....