On Bak Full Moon Poya:

Buddha averts Chulodara-Mahodara battle over gem-studded throne

Bak Full Moon Poya is very important in the Buddhist calendar due to a number of significant events in the life of the Buddha. After attaining Enlightenment at 35, the Buddha's intention was not only to travel from place to place and preach the Dhamma, but also to help people to solve their problems.

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Vignettes

How to mark a book and digest it

Last week's column seems to have generated some enthusiasm among readers. Some of them wanted to know how to mark a book while reading. Annotation does not mean only writing comments on the page. It covers many other areas.

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Thorns on the Side

Exams: Questions to ponder

They say that two things cannot be avoided in life; death and taxes. There is another thing that you cannot avoid in modern society - some sort of education. And with education come exams, those dreaded events which send a chill down many a student’s spine.

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