Getambe Sacred Bo tree bestows blessings
When one travels along the Colombo - Kandy road,
vehicles slowing down in front of a certain Buddhist temple rising
behind a wall depicting elephants is a common sight. The vehicles
would stop for a moment, someone would hop out and rush to the
roadside till, stuff in some coins or notes, quickly pay homage and
rush back.
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Janapadakalyani becomes an Arahat Therani
Rupananda, was a Bhikkhuni devoted to
meditation. The practice of insight meditation, guides one observe
the nature of mind. One also gains a first hand knowledge of the way
things in its proper perspective without relying on opinions or
theories – a direct experience,
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Smaller, smarter grids on the rise in India
“Blackout cuts electricity to 700 million
Indians.” So ran one typical headline at the end of July 2012. But
it was typically misleading, too. For sure, 700 million people lived
in the area affected. But as energy entrepreneur Harish Hande put
it, “half of them had never seen a light bulb.”
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