Expanding horizons in life through six glorious virtues
For people in the modern world who are wrestling
with the problem of how to practise the Buddha Dhamma in daily life,
the 10 Paramis (10 transcendental virtues) provide a useful
framework. It helps develop a fruitful attitude so that any activity
or relationship undertaken wisely with the primary purpose of
developing the perfections in a balanced way becomes part of the
practice.
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VIGNETTES
Obituaries for the living!
How would you feel if you happened to read your
own obituary in a newspaper? Sad, angry or surprised? You might
think such an eventuality is a writer’s wishful thinking. Certainly
not. On a few occasions, some living people have read their own
obituaries in the press.
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Michelangelo Buonarroti, the sculptor
Designed through years of agonising effort his
sculpture turns out to be one of the most astonishing creations in
the history of art. He was possibly the most celebrated artist of
his time and we are naturally compelled to view him as the greatest
artist that ever lived, on the very moment we look upon the
magnificent sculpture and the fresco of the Last Judgment in the
Sistine chapel.
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