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Poson Poya falls on Thursday:
Environmental challenges: a Buddhist perspective
World Environment Day was celebrated globally
last Thursday. It was the United Nations’ principal vehicle for
encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. That
day would have been an ideal moment for all of us,
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Vignettes
‘The Dumb Ox’ bellows
The favoured philosopher of the Catholic Church
was St. Thomas Aquinas (c.1225-1274) for he reconciled Aristotle’s
philosophy with Christianity. He was born in Sicily and educated at
the University of Naples. Aquinas was canonised by Pope John XII in
1323.
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Thorns on the Side
A century in the air
We have been flying for 100 years. “We” in this
sentence means ordinary passengers. True, the first powered flight
took off 111 years ago, but flying was confined to daredevil
aviation pioneers in those early days. The first commercial flight -
which involves the carriage of fee-paying passengers - took off,
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