Duruthu Full Moon Poya falls on Wednesday:
Mindfulness in practice: Loosening the knots of anger
Once upon a time, there was a little boy with a
bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that
every time he lost his temper, he should hammer a nail in the fence.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. However,
gradually, the number of daily nails hammered dwindled.
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Vignettes
Freedom and ‘brute reality’
Some of us have heard of Thomas Hobbes who was
an eminent English philosopher. Others are familiar with his
masterpiece Leviathan which laid the foundation for western
political thought. As a philosopher, Hobbes revealed the darker side
of human nature and the value of authority.
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Thorns on the Side
Science for all
How much do ordinary citizens know about
science? Most of us learn science as a subject in grades leading up
to the O/Ls and some students opt to do science subjects in the
A/Ls. Apart from that, there seems to be very little interest or
knowledge about science, and even about technology among the
ordinary masses.
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