Tag: enlightenment

  • Brutal irony

    Saturday was Buddha Pūrṇimā, the international holiday that celebrates the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and passing. The UN Secretary General issued a message calling for solidarity and the alleviation of suffering....

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  • What, so what, what for?

    I discover with delight that my stated purpose here has aroused comment – over at Jinajik I’ve been chided for an apparent attack of despair. Now, Jinajik himself should know...

    By Fomenting, Serendipity

  • phrases of worth

    The day before yesterday I heard, in passing, two phrases that needed preservation. First was almost certainly a mishearing: ‘But I don’t want to go to the poetry sale.’ Second...

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  • Lyrics

    I was just listening to the Bush Tetras, and they said,  ‘You can’t be funky if you haven’t got a soul’.  (‘Can’t be funky’, from New York Noise, Rough Trade.)...

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