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<title><![CDATA[Charta Pentru Compasiune- Un alt pas urias spre o religie unica?]]></title>
<link>http://mucenicul.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/charta-pentru-compasiune-un-alt-pas-urias-spre-o-religie-unica/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mucenicul</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mucenicul.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/charta-pentru-compasiune-un-alt-pas-urias-spre-o-religie-unica/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Inspirata de o fosta calugarita, Charta pentru compasiune, compusă de liderii gânditori  ai multor c]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama's Asia Visit]]></title>
<link>http://face4.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/obamas-asia-visit/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shanmuga Sundaram</dc:creator>
<guid>http://face4.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/obamas-asia-visit/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As this year&#8217;s Noble peace prize was given for showing hope, let me follow up on how this hope]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>As this year&#8217;s Noble peace prize was given for showing hope, let me follow up on how this hope gets materialize. (<a href="http://face4.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/peace/">http://face4.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/peace/</a>)</p>
<p>Last week Noble peace prize winner Obama oops President Obama had a great opportunity to showcase his commitments for which he was awarded the Noble peace prize. I personally, was expecting to see concrete progress in three areas</p>
<p>1. Dealing with two previous Noble peace prize winners</p>
<p>a) Aung San Suu Kyi</p>
<p>There was no mention about her in the official statements. But Officials mention that Obama has taken up this issue with Burmese officials.</p>
<p>b) Dalai Lama</p>
<p>Obama&#8217;s office mentions that it was not the right time for him to receive Dalai Lama but will receive him later <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>2. Relationship with China</p>
<p>As mentioned in some sectors of the press, even though Obama acted more like a reckless spender paying visit to his banker, being a Noble peace prize winner, he could have been more upright on Human rights issues, censorship, state of North Korean asylum seekers in China or other things that United States of America stands! for. Overall I think, he did a decent job here!</p>
<p>3. Initiates to contain Climate change</p>
<p>A token initiative to set up a research center&#8230;.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[¿Cómo Se Ve la Santidad?]]></title>
<link>http://transformaelmundo.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/%c2%bfcomo-se-ve-la-santidad/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Scott Armstrong</dc:creator>
<guid>http://transformaelmundo.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/%c2%bfcomo-se-ve-la-santidad/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[¿Has hecho antes una búsqueda de imágenes en google? Es un proceso frustrante y a veces peligroso, ¿]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Dalai Lama]]></title>
<link>http://blogasana.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/the-dalai-lama/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>blogasana</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogasana.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/the-dalai-lama/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This weekend&#8217;s dharma talk by Jack Kornfield titled, &#8220;Respect and the Dalai Lama&#8221; ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>This weekend&#8217;s dharma talk by Jack Kornfield titled, &#8220;Respect and the Dalai Lama&#8221; really jiggled my heart strings, as the Truth often does.</p>
<p>One story in particular that Kornfield shares&#8230;</p>
<p>A woman who had been in prison for killing her husband was telling the Dalai Lama about the violence she and so many other women in prison endured before they ever considered committing a crime. Abuse, rape, trauma. She felt he needed to know what these women had been through, what led them to where they were. Upon hearing this, the Dalai Lama began to weep.</p>
<p>As I was listening to the talk&#8230; in my kitchen, making butternut squash soup&#8230; and Kornfield is finishes the story, &#8220;Upon hearing this, he began to weep,&#8221; I felt almost shocked, like, electrically. Stunned into feeling, heart split open in compassion. Instantly, my eyes welled. Time stopped for a moment. I could <em>imagine</em> what it would be like to feel, to touch, so sensitively, the pain of another person, the pain of the world.</p>
<p>Reflecting on this later, it dawned on me how much protection there is over my &#8220;heart&#8221;&#8230; my <em>feeling</em> heart. How <em>in</em>sensitive I can be sometimes.</p>
<p>I have to say, I consider myself <em>extremely</em> sensitive. (Some have said &#8220;overly&#8221; sensitive.) It hurts so badly to pass a cattle truck, it&#8217;s almost unbearable. In that moment I do feel connected to the bigger hurt of the world. <a href="http://blogasana.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/wild-geese/">The geese</a>, for God&#8217;s sake. I mean, I&#8217;m a sensitive gal.</p>
<p>And still, today I got that in many ways I am protected and guarded and keeping pain at arms distance.</p>
<p>This is the practice: To be with What Is&#8230; without grabbing on, without pushing away.</p>
<p>To let the heart open to the pain and joy of life.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know if I know how to do this without being overwhelmed.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Arizona Daily Star November 22, 2009- BOOK EVENTS]]></title>
<link>http://thebrainpan.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/arizona-daily-star-november-22-2009-book-events/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Randy Ford</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thebrainpan.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/arizona-daily-star-november-22-2009-book-events/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[      BOOK EVENTS       TODAY       Mystery Book Group-  Antigone Books, 411 N. Fouth Ave.  Group wi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>      <strong>BOOK EVENTS</strong></p>
<p><strong>      TODAY </strong></p>
<p>      Mystery Book Group-  Antigone Books, 411 N. Fouth Ave.  Group will discuss THE SANCTUARY SEEKER by Bernard Knight.  12:30 p.m.  Nov. 22.  Free.  792-3715</p>
<p>      KITTY HUMBUG&#8217;S CHRISTMAS TAIL book signing- Madaras Gallery, 3001 E. Skyline Drive.  Artist and author Diana Madaras will sign and personalize books.  1:30 p.m.  Nov. 22.  Free.  615-3001 </p>
<p>      Thanksgiving fiesta 2009-  Singing Wind Bookshop, 700 W.  Singing Wind road.  Benson.  Authors will read and sign their books.  Music by the Santa Cruz River Band.  1-5 p.m.  Nov. 22.  Free.  1-520-586-2425 </p>
<p>      Buddhist Book Group- Antigone Books, 411 N. Fourth Ave.  Group will discuss ESSENCE OF THE HEART SUTRA: THE DALAI LAMA&#8217;S HEART OF WISDOM TEACHINGS by the Dalai Lama.  2 p.m.  Nov. 22.  Free.  792-<strong>3715</strong></p>
<p><strong>      FRIDAY  </strong></p>
<p>      Meet Richard Polsky and Al Perry- Antigon Books, 411 N. Fourth Ave.  A discussion of the art world with art dealer Richard Polsky, author of I SOLD ANDY WARHOL (TOO SOON) and listen to music by Al Perry.  7 p.m.  Nov. 27.  Free 792-3715 </p>
<p>      Find more calendar listings online at dailystarcalendar.com</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Show Me The Money!]]></title>
<link>http://ridingwiththelama.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/show-me-the-money/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ridingwiththelama</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ridingwiththelama.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/show-me-the-money/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;No matter how long our life is, there is a limit to it, is there not?  When we think about th]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>&#8220;No matter how long our life is, there is a limit to it, is there not?  When we think about the formation of this universe, the lifetime of a human is very short and there is no guarantee that we can live out even a normal human lifespan.  Under these circumstances it is senseless to concentrate all of one&#8217;s energy on accumulating money and property.  Since it is clear that wealth is helpful only for this life, it is appropriate to reduce extreme greed&#8230;Also, it is clear from the current world situation that no amount of material progress can fulfill what beings are seeking.&#8221;  <em>The Meaning of Life, </em>H.H. Dalai Lama</p>
<p><a href="http://ridingwiththelama.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/wealth-and-prosperity.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-55" title="wealth-and-prosperity" src="http://ridingwiththelama.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/wealth-and-prosperity.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="293" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Brera un santuario buddista. Oggi ultimo giorno del Relic Tour]]></title>
<link>http://milanoincontemporanea.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/brera-un-santuario-buddista-oggi-ultimo-giorno-del-relic-tour/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>milanoincontemporanea</dc:creator>
<guid>http://milanoincontemporanea.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/brera-un-santuario-buddista-oggi-ultimo-giorno-del-relic-tour/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ultimo giorno per il Relict Tour di Brera, visita gratuita alle reliquie più importanti del mondo bu]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://milanoincontemporanea.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/buddismo-milano-in-contemporanea.jpg">Ultimo giorno per il <strong> </strong></a><strong><a href="http://milanoincontemporanea.wordpress.com//relict-tour-brera/" target="_self">Relict Tour di Brera</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://milanoincontemporanea.wordpress.com/category/mostre/" target="_self">visita gratuita</a> alle reliquie più importanti del mondo <a href="http://milanoincontemporanea.wordpress.com/tag/buddismo/" target="_self">buddista</a></strong> allestite nella <strong>Sala Napoleonica della Accademia</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Fino alle 18 di oggi</strong> e con ingresso libero si potranno ammirare alcuni oggetti sacri appartenuti a <strong>Siddharta,</strong> al <strong>Budda</strong>, tutti donati da quel personaggio di grande carisma che è il <strong><a href="http://milanoincontemporanea.wordpress.com/dalai-lama/" target="_self">Dalai Lama</a></strong>.</p>
<p><em>Carisma</em> è proprio la parola giusta da usare in questo caso: dal greco, significa &#8220;<em>dono</em>&#8220;. Come  quello che ha fatto a noi <a href="http://milanoincontemporanea.wordpress.com/tag/milano-in-contemporanea/" target="_self">milanesi</a> questa domenica &#8230; <!--more--></p>
<p>Al di là del &#8220;<a href="http://milanoincontemporanea.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/incontro-con-lautore-di-fleur-enchainees/" target="_self">conflitto di interess</a>i&#8221;, mi sento di suggerirvi la visita a questo mondo fatto di mistero e sacralità.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Ammirate le <strong>perle</strong> che, per la tradizione buddista, compaiono in mezzo alle ceneri degli illuminati dopo che sono stati arsi sulle pire &#8211; è il loro millenario rito funerario.</p>
<p>Queste reliquie sono state riunite di  recente ed ora toccano <a href="http://milanoincontemporanea.wordpress.com/milano-in-contemporanea/" target="_self">Milano</a> dopo un tour mondiale che mira alla costruzione di una c<strong>olossale statuta del Budda</strong> (si pensa a 152 metri) nella cittadina dove costui morì 2.500 anni fa, Kunshinagar.</p>
<p>Cristalli &#8220;<em><a href="http://milanoincontemporanea.wordpress.com/tag/ringsel/" target="_self">ringsel</a></em>&#8220;, reliquie dello storico <strong>Illuminato</strong> racchiuse in preziose teche e quelle del<strong> venerabile Sariputra</strong>, uno dei suoi discepoli più vicini, sono solo alcuni degli oggetti mistici che vi diranno qualcosa di più su questa che più che una religione definirei una <strong>filosofia</strong>.</p>
<p>Un modo di pensare che, vi assicuro, vi arricchirà profondamente di serenità e tranquillità.</p>
<p>Il mio augurio per cominciare bene la settimana lavorativa.</p>
<p><strong><em>Relic Tour</em></strong><br />
Accademia di Brera. Sala Napoleonica<br />
via Brera 28 a Milano<br />
domenica : dalle 10 alle 18<br />
Ingresso libero</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Tibetan Government in Exile]]></title>
<link>http://shugdensociety.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/the-tibetan-government-in-exile/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>goldenmala</dc:creator>
<guid>http://shugdensociety.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/the-tibetan-government-in-exile/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The above video clip helps to illustrate this point made in the new book A Great Deception by the We]]></description>
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<p>The above video clip helps to illustrate this point made in the new book  <a href="http://www.agreatdeception.com">A Great Deception </a> by the Western Shugden Society.</p>
<blockquote><p>The Tibetan government is the Dalai Lama, and the Dalai Lama is the Tibetan government. Behind the trappings of government with its illusion of democracy, the Dalai Lama’s position, with its central tenet, ‘L’etat, c’est moi’ (‘I am the State’), extends its domain of authority over all aspects of policy and decision-making. There is no decision of government that is not the Dalai Lama’s decision.
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<title><![CDATA[The Nobel Funk Off]]></title>
<link>http://cavernadoogro.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/the-nobel-funk-off/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Caverna do Ogro</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cavernadoogro.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/the-nobel-funk-off/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Alguém aí já deu uma olhada nesse viral que tá rodando pela internet desde o dia 16/11? Pois é, ning]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Alguém aí já deu uma olhada nesse viral que tá rodando pela internet desde o dia 16/11? Pois é, ninguém sabe do que se trata&#8230;</p>
<p>Enfim&#8230;só sei que é um dos vídeos virais mais interessantes já produzidos por aí! Descrito simplesmente como “<em>Quite possibly the funkiest supergroup of all time. Peace Out.</em>”, temos Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela e Madre Teresa se esbanjando num groove tenso de tão fodástico em nome da paz. Doido né?</p>
<p>Pesquisas no deus Google não revelam absolutamente nada sobre a &#8216;banda&#8217;, e o vídeo foi postado por uma conta recentemente criada no You Tube. Os dados do usuário da conta indicam ser de um australiano de 41 anos. A qualidade tanto do vídeo quanto do áudio são profissionais, assim como a maquiagem do trio. Sem contar que não dá para não notar a luvinha prateada do Michael Jackson fazendo o &#8216;peace sign&#8217; de relance perto do final do vídeo. Seria essa mais uma pista? Mas pista de que? Qual é a história por trás dessa campanha viral?</p>
<p>Comentários no You Tube e  Twitter têm dado destaque aos tags &#8216;nobel&#8217; e &#8216;peace&#8217; e a pergunta &#8220;Where&#8217;s Obama?&#8221; também tem surgido com frequência. Mas, ao que tudo indica, ninguém tem uma prova concreta sobre quem está por trás da ação. Então meu caro, assista e divirta-se, enquanto a gente continua tentando desvendar o mistério!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[buonanotte compagni.]]></title>
<link>http://quadernisocialisti.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/buonanotte-compagni-4/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>giusarn</dc:creator>
<guid>http://quadernisocialisti.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/buonanotte-compagni-4/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Buona notte a peppe lanzetta. Buona notte a niki vendola. Buona notte ai precari che sono andati a f]]></description>
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<p>Buona notte a peppe lanzetta.</p>
<p>Buona notte a niki vendola.</p>
<p>Buona notte ai precari che sono andati a fare pizza e birra e stanotte fanno l&#8217;amore perchè è sabato e domani non si lavora.</p>
<p>buonanotte al dalai lama</p>
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<title><![CDATA[A constant delicate balance]]></title>
<link>http://cityfreelancer.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/a-constant-delicate-balance/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>zenmonkey</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cityfreelancer.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/a-constant-delicate-balance/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never had habits. They don&#8217;t stick with me. It&#8217;s great in terms of negative h]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I&#8217;ve never had habits. They don&#8217;t stick with me. It&#8217;s great in terms of negative habits, because I don&#8217;t get addicted. But a routine &#8211; i.e. a series of positive habits &#8211; would help get the work done, and establishing one is my current challenge. I can fall in step with mass routines, where a group of people do the same thing at the same time, but sticking to one on my own is difficult. Over whiskey I had a brilliant insight (humour me) &#8211; feeling frustrated I told my sister what my ideal day looks like, and she observed that I already have access to everything I need. I could in fact choose to live my ideal life immediately. It&#8217;s shocking what we don&#8217;t do even if we could. (Supposedly if you trap a fly in a jar and then leave the jar wide open, it still won&#8217;t escape.) The brilliant plan looked like this:</p>
<p><a href="http://cityfreelancer.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/note.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-221" title="note" src="http://cityfreelancer.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/note.jpg?w=188" alt="" width="188" height="300" /></a> (The &#8220;@ DESK&#8221; is to ensure that I don&#8217;t kid myself that Starbucks entails working. The &#8220;WORKING 4 MONEY&#8221; refers to the fact that I&#8217;m always researching something which won&#8217;t pay off until 2012.)</p>
<p>That night I set my alarm for 6.30am. By 6.50, only 5 minutes later than planned, I was on the meditation cushion and stayed there for an hour. After that I was *knackered* and decided to sleep through breakfast. I&#8217;d been so tragically excited about the plan that I&#8217;d barely slept. I got work done eventually, and the gym, but subsequently felt so high on having done so many great things, and was so knocked out from a lack of sleep, that I was out of it for 2 days.</p>
<p>The next day I decided to run the scheduled hours, but only once I&#8217;d gotten enough sleep. The trouble is, I managed to put that off by reading until 3am every night. Every day brought a new book.</p>
<p>I think it&#8217;s about energy management. Learning how your mind ebbs and flows, what it needs to sustain itself, in terms of physical sustenance, creativity, contact, solitude, rest, stimulation, comfort and exposure in equal measure. Squaring this with your absolute objectives, and endeavouring to provide those things in a rhythm that will work. It only took one hour of distraction, and my whole day would be off-kilter. Discipline (like marriage, apparently) is nothing but a long series of choosing to commit afresh, minute-by-minute.</p>
<p>When you trek in the jungle it takes days of hard slog just to clear a short path, and it frequently seems like you haven&#8217;t gotten anywhere. But once you&#8217;ve done it, every time you or anyone else walks it, it gets easier. Brain paths are the same. You can burn yourself out, phase into a fog or commit to providing a constant delicate balance.</p>
<p>Multimedia artist Laurie Anderson writes a funny true story <a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pA80nUY2fA0C&#38;lpg=RA1-PA9&#38;ots=syp44cm23K&#38;dq=%22laurie%20anderson%22%20%22wild%20white%20horses%22&#38;pg=RA1-PA9#v=onepage&#38;q=%22laurie%20anderson%22%20%22wild%20white%20horses%22&#38;f=false">here</a> about the Dalai Lama, cappuccinos and harnessing the mind. Thanks to poet Kevin Griffin Moreno for sending me one of the best books of poetry ever, <em>&#8220;What Book!?&#8221;</em> (Parallax Press 1998).</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The China trap]]></title>
<link>http://mskiran.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/the-china-trap/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mskiran</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mskiran.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/the-china-trap/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[To trackback with all the controlled uneasiness, at least, till now: bunch of CEOs and business baro]]></description>
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<div>To trackback with all the controlled uneasiness, at least, till now: bunch of CEOs and business barons hijacked the Indian public discourse on strategic affairs vis-à-vis China. With all the alleged authority they [used to] tell us: China and India can be robust partners and collaborators [fair enough in roughly economic terms]. This thinking particularly has had tremendous influence on strategic foreign affairs (in Indian public discourse). Thus: disco-dancing for the tune “Chindia, Chindia, Oh! Chindia”. Of course, China and India are collaborators and partners in many aspects; at the same time, what’s missing is: we also compete and at times confront China. To make all of it worse, in India: the underfunded, understaffed think-tanks hardly offer comprehensive and cutting-edge research, opinions, perspectives, policy suggestions on Indo-Sino relations. Sadly, we are only passionate about funding, celebrating, installing – technology and business management schools; not social sciences, particularly political science and international affairs. Within social sciences, India has fair amount of reputed economists [very often trained outside India!]; but similar expertise in political science and strategic affairs? Very very few.</div>
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<div>Now, “one tight slap” on all such alleged disco-dancing intellectuals who have bought into these business leaders’ arguments [Slapper = China; Slapee = you know who]. For China says: <em>the Indian state</em> Arunachal Pradesh is China. Well, no matter how compulsively  ironic: thank you China. Only now, there is, hopefully, a positive picking-up-momentum in public discourse in India about the “Chinese grand design” or its “new forward policy”; <em>i.e</em> as Brahma Chellaney writes – <a href="http://dailypioneer.com/215739/Checkmate-India.html" target="_blank">1</a> &#38; <a href="http://chellaney.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!4913C7C8A2EA4A30!1134.entry" target="_blank">2</a> – “According to Indian defence officials, there were 270 line-of-control (India-China border) violations by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and 2,285 instances of ‘aggressive border patrolling’ by it last year alone. Other border incidents also are being reported, such as the PLA demolition of some unmanned Indian forward posts at the Tibet-Bhutan-Sikkim trijunction and Chinese attempts to encroach on Indian-held land in Ladakh”; and, also particularly using the Indian state Arunachal Pradesh “that China claims largely as its own on the basis of putative historical ties with Tibet”. This claim was demolished by His Holiness 14th Dalai Lama who said that the Indian state Arunachal Pradesh throughout its history was never part of Tibet, which is why  Arunachal Pradesh “was not included in Tibet in a 1914 agreement that demarcated the borders between the then-independent Tibet and British-ruled India” (see <a href="http://chellaney.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!4913C7C8A2EA4A30!1134.entry" target="_blank">Chellaney 2009</a>).</div>
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<div>At least now, I hope, these Indian business leaders would refrain from mouthing statements that are essentially related to strategic affairs.</div>
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<div>“Interestingly”, the current Chinese design is ominously similar to pre-1962 trap where there was considerable amount of “<em>Hindi-Chini bhai bhai</em>” (India-China brotherhood) syndrome that was immediately followed by a war.</div>
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<div>Right now: of course, not war; but, at least geopolitical design of the Chinese should be clear enough by now, I think.</div>
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<title><![CDATA[Perguntaram ao Dalai Lama...]]></title>
<link>http://compartilhavida.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/perguntaram-ao-dalai-lama/</link>
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<dc:creator>Felipe Quartero</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Certa vez, foi feita a seguinte pergunta ao Dalai Lama: “O que mais te surpreende na Humanidade?” E ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Certa vez, foi feita a seguinte pergunta ao Dalai Lama:</p>
<p><em>“O que mais te surpreende na Humanidade?”</em></p>
<p>E ele respondeu:</p>
<p><em>“Os homens&#8230; porque perdem a saúde para juntar dinheiro, depois perdem dinheiro para recuperar a saúde&#8230;<br />
E por pensarem ansiosamente no futuro, esquecem o presente de tal forma que acabam por não viver nem o presente nem o futuro&#8230;<br />
E vivem como se nunca fossem morrer&#8230;<br />
&#8230;e morrem como se nunca tivessem vivido.”</em></p>
<p>Precisa dizer mais alguma coisa?</p>
<p>Grande abraço a todos neste dia de consciência negra, um dia para celebrarmos a diversidade humana e lembrarmos que há, em cada um de nós, um pouco, ou muito, de todos os povos! Namastê.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Ela quer o seu filho]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ela quer o seu filho Com o livro Crepúsculo e o vampiro Edward, a escritora Stephenie Meyer pode des]]></description>
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Com o livro Crepúsculo e o vampiro Edward, a escritora Stephenie Meyer pode desbancar o bruxo Harry Potter, de J. K. Rowling</p>
<p><em>Por NATÁLIA RANGEL</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Há pouco mais de cinco anos, a jovem dona-de-casa Stephenie Meyer, mãe de três filhos, casada com um pastor mórmon e moradora da pequena cidade de Cave Creek, no Estado americano do Arizona, jamais imaginaria seduzir jovens em todo o mundo com uma fantasiosa história de amor entre uma adolescente e um vampiro. Tampouco vislumbrou que as tramas românticas forjadas em sua imaginação e materializadas em três livros (Crepúsculo, Lua nova e Eclipse) ficariam 143 semanas na lista de best-sellers do jornal The New York Times, com seis milhões de exemplares vendidos em diversos países &#8211; sendo que quatro milhões referem- se apenas às vendas nos últimos 12 meses. Pois foi o que aconteceu. O vertiginoso sucesso de Crepúsculo, que conta a relação amorosa entre o morto-vivo Edward Cullen, com 17 anos desde 1918, e sua amada e humana Isabella Swan (chamada de Bella), ambos colegas no terceiro ano do ensino médio na chuvosa cidade de Forks, conquistou uma legião de fãs. E foi além: acaba de render à escritora, de 34 anos, um lugar entre as 100 personalidades mundiais mais influentes, eleitas pela revista Time. Ela aparece ao lado de nomes como Hillary Clinton, George Clooney e Dalai Lama. Quais são os seus superpoderes?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Stephenie leva uma vida pacata, é religiosa, segue os ditames mórmons e uma de suas poucas rebeldias é o gosto por Pepsi Diet &#8211; a igreja desaconselha o consumo de substâncias que tenham cafeína. Até aí, ela não está investida de nenhum truque mágico. Os seus poderes especiais, na verdade, ganham vida graças a uma mente extremamente criativa, voltada à ficção, que monta adoráveis e sedutores vampiros &#8211; todos do bem. São seres evoluídos que mudam a dieta (só bebem sangue de animais) para resistir, a duras penas, à sede que têm de sangue humano e assim conseguem viver pacificamente em sociedade. O carisma de seus personagens junto aos adolescentes é comparado ao fascínio exercido pelo bruxo Harry Potter, da escritora inglesa J. K. Rowling, e há quem aposte que a saga dos jovens vampiros reúna qualidades suficientes para desbancá-lo de sua liderança isolada nesse filão editorial. Isso já ocorreu no ano passado quando Eclipse, seu terceiro livro, chegou às lojas quase ao mesmo tempo que a última aventura de Harry Potter.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="color:#663399;">FENÔMENO</span> A autora Stephenie Meyer (à dir.), uma dona-de-casa mórmon, escreveu três livros e já vendeu seis milhões de exemplares em todo o mundo</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">No cinema, a trajetória dos vampiros já é semelhante à do aprendiz de mágico nascido na Inglaterra: o primeiro livro, Crepúsculo (que chega ao Brasil pela editora Intrínseca, 390 págs., R$ 39,90), virou filme e estreará em dezembro nos EUA. À semelhança das obras de J. K. Rowling, o quarto livro de Stephenie, Breaking down, previsto para agosto, está recebendo tratamento vip com esquema de vendas a partir de meia-noite nas grandes livrarias. A popularidade desses novos personagens já inspirou nomes de bandas de rock, centenas de comunidades de sites de relacionamento e seus nomes aparecem impressos em camisetas. Antes mesmo de suas histórias serem editadas aqui, elas já podiam ser lidas em sites da internet devidamente traduzidas pelos fãs.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">É certo que há muito marketing promovendo a nova escritora e seus personagens carismáticos, e nem poderia ou deveria ser diferente. Mas é um fato que a vampiromania foi crescendo até explodir no último ano &#8211; e vale lembrar que boa parte da propaganda começou boca a boca, leitor com leitor, adolescente com adolescente. Alguns trechos do primeiro romance se tornaram cults como o momento em que Bella descobre que o lindo garoto por quem está encantada é mesmo um vampiro: <strong>&#8220;De três coisas eu estava convicta. Primeira, Edward era um vampiro. Segunda, havia uma parte dele &#8211; e eu não sabia que poder esta parte teria &#8211; que tinha sede do meu sangue. E terceira, eu estava incondicional e irrevogavelmente apaixonada por ele&#8221;</strong>. A paixão compartilhada por ambos é sempre contida, paira sobre Bella a ameaça do vampirismo de Edward. Se ele ultrapassar o sinal, ela estará morta.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>O filme Crepúsculo estréia em dezembro nos EUA, com Robert Pattinson e kristen Stewart (à frente) como Edward e bella</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Nas cenas românticas, nunca fica claro se ele deseja ter relações sexuais com Bella ou apenas se alimentar do seu sangue, mordendo- lhe a jugular. Num trecho, ela diz: &#8220;Eu podia sentir seu hálito frio em meu pescoço, sentir seu nariz deslizando por meu queixo, inspirando (&#8230;)&#8221;. E ele sussurra: &#8220;Só porque estou resistindo ao vinho, não quer dizer que não possa apreciar o buquê. Você tem um aroma floral, de lavanda ou frésia. É de dar água na boca&#8221;. Essa tensão permeia todo o romance e não é diferente dos dilemas humanos que envolvem uma paixão proibida. A autora afirmou em entrevista que foi pressionada a incluir cenas mais explícitas de sexo em seus livros, mas resistiu. Mesmo que algumas passagens sejam sensuais e com insinuações eróticas, os personagens nunca vão além de castos beijos e carinhos no rosto e pescoço &#8211; embora demonstrem o tempo todo desejar muito mais do que isso. Nada mais humano, e é justamente com essa humanização dos vampiros que Stephenie parece ter seduzido irrevogavelmente os seus jovens leitores. Os mesmos que J. K. Rowling brindou apenas com o cândido beijo travado entre Harry Potter e Cho Chang.</p>
<p><strong>VAMPIROS FAMOSOS</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>Drácula (1992), dirigido por Francis Ford Coppola e protagonizado por Gary Oldman, baseia-se em livro de 1897 do escritor irlandês Bram Stoker</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><em> </em></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>O filme Entrevista com o vampiro (1994), de Neil Jordan, é adaptado do romance de Anne Rice, e o personagem Lestat é interpretado por Tom Cruise</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>Criação do escritor e produtor de tevê Joss Whedon, o vampiro Angelus ficou conhecido pelo seriado de tevê Buffy, a caçavampiros (1997)</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em> </em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.terra.com.br/istoe/edicoes/2010/artigo88149-1.htm">http://www.terra.com.br/istoe/edicoes/2010/artigo88149-1.htm</a></p>
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<link>http://dannyfisher.org/2009/11/19/uwest%e2%80%99s-religion-film-series-continues-tomorrow-with-wheel-of-time/</link>
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<dc:creator>Danny Fisher</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Finally:  a movie about Buddhism!  : ) This is just a quick reminder that UWest’s Religion &amp; Fil]]></description>
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<p>This is just a quick reminder that <a title="blocked::http://www.shambhalasun.com/news/?p=6562" href="http://www.shambhalasun.com/news/?p=6562">UWest’s Religion &#38; Film Series</a> will continue tomorrow with a screening of master filmmaker Werner Herzog’s 2003 documentary <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0331080/"><strong><em>Wheel of Time</em></strong></a>.  The legendary, iconoclastic Herzog is perhaps best known for his films <em>Grizzly Man</em>, <em>Rescue Dawn</em>, <em>Encounters at the End of the World</em> (last year’s Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature), <em>Fitzcarraldo</em>, <em>The White Diamond</em>, <em>Nosferatu the Vampyre</em>, and <em>Aguirre, the Wrath of God</em>. The film is described this way by the <a href="http://www.allmovie.com/work/wheel-of-time-289390">All Movie Guide</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Celebrated filmmaker Werner Herzog turns his attention to one of the largest Buddhist gatherings in the world in this documentary.  Thousands of Buddhist pilgrims travel to the village of Bodh Gaya in India (the place where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment) to take part in the Kalachakra Initiation. As the visitors stream into Bodh Gaya, many traveling on foot and often stopping to prostrate themselves as a sign of devotion, a team of monks create a beautiful and intricate sand painting on Mount Kailash, which is scattered to the winds by the Dalai Lama at the end of the 12-day celebration as a symbol of the impermanence of existence. Herzog documents the ancient rituals of this ceremony as well as profiling the Dalai Lama and some of the many Buddhists who travel to India for this event.</p></blockquote>
<p>I&#8217;m personally quite fond of this film, and even named it one of my <a href="http://www.elephantjournal.com/2009/03/five-great-films-about-buddhism/">&#8220;Five Great Films about Buddhism&#8221;</a> for <em>elephant journal</em>.</p>
<p>A funny clip of Herzog talking to His Holiness the Dalai Lama is embedded below.</p>
<p>The screening starts at 7 p.m. in Room ED309.  It is free and open to the public.  A discussion will follow.  We hope to see you there!</p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Buona notte pinuccia che sei stata una settimana senza me.</p>
<p>Buona notte al dalai lama, che non s&#8217;incazza mai.</p>
<p>Buona notte ad Abu mazen che ha schifato tutti.</p>
<p>Buona notte a chi spera che l&#8217;Italia diventi un posto migliore.</p>
<p>buona notet a chi sta incazzato.</p>
<p>Buona notte a chi non crede al razzismo e alla xenofobia.</p>
<p>Buona notte a chei non crede che l&#8217;Italia sia solo degli italiani.</p>
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<description><![CDATA[Pilgrimage Statistics Consecutive Days Riding: 41                              Consecutive Days Blog]]></description>
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<p>Consecutive Days Riding: 41                              Consecutive Days Blogging: 42</p>
<p>Today&#8217;s Mileage:  6                                           Total Trip Mileage: 350<br />
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As I ride the bike and review my day I realize I truly love what I do for a living!  I relish the opportunity to stand before a room of young adults and share my knowledge and experience and get paid for it!  However, the evaluation and testing of students is less enjoyable but necessary. Yet from the student responses and ratings, they appear to enjoy my classes! </p>
<div id="attachment_580" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 129px"><a href="http://stationarypilgrim.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dalai-lama.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-580" title="dalai lama" src="http://stationarypilgrim.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dalai-lama.jpg" alt="" width="119" height="197" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Genuine teacher: Dalai Lama</p></div>
<p> Am I a good professor because the students like me and the majority of them learn the material?  I would argue that makes me an “adequate” instructor. When I recall the professors I had in my undergraduate training only three stand out: an Economics professor, a Psychology professor, and a Chemistry professor. But was it their knowledge in the field that made them a favorite of the students?  No, it was that they brought the subject matter to life!  The classes they taught were an experience!</p>
<p>How many twenty year olds, caught between parties, social life and football, would have imagined that Economics was such an integral part of life?  Those who took Dr. Barton’s Economics class did!  Who would have imagined the vast role Chemistry played in life or the psychological motives that underlie all behaviors.  Haven’t we all taken classes where we studied the material, did a memory dump on the test, took our grade and then never thought about the subject again! Good instructors brought the topic to life, making it <strong>real </strong> with poignant examples and stories.  They might have even raised their voices, waving  arms as they pounded on the podium. </p>
<div id="attachment_581" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 216px"><a href="http://stationarypilgrim.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/mother-teresa-with-her-people.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-581" title="mother-teresa-with-her-people" src="http://stationarypilgrim.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/mother-teresa-with-her-people.jpg" alt="" width="206" height="155" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Genuine teacher: Mother Teresa</p></div>
<p>Good professors don’t just make a point, they plant seeds!  They open you up to new possibilities and to a new world view. I’ve had students tell me that a particular lecture, or story immediately changed their perception of life.  I’ve had many call me back years after they have moved on with life, to tell me that the seeds I planted in my classes had sprouted and were now bearing fruit. These interactions are gratifying and reinforce me to keep planting those seeds.</p>
<p>How is all of this relevant to our daily spiritual journey? I encounter many people of different faiths and spiritual practices who desire to influence other individuals’ spiritual life. In some cases it’s a desire to see suffering relieved.  In other cases it’s a desire to increase their flock with converts. Some do it because they are told by their faith. Many do it out of a fear for the salvation of others.   I remember a time in the Navy when a neighbor returned to the dorm in the evening with a beaming smile.  I asked him about it and he exclaimed: “Two and a half, two and a half souls I’ve saved!”  I asked him the obvious question about the <em>fraction </em>of a soul.  He noted that he and a fellow believer witnessed to a sailor who “gave himself to the Lord” so he figured they should each get half a soul credit!</p>
<div id="attachment_582" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 163px"><a href="http://stationarypilgrim.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/gandhi1.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-582" title="gandhi1" src="http://stationarypilgrim.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/gandhi1.jpg" alt="" width="153" height="198" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Genuine teacher: Gandhi</p></div>
<p>I have found that if you want to be effective at influencing other people and have fun in the process of doing it, you need to be genuine and authentic!   I often see my students looking back at me with that wide eyed expression associated with a “he is really into this stuff” mind set.  At that moment I know I am “in my grove” and that I am planting the seeds of possibilities, of new horizons, of new ideas and experiences.</p>
<p> I remember sitting with a group of my church teens as we spoke with an orange robed, shaved head Buddhist nun.  I felt that sense of congruence as she spoke her story and told “her truths.”  These were not mere words, she lived them!  None of us rushed out and converted to Buddhism, but we all knew we had been in the presence of a special human being. Words and sermons attract, but the power to influence comes out of actions. Of course I am not telling you anything new, anything you haven’t heard from the pulpit.  Embrace the love of God, live the love, be an example of it!</p>
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<p>I have a friend who is very devout in her faith.  She attended a church workshop about the qualities of a “true believer.” She noted to me that “you have all the qualities they talked about, but you aren’t a believer!”  I smiled, nodded and then added: “I believe, just not in the same things you believe!”</p>
<p>We have the greatest impact on others when we present them not just with a new idea, but with a new experience: an experience that challenges them to open up, consider, expand, grow and become something new!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Dalai Lama thanks Obama]]></title>
<link>http://guydinmore.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/dalai-lama-thanks-obama/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>guydinmore</dc:creator>
<guid>http://guydinmore.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/dalai-lama-thanks-obama/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[by Guy Dinmore published on FT 19 November 2009 The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, on ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IL DALAI LAMA HA ROTTO I COGLIONI]]></title>
<link>http://oscarferrari.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/il-dalai-lama-ha-rotto-i-coglioni/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Oscar Ferrari</dc:creator>
<guid>http://oscarferrari.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/il-dalai-lama-ha-rotto-i-coglioni/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Fratelli e sorelle qui dalle mie parti non se ne può più. Puntuale come la scoreggia dopo i rapanell]]></description>
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<p>Fratelli e sorelle qui dalle mie parti non se ne può più. Puntuale come la scoreggia dopo i rapanelli, anche quest&#8217;anno il <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalai_Lama" target="_blank"><strong>Dalai Lama</strong> </a>è atterrato a Bolzano portando con sè il suo solito messaggio di pace e fratellanza e perorando la causa del Tibet, di cui detiene per reincarnazione la carica di capo del governo in esilio. Ormai il <strong>Dalai Lama</strong> fa parte del paesaggio sudtirolese, quasi come <strong><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Fresu" target="_blank">Paolo Fresu</a></strong>, un jazzista di fama mondiale che tutte le città si contendono e  che da noi viene a suonare una decina di volte l&#8217;anno. Se non è fortuna questa&#8230;</p>
<p>Il Dalai Lama da noi si trova bene, gli piace il cibo e la venerazione che il nostra <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Durnwalder" target="_blank"><strong>Landeshauptmann Luis Durnwalder</strong> </a>nutre verso di lui lo inorgoglisce. In realtà il nostro Durni, forse anche incalzato dall&#8217;età non più verdissima,  si sente alla fine della carriera politica e, non avendo ancora trovato un successore degno di lui, volentieri opterebbe per la propria reincarnazione alla guida del <strong>Sudtirolo</strong>. E il Dalai Lama qualche drittta potrebbe anche dargliela.</p>
<p>Dopo un paio di appassionanti dibattiti sull&#8217;autodeterminazioni dei popoli, il Dalai Lama si è spostato a Trento, dove ha incoronato con una sciarpa bianca il locale <strong>presidente Dellai</strong>, giunto recentemente agli onori delle cronache nazionali per essere uno dei co-fondatori del <strong><a href="http://oscarferrari.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/e-nato-il-partito-di-rutelli/" target="_blank">partito di Rutelli</a></strong>, una garanzia. Poi è andato a Roma  per incontrare <strong>Fini</strong> e il sindaco <strong>Alemanno</strong> (trovando anche il tempo di dire la sua sul crocifisso in aula) , e probabilmente adesso sarà in qualche altro posto dove è cittadino onorario a farsi baciare le mani, in pratica il suo mestiere.</p>
<p>Non male come vita, sicuramente migliore delle sua reincarnazione precedente, roba che vien da pensare che se la <strong>Cina</strong> non avesse invaso il <strong><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet" target="_blank">Tibet</a></strong>, potrebbe tranquillamente avere  tutto un altro andazzo. Come leader di un <strong>regime teocratico e feudale</strong>, (qual era il Tibet dalaista) potrebbe già ritenersi soddisfatto che non fosse ancora arrivato nessuno ad esportargli la democrazia</p>
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<title><![CDATA[John Key not going to meet with Dalai Lama]]></title>
<link>http://ozymandiaswarning.com/2009/11/19/john-key-not-going-to-meet-with-dalai-lama/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ozy Mandias</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ozymandiaswarning.com/2009/11/19/john-key-not-going-to-meet-with-dalai-lama/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[John Key In a surprising move John Key has announced he will not be meeting the Dalai Lama when he v]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[El Dalai Lama posa con la bufanda del Barça]]></title>
<link>http://murocatracho.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/el-dalai-lama-posa-con-la-bufanda-del-barca/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>D'Alessandro</dc:creator>
<guid>http://murocatracho.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/el-dalai-lama-posa-con-la-bufanda-del-barca/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[La imagen tiene una tras de sí una historia. El Dalai Lama se encuentra estos días en Italia, donde ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A melhor religião]]></title>
<link>http://brasilinteligente.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/a-melhor-religiao/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Brasil Inteligente</dc:creator>
<guid>http://brasilinteligente.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/a-melhor-religiao/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Olá! Hoje quero falar sobre algo bem polêmico: Qual a melhor religião??? &nbsp; Minha opinião, defen]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><span style="color:#008000;">Olá! Hoje quero falar sobre algo bem polêmico:</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#008000;">Qual a melhor religião???</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#008000;"> </span><span style="color:#008000;"> </span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#008000;">Minha opinião, defendida já a alguns anos:  Nenhuma&#8230; Eu chego à Deus por mim mesmo&#8230; Ele me olha, me protege, me guia&#8230; O que rege a minha vida é o seguinte: Existe o bem e o mal. Se você fizer o bem, está agindo dentro da vontade de Deus&#8230; </span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#008000;">Por que uma religião diz que usar camisinha é pecado? E por que transar antes do casamento é pecado? E na outra, explodir um prédio com centenas de pessoas dentro em nome de seu Deus máximo (é, pra quem não sabe, Alá é Deus para os Muçulmanos) é algo santo que garante ao executor um lugar no céu com suas sei-lá-quantas virgens? Por que a Bíblia Católica é diferente da Bíblia Evangélica? Por que estas duas religiões condenam o Espiritismo, que acredita em reencarnação e baseia seus fundamentos também na Bíblia (além de alguns outros estudos, claro)?</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#008000;">E o que existe de comum entre todas?? Deus&#8230; E pra mim, Deus é sinônimo de bondade.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#008000;">E essa semana recebi um texto que faz com que eu acredite ainda mais na teoria do bem e do mal&#8230; Abaixo:</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#008000;">&#8220;Breve diálogo entre o teólogo brasileiro Leonardo Boff e Dalai Lama. Leonardo Boff explica: &#8216;No intervalo de uma mesa-redonda sobre religião e paz entre os povos, na qual ambos participávamos, eu, maliciosamente, mas também com interesse teológico, lhe perguntei em meu inglês capenga: &#8211; &#8216;Santidade, qual é a melhor religião? &#8216; Esperava que ele dissesse: &#8216;É o budismo tibetano&#8217; ou &#8216;São as religiões orientais, muito mais antigas do que o cristianismo.&#8217; O Dalai Lama fez uma pequena pausa, deu um sorriso, me olhou bem nos olhos &#8211; o que me desconcertou um pouco, por que eu sabia da malícia contida na pergunta &#8211; e afirmou: &#8216;A melhor religião é a que mais te aproxima de Deus. É aquela que te faz melhor.&#8217; Para sair da perplexidade diante de tão sábia resposta, voltei a perguntar: &#8211; &#8216;O que me faz melhor?&#8217; Respondeu ele: &#8211; &#8216;Aquilo que te faz mais compassivo (e aí senti a ressonância tibetana, budista, taoísta de sua resposta), aquilo que te faz mais sensível, mais desapegado, mais amoroso, mais humanitário, mais responsável&#8230; A religião que conseguir fazer isso de ti é a melhor religião&#8230;&#8217; Calei, maravilhado, e até os dias de hoje estou ruminando sua resposta sábia e irrefutável.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#008000;">Ou seja, não importa a religião. O mais importante é que faças somente o bem.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#008000;">Até mais!</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#008000;"><img class="alignleft" title="Brasil" src="http://brasilinteligente.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/brasil1.jpg" alt="Brasil" width="74" height="75" /><strong> </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#008000;"><strong>BRASIL INTELIGENTE<br />
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<p><span style="color:#008000;">da nossa pátria amada, chamada <strong>Brasil</strong>!!!</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[His Holiness the Dalai Lama Presents the Light of Truth Award to Julia Taft and Wang Lixiong]]></title>
<link>http://dannyfisher.org/2009/11/18/his-holiness-the-dalai-lama-presents-the-light-of-truth-award-to-julia-taft-and-wang-lixiong/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Danny Fisher</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dannyfisher.org/2009/11/18/his-holiness-the-dalai-lama-presents-the-light-of-truth-award-to-julia-taft-and-wang-lixiong/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[John Key refuses to meet the Dalai Lama]]></title>
<link>http://newzealandforeignpolicy.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/john-key-refuses-to-meet-the-dalai-lama/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>newzealandforeignpolicy</dc:creator>
<guid>http://newzealandforeignpolicy.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/john-key-refuses-to-meet-the-dalai-lama/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In a move which can hardly be considered a suprise (Helen Clark also refused to meet with him) John ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a title="Characteristic hands-raised anjali greeting" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tenzin_Gyatzo_foto_1.jpg"><img class="alignleft" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Tenzin_Gyatzo_foto_1.jpg/200px-Tenzin_Gyatzo_foto_1.jpg" alt="Characteristic hands-raised anjali greeting" width="184" height="203" /></a>In a move which can hardly be considered a suprise (Helen Clark also refused to meet with him) John Key will not be meeting the Dalai Lama when he comes to Auckland next month.</p>
<p>New Zealand governments in recent times have been unwilling to risk any fall out with China which may affect our trade relations with them.</p>
<p>Surely this affects our strong  identity as a country who is willing to stand up for human rights and our beliefs on an international stage (think back to our policy of not allowing nuclear ships into the country).</p>
<p>See full story on Stuff <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/3076690/Key-denies-bowing-to-China-on-Dalai-Lama">here</a></p>
<p><em>Prime Minister John Key has been accused of caving to pressure from China after saying he will not meet the Dalai Lama.</em></p>
<p><em>Mr Key denied China had leaned on him, but conceded its well-known disapproval of world leaders who meet the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader was a factor in his decision.</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;I had some discussions with the Foreign Minister [Murray McCully] about it. I think we would understand the way the Chinese would deal with these things, but on the other side of the coin, that wasn&#8217;t the over-riding factor. There were a number of factors involved.&#8221;</em></p>
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