April 2009
5 posts
Success is irrelevant when speaking of torture. Civilized people do not torture. End of argument.
“A genuine sense of humour is having a light touch: not beating reality into the...”
– Chogyam Trungpa
April is Genocide Prevention Month
The tragedies of Darfur, Bosnia, Rwanda, Cambodia, the Holocaust and Armenia all have anniversaries this month and so April is Genocide Prevention Month. You can take the Pledge to Observe Genocide Prevention Month, which states:
Remarkably, six genocides have major anniversaries in the month of April – a tragic testament to the international community’s inexcusable failure to stop inhuman and...
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
Living a Carfree Life
Like many North Americans I grew up in a suburban neighbourhood where the automobile is treated like a pampered pet. A few weeks before my family moved to Okinawa, not long after my 16th birthday, I received a driver’s licence and spent the next three years driving on the left hand side of the road. Returning to the United States I thought nothing of purchasing a car for commuting to...
“BUDDHISTS DON’T CON YOU
Student: You often criticize a film by saying...”
– Chogyam Trungpa