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Published on Thursday, 02 February 2012 15:08 | | 
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Vishvapani – the Buddhist on BBC Radio 4's 'Thought for the Day' – has written a new biography of the Buddha. What’s left to say? Everything, he says. And the funny, original, surprising Buddha of history is more relevant than ever
Published on Sunday, 26 February 2012 00:00 | | |
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Kenny Random is an Italian street artist who creates delightful silhouettes inside the city walls who are apparently enjoying their urban surroundings.
Published on Monday, 23 January 2012 12:00 | | |
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Philosopher Julian Baggini brilliantly explains how the Buddhist concept of dependent origination (engi) offers a path to personal liberation and development
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Published on Monday, 23 January 2012 11:40 | | |
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Published on Thursday, 19 January 2012 19:57 | | |
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Published on Thursday, 19 January 2012 15:22 | | |
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'The next twenty years are going to be completely unlike the last twenty years.' So says Chris Martenson in his best-selling presentation The Crash Course.
Focusing on 'The Three E's' of economics, energy and the environment, he explains not only why our current systems are unsustainable but, more importantly, that our growing awareness of our predicament will lead to deeper understanding and - ultimately - positive actions.
Published on Friday, 20 January 2012 00:00 | | |
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In 1975 José Antonio Abreu set up a music class for street kids in a Caracas car park. The first day there were 11 children. The next day there were 25. The day after that, 75 kids showed up.
One teenager, who had been arrested nine times for armed robbery, says he was astonished to be given a clarinet. ‘I thought they were joking. Who’d trust a kid like me not to steal something like that?’