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Over at the Being Blog, Krista Tippett on Being‘s senior editor Trent Gilliss writes about the Buddhist roots of Philip Glass’s astoundingly beautiful, iconic composition “Mad Rush.” Don’t miss this. Take a look.
Today’s quote comes from Siddhartha Gautama (circa fifth and/or sixth century B.C.E.) — the historical Buddha and de facto progenitor of the Buddhist religions. This is it:
An angry person is ugly & sleeps poorly. Gaining a profit, he turns it into a loss, having done damage with word & deed. A person overwhelmed with anger destroys his wealth. Maddened with anger, he destroys his status. Relatives, friends, & colleagues avoid him. Anger brings loss. Anger inflames the mind. He doesn’t realize that his danger is born from within. An angry person doesn’t know his own benefit. An angry person doesn’t see the Dhamma. A man conquered by anger is in a mass of darkness. He takes pleasure in bad deeds as if they were good, but later, when his anger is gone, he suffers as if burned with fire. He is spoiled, blotted out, like fire enveloped in smoke.
Earlier this month, I blogged about Richard Gere’s plans to visit South Korea with an exhibition of his photos and try a templestay program. The Korea Herald and Reuters (in the video below) report on the visit so far. Take a look.
[UPDATE: An older version of this video was removed from the Garrison Institute's YouTube channel. The new version is posted below.]
"When the Preah Vihear Temple was granted World Heritage status in 2008, Thailand's citizens were angered by Cambodia's claim to the ancient site." Image via Gallo/Getty.
I’ve done a lot of blogging in the past about Preah Vihear, the ancient temple site and location of tense standoffs between Thailand and Cambodia in the past few years. Al Jazeera English has a large report today in which it explores the question, “Who does the Preah Vihear temple belong to?” Take a look.
