Thus the Buddha spake…

Extracted from The Gospel of Buddha by Paul Carus And the venerable Upāli, having approached the Blessed One, asked concerning the re-establishment of peace in the Sangha: “Would it be right, O Lord,” said he, “that the Sangha, to avoid further disputations, should declare the restoration of concord without inquiring into the matter of the quarrel?” And the Blessed One said: “If the Sangha declares the re-establishment of concord without having inquired into the matter, the declaration is neither right nor lawful. “There are two ways of re-establishing concord; one is in the letter, and the other one is in the spirit and in the letter. “If the Sangha declares the re-establishment of concord without having inquired into the matter, the peace is concluded in the letter only. But if the Sangha, having inquired into the matter and having gone to the bottom of it, decides to declare the re-establishment of concord, the peace is concluded in the spirit and also in the letter. “The concord re-established in the spirit and in the letter is alone right and lawful.”

Utterance ineffable

In my quest to read the history of medieval India, I took out another old copy of Medieval History from my treasure. I’d bought it from the old book vendor who sits under the Neem tree near the University library. As usual, I have noted my name on the first page, and the date is February 26, 2011, and written there are four lines:

Yeah, it was a desireless prayer,
With extreme love for the God,
With serene peace…
Utterance ineffable…

You remember?

Change is in the air

Completed four years with my current employer. It was back when summer Olympics were going on and everyone was talking about Michael Phelps that I had joined this organization as a trainee. I was still a trainee when Barack Obama take an oath (and twice, once in public and then again for a few fumbled words) as the President of USA, and “change” was in the air. Twenty people had joined with me, one survived!

It had been a wonderful time, with a lot many ups and only a few downs, the third year being the most productive, in terms of both earning and job satisfaction.

It’s 2012 Olympics now. Michael Phelps is already struggling hard to keep his titles. Barack Obama is again in the field to sustain his “change.” Change is still in the air, a huge change. I’m looking forward for it, to embark on a new journey, a new job!

A strange element

A bit more of affection,
A little less of friendship,
Perhaps a will to know the unknown.
Far away from love,
Somewhere near the care, at best!

A strange element,
as it had always been,
as it was never before!