Salt water indoor swimming pool - tell us the titles of good books that you have read, fiction, fact, enlightening, anything

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Permalink Reply by erika on October 12, 2009 at 9:54am

is it about someone playing Cello, or ..what?

Permalink Reply by Les Derbyshire on October 13, 2009 at 1:26am

Hi Erika
Yes, the story revolves around a cellist who plays in the middle of the street at the same time each day for 22 days on the spot where 22 people died in a mortar attack. There is much more to it than that of course but that's the centre of it. He plays regardless of the danger to himself and plays the same piece of music each day then just packs up and returns to his home without a word.

Permalink Reply by erika on October 13, 2009 at 10:07am

it sounds very interesting..
I will try and memorize it.

Permalink Reply by s <3 on November 13, 2009 at 2:09pm

This I found.......

Buddhism in prison - a good idea?

Ultimately, there is a reason we rarely hear about Buddhist terrorists, murderers, rapists, thieves and so on. In consideration of this fact, it might be wise to increase the availability of Buddhistic thought within prisons, the realm of the most difficult and hardened individuals on the planet. Increasing difficulties and hardening via fanaticism that teaches supremacy of the faithful and hatred for unbelievers—to be manifested in a myriad of aggressive, hostile and violent ways—is certainly not the answer. Nor is proselytizing the projection of one's life and responsibility on a giant man in the sky an appropriate solution. Teaching how to create a peaceful mind, body and soul represents the most productive path for all human beings, whether incarcerated or not. For, in the end, if we do not develop our own innate morality and integrity, we remain in a prison of our own making....

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-17009-Freethought-Examiner~y2009...

Permalink Reply by Les Derbyshire on November 14, 2009 at 1:57am

Buddhism has a great deal to teach us. It should be a part of anyone's available choice and no less so in prison. Those in prison cannot be required to study or even take part but it should be equally available along with the C of E, Catholic and 'free church' chaplains - oh and yes, the Quaker chaplain!

Permalink Reply by s <3 on November 14, 2009 at 2:30pm

This is a very interesting article...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3571386/I-see-Rich...