Latest Approved Revision on: Mon. 03/08/2004
International Women's Day is the story of ordinary women as makers of history; it is rooted in the centuries-old struggle of women to participate in society on an equal footing with men. In ancient Greece, Lysistrata initiated a sexual strike against men in order to end war; during the French Revolution, Parisian women calling for "liberty, equality, fraternity" marched on Versailles to demand women's suffrage.
The idea of an International Women's Day first arose at the turn of the century, which in the industrialized world was a period of expansion and turbulence, booming population growth and…
Latest Approved Revision on: Tue. 08/06/2002
At the university he started to teach his game theory course. His opening comments to the class were:
The question occurs to me. Why are you here?
One student immediately dropped the course! Nash asked a graduate student to take over his course and vanished for a couple of weeks. When he returned he walked into the common room with a copy of the New York Times saying that it contained encrypted messages from outer space that were meant only for him.
For a few days people thought…
Latest Approved Revision on: Mon. 09/22/2003
The Most Ven.Madihe Pannaseeha Maha Nayaka Thera who passed away on September 8th, celebrated his 91st birthday on June 21,2003. He had served for 77 years as a priest in the Buddha Sasana. The government issued a stamp and a first day cover to mark the Ven.Thera's 91st birthday.
The Most Ven. Thera who donned the saffron robe on June 24,1926, at the age of 13, as a podi nama - a novice monk, at Divigalahena, Kamburupitiya, in a village in the deep South, was perhaps the oldest to have such a service record in this…
Latest Approved Revision on: Fri. 10/25/2002
METTA BHAVANA is an ancient Buddhist meditation leading to the development of unconditional loving kindness and friendliness. The Pali word metta means love, friendliness, or loving kindness; bhavana means cultivation or development.
Metta is something you feel in your heart. It is a positive emotional state towards others as well as ourselves. Metta practice helps us:
? Bring harmony into our lives and into our relationships with others;
? Rid ourselves of conflicts, both internal and external;
? Overcome lacerating guilt;
? Open our minds and hearts to loving…
