M Dash Foundation: C Cube Learning

Category: Religion

  • What to say and what not to say, according to Buddhism

    What to say and what not to say, according to Buddhism

    From Foundation texts of Buddhism. Abhaya Sutta and Samaññaphala Sutta etc As I summarize (6 sentences into 1, possible) Most of the speech — including bitter truth, can only be said if they are beneficial and only if they are said with the right sense of time. I am making it concise, from whats appended…

  • Stars and Fate.

    Stars and Fate.

    Astrology is the blind belief that stars change our fate — pun; like the blind belief wives change our personality. This is where Physics becomes a paraphernalia of whim, cultivated over the ages, to bring solace in seeking ignorance as a means of existential glory. I just checked some scientific terms, in regards to how…

  • Why Bose is not the scientist after whom Higgs is named.

    A very few particles (out of 1000s) are named after scientists, eg the so called mu meson was called a Yukawa Meson, although it turned out to be a misnomer. Mu-meson was found to be a lepton, rather than a meson, as was thought by Yukawa and others. Now called Muon it belongs in the…

  • The begetarian Hindu, “Hindujin ha”

    While writing vegetarian I accidentally wrote begeterean which goes towards bigotry. Supremacy. Vegetarian Supremacy. But I just wanted to write a small episode about Vegetarianism in “Hindu”. [“Hindu” like “Dharma” is one of the most abused word in modern context, in-fact everything we inherited from our forefathers; we have abused, including ourselves.] When I was…

  • You are screwed.

    Mrs GANDHI is asked; When did India get Independence ? She replied “1947” and passed. Advani is asked; How many people died during the independence struggle? He gets nervous. Yama asked him to choose from 3 options: 100,000 or 200,000 or 300,000. Advani catches it and says 200,000 and passes. It’s Laloo’s turn now. Yama…