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January 23, 2013 - diary3... by dali48 on HP etc...
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diary3 is about topics from the field of psychology, alternative medicine, Christian and non-Christian religions, Zen-Buddhism, interpretations of excerpts from the speeches of the Nobel laureates in Literature etc. - It describes interesting facts from the past to the future - focusing on the present...
It includes the following authors: Ayya Khema, S. Hite, V.E. Frankl, M. Méssegué, G. Marquez, W. Golding, Dalai Lama, D.T. Suzuki, J. Seiffert, Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddha, J.v.d. Wetering, Allen Ginsberg, C. Simon, Johannes Paul1, K. Dürckheim, W. Soyinka, S. Freud, Sloterdiyk, J. Brodsky, P. Celan, A. Schweitzer, G. Groddeck, hl. Hildegard, I.B. Singer, T. Dethlefsen, A.T. Kushi, E. Drewermann, O. Pamuk, Naguib Mahfouz, F. Nietzsche, C.J. Cela, O. Paz, A. Schopenhauer, N. Gordimer, Anais Nin, Abrahms / Spring, R. Dahlke, Ryokan, D.H. Lawrence, T. Morrison, etc... (dali48)
Thursday 27 March 2008
28/03/2000
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To this end, let something go - for a moment from which you think that you deserve it - for example something that you enjoy doing - something that you like or think is important - Examined it again and again, until you realize how fleeting it is - Then you will say to you at some point: "I don't need it I can do without it" - This is the moment of truth... (Ayya Khema)
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Ayya Khema (1923 - 1997), a Buddhist teacher, was born as Ilse Kussel in Berlin, Germany, to Jewish parents. Khema escaped Nazis persecution during World War II. She eventually moved to the United States. After travelling in Asia she decided to become a Buddhist nun in Sri Lanka in 1979... (Wikipedia)
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Maurice Mességué (born 1921) is a French herbalist - and author of several best-selling books on herbal medicine - and cooking with herbs - In his autobiography he claims to have treated, among others... - He was born in Colayrac-Saint-Cirq (Lot-et-Garonne)... - Mességué practices a form of herbalism passed down through his family - Some of the practices involve, among other things, soaking the patient's feet in a strong decoction of locally gathered herbs... (Wikipedia)
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The monasteries thus tended to become local centers of medical knowledge - and their herb gardens provided the raw materials for simple treatment of common disorders...
The bark of willow trees contains large amounts of salicylic acid - which is the active metabolite of aspirin - Willow bark has been used for millennia as an effective pain reliever and fever reducer... - One of the most famous women in the herbal tradition was Hildegard of Bingen - A twelfth century Benedictine nun, she wrote a medical text called Causes and Cures...
Native Americans medicinally used about 2,500 of the approximately 20,000 plant species - that are native to North America... - Some researchers trained in both western and traditional Chinese medicine - have attempted to deconstruct ancient medical texts in the light of modern science... - Sick animals tend to forage plants rich in secondary metabolites - such as tannins and alkaloids - Since these phytochemicals often have antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal and antihelminthic properties - a plausible case can be made for self-medication by animals in the wild...
Because "over 50% of prescription drugs are derived from chemicals first identified in plants," - a 2008 report from the Botanic Gardens Conservation International (representing botanic gardens in 120 countries) warned that "cures for things such as cancer and HIV may become 'extinct - before they are ever found'." - They identified 400 medicinal plants at risk of extinction from over-collection and deforestation, threatening the discovery of future cures for disease... (Wikipedia)
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Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki (1870 – 1966) was a Japanese author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen and Shin that were instrumental in spreading interest in both Zen and Shin (and Far Eastern philosophy in general) to the West... -Suzuki studied at Tokyo University. When he was young, Suzuki had set about acquiring knowledge of Chinese, Sanskrit, Pali, and several European languages... - Carl Jung wrote of him: “Suzuki's works on Zen Buddhism are among the best contributions to the knowledge of living Buddhism… - We cannot be sufficiently grateful to the author, first for the fact of his having brought Zen closer to Western understanding - and secondly for the manner in which he has achieved this task." - But Jung was also critical, warning against an uncritical borrowing from Asian spirituality... (Wikipedia)
Ayya Khema (August 25, 1923 – November 2, 1997) was a Buddhist teacher and was very active in providing opportunities for women to practice Buddhism, ...
Born: Ilse Kussel; August 25, 1923; Berlin, Ger...
Title: bhikkhunī
Teacher: Ven. Narada Maha Thera; (first ordin...
Died: November 2, 1997 (aged 74)
Maurice Mességué (14 December 1921 – 16 June 2017) was a French herbalist and author of several books on herbal medicine and cooking with herbs.
Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki was a Japanese author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen (Chan) and Shin that were instrumental in spreading interest in both ...
Died: 12 July 1966 (aged 95); Kamakura, Japan
Notable awards: National Medal of Culture
Born: 18 October 1870; Honda-machi, Kanaza...
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