Buddha at Bayon temple"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it." - Gautama Buddha
September 8, 2010By A. Gaffar Peang-Meth
Pacific Daily News
In a column last month, I wrote about the inevitability that misunderstandings will occur; that to understand what's intended or expressed requires an ability to imagine, relate, compare, identify, interpret and analyze; and that whatever its cause, misunderstanding creates friction, ends friendships, and alienates.
Better thinking -- quality thinking -- about which I have written extensively in this space, helps one avoid misunderstanding, a benefit to any community.
Troubles with words
Words matter. Those I thought of as friends have denounced me for the meaning they took from words I wrote, interpretation based on misperception. It is said that words, once spoken, can never be recalled.
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Better thinking -- quality thinking -- about which I have written extensively in this space, helps one avoid misunderstanding, a benefit to any community.
Troubles with words
Words matter. Those I thought of as friends have denounced me for the meaning they took from words I wrote, interpretation based on misperception. It is said that words, once spoken, can never be recalled.
Please click here to read more...
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