Word: enlightenedness
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Current TV is only one of the ventures that Gore has undertaken in the afterlife he created for himself as a businessman who is out to change the world. The former Vice President, 57, is chairman of Generation Investment Management, a London-based investment firm that he started last year...
The Buddhist heartland in eastern India has fared worst of all. The original fig tree at Bodhgaya?under which Prince Siddhartha became the enlightened Buddha?burned down centuries ago. Today, hawkers sell leaves from a replacement tree for $1 apiece. A swath of hotels and shops encroach on the temple...
A nation of robotic consumers, like the U.S. has become, is no more enlightened, free or egalitarian than China.
I believe Musharraf is probably sincere in his desire for "enlightened moderation"?for, in other words, a more widely respected and tolerant Pakistan. But he is undermining this goal by failing to shed attitudes he has inherited from the Pakistan he wishes to leave behind.
This attitude must change. Pakistan will be respected only when we respect our own people, and Pakistan will be tolerant only when we protect the nonviolent expression of all shades of opinion. "Enlightened moderation" cannot simply be dictated from above. It will have to take root below, and for that...