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...Walden Pond. And as translator Patrick Olivelle - who in his rendering of the Buddhacarita has stressed its exquisite literary qualities - notes, Siddhartha's departure into the forest from his father's palace is itself "modeled after that of Rama in the Ramayana, although cast within a Buddhist theological and moral background." The Buddhacarita, Olivelle argues, is both an extension of Brahmanical texts and a potent challenge to them - repudiating Vedic conservatism and its emphasis on family units...
...Since becoming Pope, Benedict has stepped up his so-called "dialogue" with the secular-scientific world. Three months into his papacy he suggested a way to find moral common ground with non-believers, suggesting atheists behave "as if God existed." Benedict even praised Karl Marx in his last encyclical for his "incisive language and intellect ... precision and great analytic skill," before dissecting the errors of his ideology. Next year, the Vatican has slated special conferences to confront the ideas of Galileo and Darwin...
...that he must never ever touch Reilly's precious drum kit. So as soon as Reilly is out of the house, Ferrell tiptoes into the sanctum, opens his pants and rubs his scrotum on the surface of the snare drum. Taking revenge on a hated rival: it's a moral imperative for great warriors, 8-year-old boys, silverback gorillas and the heroes of modern comedies. Ferrell's nut-job is also about as close as any male character in Step Brothers comes to sexual release...
...revere and cherish Mandela. However, I find Richard Stengel's assertion that "in London on June 25 ... he rose to condemn the savagery of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe" astounding. His "condemnation" amounted to four words: "tragic failure of leadership" - a meek scolding indeed from the world's greatest moral leader. How different things might have been if Mandela, years ago, had put politics aside and stood up to lead the world in fierce condemnation of Mugabe's brutal regime. Mandela's courage and presence brought democracy to South Africa. It is a tragedy that Zimbabwe hasn't been given...
...dignity and autonomy than a woman's decision . . . whether to end her pregnancy.'' In dissent, Justice Byron White cautioned against defining ''fundamental'' liberties ''that are nowhere mentioned in the Constitution.'' Rather than imposing ''its own controversial choices of value upon the people,'' the court should return such hotly contested moral and political issues to the legislatures. The division on the court, White concluded, is ''symptomatic'' of its ''own insecurity over its handiwork in Roe vs. Wade and the cases following that decision.'' Chief Justice Burger objected not to a woman's right to obtain an abortion...