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		<title>Who is Buddha?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a story told about the Buddha shortly after he was enlightened. As he was walking down the dusty road he met a traveller who saw him as a handsome yogi exuding a remarkable energy. The traveller asked him, &#8220;You seem very special. What are you? Are you some kind of an Angel or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kathavarta.com&amp;blog=4067272&amp;post=2087&amp;subd=kathavarta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The student asked: What is Love? The teacher said: in order to answer your question, go to the paddy field and choose the biggest paddy and come back. But the rule is: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick. The student went to the field, go thru first row, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kathavarta.com&amp;blog=4067272&amp;post=1130&amp;subd=kathavarta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 10-year-old boy decided to study judo despite the fact that he had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident. The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo master. The boy was doing well, so he couldn’t understand why, after three months of training the master had taught him only one move. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kathavarta.com&amp;blog=4067272&amp;post=840&amp;subd=kathavarta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Chance of start over</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a cold December night in West Orange, New Jersey. Thomas Edison&#8217;s factory was humming with activity. Work was proceeding on a variety of fronts as the great inventor was trying to turn more of his dreams into practical realities. Edison&#8217;s plant, made of concrete and steel, was deemed &#8220;fireproof&#8221;. As you may have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kathavarta.com&amp;blog=4067272&amp;post=730&amp;subd=kathavarta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Buddha&#8217;s Zen</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buddha said: &#8220;I consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes. I observe treasures of gold and gems as so many bricks and pebbles. I look upon the finest silken robes as tattered rags. I see myriad worlds of the universe as small seeds of fruit, and the greatest lake in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kathavarta.com&amp;blog=4067272&amp;post=251&amp;subd=kathavarta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Silent Temple</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shoichi was a one-eyed teacher of Zen, sparkling with enlightenment. He taught his disciples in Tofuku temple. Day and night the whole temple stood in silence. There was no sound at all. Even the reciting of sutras was abolished by the teacher. His pupils had nothing to do but meditate. When the master passed away, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kathavarta.com&amp;blog=4067272&amp;post=250&amp;subd=kathavarta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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