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Beautiful Shwedagon
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Beautiful Shwedagon
by Ben » Sun Oct 28, 2012 8:08 am
...he wondered whether there was any love between human beings that did not rest upon some sort of self-delusion.
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Re: Beautiful Shwedagon
by cooran » Sun Oct 28, 2012 8:20 am
Where???
---The trouble is that you think you have time---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
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Re: Beautiful Shwedagon
by Ben » Sun Oct 28, 2012 8:25 am
Shwedagon,Yangon, Myanmar.
Here's the link: http://vimeo.com/47321861
Here's the link: http://vimeo.com/47321861
...he wondered whether there was any love between human beings that did not rest upon some sort of self-delusion.
-- John le Carré, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar)
Buddhist Global Relief
UNHCR Somali Emergency Relief Appeal
e: ben.dhammawheel@gmail.com
-- John le Carré, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
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Re: Beautiful Shwedagon
by Kim O'Hara » Sun Oct 28, 2012 9:49 pm
Hi, Ben,
I have recently read 'From the Land of Green Ghosts' by Pascal Khoo Thwe, who grew up in a remote part of Burma. It is every bit as good as this description - http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/17528432 - says, and I'm sure you would find it fascinating.
Kim
I have recently read 'From the Land of Green Ghosts' by Pascal Khoo Thwe, who grew up in a remote part of Burma. It is every bit as good as this description - http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/17528432 - says, and I'm sure you would find it fascinating.
Kim
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Re: Beautiful Shwedagon
by yawares » Mon Oct 29, 2012 1:52 pm
Dear Ben,
From..Thailand News.net
Foreigners flock to
Myanmar's famed Shwedagon pagoda
The NationSunday 14th October, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUV8ZJN6 ... creen&NR=1
October 14, 2012 3:18 pm Yangon - Yangon's famous Shwedagon Pagoda is set to receive a recond-breaking number of foreign tourists this year as travellers flock to Myanmar, news reports said Sunday. During the first nine months of 2012, some 212,973 foreigners visited the pagoda, just shy of 225,381 visitors for all of last year, the Myanmar Times reported. Thai tourists were the top visitors to the gilded pagoda, built more than 2,000 years ago...
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Love your wonderful video clip
yawares
From..Thailand News.net
Foreigners flock to
Myanmar's famed Shwedagon pagoda The NationSunday 14th October, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUV8ZJN6 ... creen&NR=1
October 14, 2012 3:18 pm Yangon - Yangon's famous Shwedagon Pagoda is set to receive a recond-breaking number of foreign tourists this year as travellers flock to Myanmar, news reports said Sunday. During the first nine months of 2012, some 212,973 foreigners visited the pagoda, just shy of 225,381 visitors for all of last year, the Myanmar Times reported. Thai tourists were the top visitors to the gilded pagoda, built more than 2,000 years ago...
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Love your wonderful video clip yawares
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