Dr Chetna Kang, Psychiatrist and Hindu Priest in the Bhakti Yoga/Vaisnava tradition

And in the Big News today from a Faith Perspective, the film Oppenheimer is being released.

On seeing his first atomic explosion, Oppenheimer quoted the Gita by saying “now I become death the destroyer of worlds.” It’s not quite right but quoting Hindu philosophy is still a Good Thing.

Which brings me to Hindu philosophy which knows all about Time in a really deepity way. It tells us about reincarnation and that death, even of a close friend, is not the end, and it makes us feel much better. We know about all this because it says so in our books.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1myLOP1ORPD0O9iGsiJXWHcwA6YV9z3kZ/view?usp=sharing

Vishvapani (formerly Simon Blomfield), member of the Triratna Order (formerly the Western Buddhist Order)

Czech writer Milan Kundera has died.
His novels explored ambiguity in human motives and emotions.
He contrasted this with the inflexible ideology of communism. But he was wrong to think that only communism was like that.
Buddhism concerns itself with interpretations.
We construct a view of reality that we think is the truth.
If you have a row with someone then it makes things worse. But sometimes the row goes away.
This week’s media storm over an unnamed individual fed on the suspicion that something bad was being concealed.
My point is clear.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cToEI883fCw_M91mFQFCH3PCcbmwTB0Z/view?usp=sharing

Rev Dr Michael Banner, Dean and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge

Neonatal death rates in the UK are much higher for ethnic minorities, partly because medical tests were developed with white babies in mind. The Prophet Isaiah and the Invisible Magic Friend both say that neonatal tests should be developed that are applicable to all babies.

Or at least they would definitely say that if they had though about it.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iHwy1XBMDlo-QlTyI1hbSYDPHUChkCzy/view?usp=sharing