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The sad laughing buddha

http://blog.talluk.com/the-sad-laughing-buddha/                                                        The Sad Laughing Buddha One of the biggest virtues of Buddha’s followers has been their pursuit for excellence to become the Human Beings in their purest forms. Probably that’s why the Buddha was portrayed as Laughing Buddha too because his clear message was to smile and spread smiles all over so that the world can be a congenial place where everybody is Happy. But, how do the smiles spread when there are no more eye contacts. The people in this technology freak world are so immersed in their iPhones, Samsungs and smart phones that they have forgotten the very basic ethos of harmony and camaraderie....

Naked Glory

“Naked Glory” Strange are the ways of people, weird are their tenets, silly, they look with the mask made for their social appearances. The contours of our social structure have such strict framework that the freedom of your soul is compromised and with time an independent persona starts suffocating. One day, he asks to himself bamboozled, “Is it really needed to always have that serious look when you sit in a business meeting”,   “does it really hurt the direction of the thoughts of the other people involved if I crack a mild joke in the midst of a serious conversation so as to ease the environment?”, “why the mere mentioning of sex and/or death in general public make them raise a brow?" “Why can’t a rich person greet with a pleasing smile on his face when he confronts that poor lift man?" and "why questioning their ways, is such an egregious folly?” The societies bristled with stagnated beliefs and rusted traditions have been raising the poison of hypo...