A man came home from work late again, tired and irritated, to find his 5 year old son waiting for him at the door.
'Daddy, may I ask you a question?'
'Yeah, sure, what is it?' replied the man.
'Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?'
'That's none of your business! What makes you ask such a thing?' the man said angrily.
Few day back one of my collogues in MindTree had a fatal accident on river side. After enquiry what came out was that this fatal incidence could be prevented if he was aware of danger around. It was due to lack of information on the river side which led the incidence.
"How do you account for your remarkable accomplishment in life?" Queen Victoria of England asked Helen Keller. "How do you explain the fact that even though you were both blind and deaf, you were able to accomplish so much?"
Ms. Keller's answer is a tribute to her dedicated teacher. "If it had not been for Anne Sullivan, the name of Helen Keller would have remained unknown."
Nalanda University in India dates back to 427, when it was founded for Buddhist studies. It is believed to be one of the oldest institutions and the first residential International University in the world. The site of Nalanda is located in the Indian state of Bihar,about 55 miles south east of Patna, and was a center of learning from 427 CE to 1197 CE partly under the Pala Empire It has been called "one of the first great universities in recorded history.
Some remains of Nalanda University: Image 1
Nalanda was one of the world's first residential universities, i.e., it had dormitories for students. In its heyday it accommodated over 10,000 students and 2,000 teachers. The university was considered an architectural masterpiece, and was marked by a lofty wall and one gate. Nalanda had eight separate compounds and ten temples, along with many other meditation halls and classrooms. On the grounds were lakes and parks. The library was located in a nine storied building where meticulous copies of texts were produced.
Heron stands in the blue estuary, Solitary, white, unmoving for hours. A fish! Quick avian darting; The prey is captured.
People always ask how to follow Tao. It is as easy and natural as the heron standing in the water. The bird moves when it must; it does not move when stillness is appropriate.
