Author name: ethosananda

Dhammapada Highlights

Dhammapada – The Footpath (Way) of Dharma. The following verses are copied directly from the translation done by Bhikkhu Sujato of SuttaCentral. 33-43; One whose mind is uncorrupted, whose heart is undamaged, who’s given up right and wrong, alert, has nothing to fear. 44-59 The terminator gains control of the man who has not had

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Ethos Principles from Star Wars

A free resource to benefit boys and men. Mandalorian: The Canons of Honor: Resol’nare Accepting a duel whenever challenged and following through on deals struck are the only two confirmed tenets of the Mandalorian Code in canon. Mando Quotes: “When one chooses to walk the Way of the Mandalore, you are both hunter and prey.”

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Parmenides

Teaching my Dad a bit about Parmenides, and he says, “So, the chicken came before the egg?”I gasped and exclaimed…my God…you’re right, it really is that simple… Being is Eternal. Being cannot come from nothing. Because if it’s nothing, then there is NO something. So there must be some original Cause (God, demiurge, etc.). This

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Sanskrit-English Cognate Encyclopedia

PREFACE: The following is taken directly from the video lectures of HD Goswami, on his YouTube channel. Most are cognates, some are just literal definitions in English. Anyone is welcome to use this information however they like. I compiled this simply by watching every lecture recorded in chronological order from the beginning of that YouTube

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