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Posts tagged with "truthfulness"
Jul. 21 |
The two choices of the ‘Truth or Dare’ game are less conflicting than usually thought, a false dichotomy. Since when has telling the truth been kind of the opposite of doing a dare? The curse in the story aside, since when do we need...
Mar. 9 |
In this story that ties cunning games of chess competition with duplicitous espionage, the chess master Mansky spoke of how he decides who is truthful by recalling a classic brainteaser – ‘There’s the riddle about two brothers....
Jul. 30 |
Question: Are courses which claim to teach tactics to communicate with animals alright?
Answer: There is need to know what they entail, to know if they are ethical and sensible. For example, some supposedly teach ‘telepathy’. However,...
Feb. 27 | Good bodily conduct, good verbal conduct,
good mental conduct.
A person endowed with these three things
is to be recognized as a wise person.
– The Buddha
(Lakkhana Sutta)
Unskillful Verbal Action
[The Buddha]: “And how is one made impure in four...
Dec. 19 |
How can a spy truly love a spy? To make it more confounding, how can a very ‘good’ spy love another very ‘good’ spy? After all, a very good spy is also a very good actor. Such acting goes beyond a mere stage. Overflowing before...
Nov. 1 |
What the Buddhas
think, say and do is
out of perfect compassion
for all sentient beings.
– Simokwang
As recorded in the Abhayarājakumāra Sutta, Prince Abhaya asked the Buddha if he would ever say something disliked or disagreeable by others…...
Aug. 1 |
Depending on the viewer’s perception, ‘Don Verdean’ is the kind of movie, that can be perceived as either sincere or satirical… or somewhat both at the same time. Verdean is a fictitious freelance archaeologist and writer, who...
Apr. 19 | For your own sake always speak the truth
even if it leads to your death
or the loss of your sovereignty.
Never speak in any other fashion.
Devote yourself always to the discipline
of acting in accord with your statements.
Glorious one, by that you will...
Apr. 7 | Those truly true
to themselves,
will be truly true to all.
Jun. 28 | Part 1:
As the first ‘Wolf!’ is hardest to cry,
with the second and third ever easier,
never cry it in the first place.
Part 2:
As the first ‘Wolf!’ is easiest to believe,
with the second and third ever harder,
never cry it in...
Apr. 27 | The worst liars
are liars who lie
about their lying.
Apr. 19 |
Is it a crime to do accounting for criminals? Some would argue that accounting in itself is neutral, regardless of those accounted for. However, if that accounted are known to be ill-gotten gains, helping to keep track of them is surely ill as well....
Oct. 7 |
‘Our Brand Is Crisis’ is a story on political strategists’ elaborate schemes behind electoral candidates’ efforts to win votes. But of course, they are paid by the candidates themselves, to do their work to help them win, and...
May. 18 |
What excuse
can excuse you
for your excuse?
Jun. 12 | To let another down in a relationship,
is also to let oneself down,
in one’s relationship to oneself.
– Stonepeace | Books
A recurring theme in many Western movies, especially of the romantic comedy kind, is that when a pair of lovers (dating,...