“There are only two days in a year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live.” – Dalai Lama
Category: Spirituality and Religion
Dalai Lama, Cool Heroes
“We need cool heroes today, we don’t need hot heroes. By cool, I mean non-violent; I mean those who can be forceful, intelligent, just, and insightful, and speak up loudly and clearly but without getting angry—without indulging in hatred.
“People are afraid that if they let go of their anger and righteousness and wrath, and look at their own feelings—and even see the good in a bad person—they’re going to lose the energy they need to do something about the problem. But actually you get more strength and energy by operating from a place of love and concern. You can be just as tough, but more effectively tough. It’s like a martial art.”
– Dalai Lama
Bibles
More than two and a half billion Bibles have been made. If you put them on a long bookshelf and started driving along the shelf at 65 mph (104 kph), you would have to drive 40 hours per week for four months to get to the end. All these Bibles would fill the New York public library 467 and one-half times.
A typical Bible contains 3,566,480 letters, or 810,697 words.
One of the first-ever printed books was the Bible, pressed by Johannes Gutenburg in Germany around the year 1450. Only 49 complete or nearly complete copies remain.
Crucifix Tattoo
As you know, it was common for ship captains to give their misbehaving sailors twenty-four lashes with a cat ‘o nine tails. Some sailors learned to avoid this horrible punishment after a night of drinking by having a crucifix tattooed on their backs.
Superstitions
There are some old superstitions that were quite seriously heeded in their time. Among them: Never eat a dinner with 13 people seated at the table. Never cut off both ends of a loaf of bread – because the Devil will jump from the bread and ‘fly all over the house.’
Other old superstitions: Do not wear red and green at the same time.
People with red hair bring about unlucky circumstances.
Always pick up a comb from a table with its teeth facing away from your body.
Never watch a child sleep or you will be risking the death of that child.
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Translating the Bible
In Europe in the 1500’s translating the Bible was a dangerous undertaking. There was strong public opinion that the Bible should not be translated into common languages, but left in original Hebrew and Greek so that only educated church officials could read it.
Bethsida
The ancient town of Bethsida, lost since biblical times, has recently been discovered. Situated on the north side of the Sea of Galilee, this may prove to be a very exciting archaeological dig. Test borings show that the 20-acre town is full of artifacts. What makes this place particularly interesting is that Jesus was said to have performed several miracles here including restoring a man’s sight and materializing food for five thousand hungry people.
The Apple Eve Ate
In the Bible, the fruit that Eve ate in the Garden of Eden was not specifically an apple. In the Koran, the sacred book of Islam, it is called a banana. Some scientists believe the fruit may have been a lemon, because edible apples did not yet exist in the time and place of Eden.
Stay Awake in Church!
The American Pilgrims had a unique gadget that was used in church to keep members of the congregation awake. It was a wooden ball on a string. It was used to bop people on the head who were drifting off during the seven-hour-long sermons.
