Quoted from Dalai Lama Ancient Wisdom, Modern World (Abacus),1999, pages 22-23 …I believe there is an important distinction to be made between religion and spirituality. Religion I take to be concerned with faith in the claims to salvation of one faith tradition or another, an aspect of which is acceptance of some form of metaphysical …
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Spirituality in education
Quoted from Ofsted Handbook for the Inspection of Schools, 1994 Spiritual development relates to that aspect of inner life through which pupils acquire insights into their personal existence which are of enduring worth. It is characterised by reflection, the attribution of meaning to experience, valuing a non-material dimension to life and intimations of an enduring …
Rain in Swansea
For the record, it does not always rain in Swansea. I have only been here a few weeks, and the weather may well go down hill from now on, but there have been many beautiful days.
A little knowledge
The well known phrase “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing” was preceded by something along the lines of “drink shallow not of the waters of knowledge where a greater draft largely sobers”