http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8486375.stmA quick glance at this project will make quite evident this project, with its wooden facades, white, marble-carved temples, a developed natural environment, is an incredible waste of taxpayer's money, and a sure insult to those currently being educated in the traditionally dilapidated state schools of Glasgow.
But the only contentious point the BBC appears to point out, is the fact that the school is only modelled on a
particular sect of Hinduism - the Hare Krishna sect.
Whether or not the curriculum sounds promising and beneficial (a national curriculum, interspersed with meditation, yoga, horticulture and theology), does it not seem both incredibly divisive, and by the standards of the architecture and the highly specialised education, exceedingly expensive, and an expense which a secular, non-Hindu nation should not be expected to cover?
I have nothing against a strong policy of integration for immigrants. But should a secular state mete out specialised, luxury, non-secular education for a minority, with one of the entry requirements being that you are a confirmed Hindu?
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Empty your mind. Become formless and shapeless like water. When water is poured into a cup, it becomes the cup. When water is poured into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Be water, my friend.
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There are many uses of the term "qi" in acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine, but it's an imprecise concept of which the best, non-poetic translation is probably "stuff".
''Hatred corrupts, and friendship refines.''
