No Sacred Cows
Scepticism served medium rare
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Ajahn Sumedho, the American-born Buddhist monk and disciple of Thailand’s Ajahn Chah, was already a remarkable figure when I attended retreats and Sunday talks he led at the Amaravati monastery in Great Gaddesden during the early 1980s. What struck me most was his equanimity. Not solemnity – he had a great sense of humour –…
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I was watching one of my favourite journalists Mehdi Hasan of Zeteo the other day in discussion with the Pakistani-American writer and political commentator Wajahat Ali, when they wandered off on an amusing tangent about racism, cleanliness and the curious habit racists have of describing whichever nationality, race or religion happens to be on the…
