Odds and ends, The end of the world

 "The End Of The World" - Skeeter Davis 

https://youtu.be/cxtUUTRBN70

Seven years in Ceylon – Mary and Margret Leitch

https://ta.quora.com/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-1

How Corona virus causes COVID 19

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2020/11/explore-how-coronavirus-attacks-the-body-and-how-the-body-fights-back/

Rolls-Royce owner

https://www.quora.com/Have-you-ever-been-treated-differently-because-of-the-car-you-were-driving

Odds and ends, Titanic song

 Titanic - Flute

'Every night in my dreams

I see you, i feel you 

That is how i now  you go on..'

1. https://youtu.be/K69ix4ehy70

2. https://youtu.be/RigyRr5B_gY

3. https://youtu.be/7JNnm5OxP9I - with Lyrics

Being a Jew in Sri Lanka

https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/jewish-and-sri-lankan-identity/

The HOPE diamond

https://www.thoughtco.com/the-curse-of-the-hope-diamond-1779329?utm_campaign=wilat&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=20914462&utm_term=

Earliest people of Sri Lanka

https://www.quora.com/Who-are-actually-the-native-people-of-srilanka

Odds and ends, Sayonara.

 Sayonara

https://youtu.be/CziVmYd3TJE?list=TLPQMTEwOTIwMjA-qOH84aLANA

Making ‘Ginger Beer’

https://issuu.com/connecticutfoodandfarm/docs/ctff_fall2020/s/11124029?utm_source=2020W43_subscribers&utm_campaign=Digest&utm_medium=email

 

Prolonged sitting

https://issuu.com/troyschlicker/docs/austin_spotlight_september_2020/s/10954790?utm_source=2020W43_subscribers&utm_campaign=Digest&utm_medium=email

Astra-Zeneca vaccine death

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/covid-19-vaccine-volunteer-in-brazils-astrazeneca-trial-dies/ar-BB1agApX

Odds and ends, Zorba,

 Zorba

https://youtu.be/K8Li-IkbdgI?list=TLPQMTEwOTIwMjA-qOH84aLANA - Violin

Frozen food and COVID

https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-china-packaging/frozen-food-package-polluted-by-living-coronavirus-could-cause-infection-chinas-cdc-says-idINL4N2H806F

 

Yawning

https://www.thoughtco.com/why-do-we-yawn-4586495?utm_campaign=wilat&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=21849108&utm_term=

 

Old Ceylon

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgxwHMZQpqZxMjlGckMMdPWVslnGX

Odds and ends, Titanic flute,

 Titanic - Flute

'Every night in my dreams

I see you, i feel you 

That is how know  you go on..'

1. https://youtu.be/K69ix4ehy70

2. https://youtu.be/9i2dbxC5GHs?t=29

Queen Victoria

https://youtu.be/PcROekzqJK4

 

Norman Wisdom

https://www.facebook.com/dinakantha.kumararatne/posts/3867284289951589?from_close_friend=1&notif_id=1601937397864981&notif_t=close_friend_activity&ref=notif

Herd immunity against COVID-19

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/who-letting-virus-spread-to-reach-herd-immunity-is-unethical/ar-BB19WObS

Odds and ends, Waltzing Matilda

 Waltzing Matilda

https://youtu.be/FqtttbbYfSM

Memorable quotes

‘Life is nothing but a bank of happy memories’

‘In India they love learning but don’t like thinking’

OBE – Other Buggers’ Efforts

"Demodara" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/3DFZn6MTCyY

Trauma of being Asian-American

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/how-to-stand-in-solidarity-with-the-asian-community-during-the-pandemic/ar-BB19YXJU

Odds and ends, Bridge over the river Kwai,

 Bridge over the river Kwai

https://youtu.be/cayfWrlWgII?list=TLPQMTEwOTIwMjA-qOH84aLANA

Life in British India

https://qr.ae/pNuuLw

Dehena Ella - waterfall, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka

http://imagessrilanka.blogspot.com/2011/09/dehena-ella-waterfall-is-about-20km.html#links

What are the fundamental differences between the three schools of Buddhism?

Extracted from 'Quora'

Good question! Simplest answer may be geographical. As the boat of BuddhaDharma docked at various ports, it mixed with the native culture.

        Theravada refers to teachings in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Vietnam, etc.

        Mahāyāna refers to teachings in China, Korea, Japan, etc

        Vajrayāna refers to teachings in Mongolia, Tibet, etc

        For centuries, these traditions evolved within the borders of nationality 

Some distinctive elemental characteristics :

    Theravada emphasizes the historical Buddha, his teachings as recorded in Pali, and the original community of followers; in this tradition is found also emphasis on mindfulness, and detailed analysis of psychological states and transformation.

    Mahāyāna is more innovative, such as in seeing the Buddha as historical, and also transcendent (humans who become saints, deities who embody cosmic principals such as wisdom and compassion, etc). In terms of practice, there's a shift in initial intention, aspiring towards the trans-human (bodhisattvahood).

    Vajrayāna combines rigorous analytical discernment with devotional heart; particular practices include mantra, visualization.