Though perfectly consistent with the principles of the Dhamma, which sees no difference between man and man, except that which may exist by superiority of virtue, yet the step taken by the Buddha and his followers was indeed bold, considering the depraved moral condition of Ancient India and the consequent low self-estimation in which woman was then held.
Thoughts on Science: The scientific method is at once experimental and rational, requiring such evidence as will make doubt impossible. Science aims at obtaining a complete systematic survey of all possible phenomena in terms of irreducible elementary processes. Knowledge that is not scientific is not to establish immutable truths and eternal dogmas, but to approach truth by approximations.
Prof. P. L. Narasu passed away at the age of seventy-three on 14 July 1934, due to heart problems. His body was cremated in a simple Buddhist ceremony in the Mylapore burning-yard.
Narasu wrote many books especially in English. His books have been translated into many languages.
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The adult male frog is 5.8 to 6.1 cm long, which is large for a frog in "Nyctimystes". It has yellow or gold veins on its lower eyelids. The male frog sits on leaves over fast-flowing streams and sings for female frogs. It has very small ears for a "Nyctimystes" frog. It has very large, dark brown eyes. It has two big groups of vomerine teeth in its upper jaw. This frog has dark brown and light brown skin. Some parts of its legs are yellow. It has a dull white belly. It has white spots on its back and eyelids.
Scientists named this frog after Max Kuduk, who worked for the World Wide Fund for Nature.
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Joan Mari Torrealdai
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In 2003, he was arrested and tortured by the Government of Spain in a campaign against the newspaper "Euskaldunon Egunkaria". In 2007 he was appointed as a full member of the Royal Academy of the Basque Language. In 2011 he took charge of the Azkue Library of the Academy.
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Tamás Pomucz
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Lapouge died on July 31, 2020 at the age of 96.
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