The Paradox of our Age

May 1st, 2009 10:19 pm by Fonzcsailo

We have bigger houses, but smaller families
more conveniences, but less time.
We have more degrees, but less sense
more knowledge, but less judgments
more experts, but more problems
more medicines, but less healthiness.

We have been all the way to the moon and back,
but have trouble crossing the street
to meet the new neighbour.
We build more computers
to hold more information
to produce more copies than ever
but have less communication.
We have become long on quantity,
but short on quality.
These are times of fast food,
but slow digestion all
tall man, but short character
steep profits, but shallow relationships.
It is a time when there is much in the window,
but nothing in the room.

His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama

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18 Responses to “The Paradox of our Age”

  1. 1
    mzvision Says:

    Kan inti changkang tulh tulh a kan thli a trawp tolh tolh.
    Kan hausa tulh tulh a bawlhhlawh kan ngah tolh tolh
    Mahni fai duhin in leh a vel kan tifai a kan thlanga awmten kan bawlhlawh khawm se nat phah se kan pawiti miah si lo
    kawmtlhang te tana hnawksak leh tenawm kan paih hi zu in thlahrung hlek lo ia

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    chawnghilh Says:

    Tirhkoh Paula paradoxical texts leh khita paradox khi ka khaikhinin … Dalai Lama hian positive to negative-in thil a ziak a; Paula erawh kha chuan negative atangin positive zawngin a ziak thiam thung ka ti tlat —

    II Korinth 12:10 Chuvangin, Krista avangin chak lohnaahte, chhiatnaahte, neksawrnaahte, tihduhdahnaahte, hnawhchepnaahte ka lawm thin a ni; ka chak loh apiangin a ni ka chak thin ni.” tiin —

    Confucius-a pawhin Nazareth Isua thu ang thuakin (letling siin) a sawina a lo rei daih tawh zawk —Isua erawh chuan, “Tin, mi’n in chunga an tiha in duh tur ang bawkin mi chungah pawh va ti ve rawh u,” tiin a zirtir thung … Confucius erawh kha chuan negative dealing zawngin a zirtir kha —a zik a bulin, tawp chin a nei tlat!

    Dr Jekill and Mr Hyde hi kan pai vek hlawm si a le!

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    pcmemory Says:

    @chawnghilh dam maw ka ngai lutuk cheu- khaw nge Mkima poh hi… kan topic thlur deuh in thil kan zawt lawk che aw
    Kan khawvel kal zel dan hi kei ni kristian te tan chuan tawp lam leh chhiatna lam pan zel ni in kan Bible hian min zirtir em aw ka tia

    Chu tih rual in thenkhat chuan kan thih hun hi Isua lo kal hun a ni mai… tih te… Tin, hman ni lawk khan ‘Revelation of John’ (Book of Revelation tih zawk emo ni?) tih video Western BIblical Scholar chi hrang2 ten an siam kha ka lo en ve a -an Revelation Book thu keuhthluk dan kha a dang ta hle mai- John revelation ho kha an contextualize chiam mai anih kha. A thiamzawk leh a zirthuk zawk han kalh vak lah ni thei si lo. Kei ni lah chuan kan thisen ah Paula hun a trang reng a nung chung a kai tum rinna— a lo kal lehna nghak tlat tu kan ni bur mai sia

    NGe Scholar ho tih ang in BIble kan lo hre sual a Thupuan Bu a mi kha AD 100 vel a tihduhdahna an tawrh lai a Johan an ringtute thlavang hauhna leh fuihna a tana a lo ziak mai chauh ni le? enge dik zawk ni ta?

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  4. 4
    pcmemory Says:

    nung chung a kai/hmuh = kan hunah a thlen loh pon kan fate hunah tal

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  5. 5
    keivom Says:

    Hei hi Dalai Lama sawi ni loin Comedian George Carlin-a sawi ni zawkin ka hria. LK

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    Aputea Says:

    Hetiang thu ‘inkawlkalh-dik’ (paradoxical truth) hi ka tuipui zawng tak a ni. Ka thiam ang tawkin Mizo tawngin ka’n dah ve ngawt teh ang. Mi thiam zawk te cho chhuah nan:

    Kan chenna in a lian tual tual a,
    Chhungkua erawh a te tial tial;
    Hming tawpa dah tur thiamna (degree)
    Kan sual chhuak tam tial tial a,
    Angaihna erawh kan hre lo tual tual;
    Hriatna a pung tawlh tawlh a,
    Adik adawk kan thliar thiam lo tial tial;
    Thiam bik nei kan pun belh zel a,
    Buaipui tur erawh a chhah tual tual.
    Damdawi thar a chhuak tam tial tial a,
    Kan hriselna erawh a pan tial tial.
    Thla leilung hial rapin kan lo kir leh a,
    Thenawma hmelthar tlawh chhuak tura
    Kawngpui kan erawh kan harsat hle.
    Hriatna zau zawk chaw lut tur leh
    Thil thuhmun reng a tam thei ang bera puntir turin
    Khawl-thluak-nei kan siam belh zel a,
    Kan indawrpawhna chim chin erawh a pawn tual tual.
    A nambar tam zawngin kan thang uak uak a,
    Belhchiandawl kawngah kan tawngchham si;
    Kan tunlai hun tawng hi –
    Muang changa pai tawih tura
    Chaw hmanhmawh lem duak duak hun;
    Sakruang dawlhkai, nungchang kiu-thu;
    Hlep uchuak, inlaichinna pawnlawi – hun a lo ni e.
    A ni – tukverh mawi turin thil kan pho tuar a,
    In chhung erawh a ruak huai si a nih hi.

    @keivom, Dalai Lama thu leh hla chu a ni ngei e.

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    keivom Says:

    Ka computer-a 2002 a mi heng thu ka rikawtte leh ka dah thratte hi New York atranga mi rawn thawn, Goerge Carlin-a trongkam a ni a; hmun dangah pawh Carlin-a sawi ngei nia an quote ka hmu fo tawh avangin Dalai Lama trongkam a nih ka ring lo hrim hrim. Eng pawh ni se, hetiang thu hi religious leader-in an sawi duh lo viau asin. Dalai Lama nen hian voi thum zet kan pahnih chauhvin kan inkawm tawh a, chumi atrang ringot pawh chuan a sawi a ni ka ring thei lo. Please check your facts. LK

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    Ditto Says:

    Mahse kan ti teh ang, khawvel nihphung a sawi ni mai in ka hria . Jack Johnson a hla hian khawvel nihphung a nih zia a tarlang ve nial nual in ka hria-

    In Times like these
    And times like those
    What will be will be
    And so it goes

    And it always goes
    on and on and on and on and on
    on and on and on and on and on it goes

    And there’s always been laughing, crying, birth, and dying
    boys and girls with hearts that take and give and break
    and heal and grow and recreate and raise and nurture
    but then hurt from time to times like these
    and times like those
    what will be will be
    and so it goes

    and there will always be stop and go and fast and slow
    action, reaction, sticks and stones and broken bones

    those for peace and those for war
    and god bless these ones not those ones
    but these ones made times like these
    and times like those
    what will be will be
    and so it goes
    and it always goes on and on
    and on and on it goes

    but somehow i know it won’t be the same
    somehow i know it’ll never be the same

    Link: https://www.lyrics.com/index.ph.....like-these

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    Aryan Says:

    The following is a writing by Dr. Robert Moorehead that has been sent by email in a different format and gives credit to the comedian George Carlin. Carlin himself has said that he did not write this, but the email still circulates with his name attached. Below is the original from Dr. Moorehead’s book, ‘Words Aptly Spoken’ written in 1990 and published in 1995 and below it; is ‘The Paradox of Our Time’, supposedly by George Carlin as sent by email

    https://gypsy.moved.in/Paradox_of_Our_Age.htm

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    keivom Says:

    Many many thanks. LK

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  11. 11
    april23 Says:

    @Aputea:
    Dek nalh hle mai. ‘kiu-thu’ tih hi ka hrethiam chiah lo. Tawng thiam tak tak kan nei che u hi kan vannei ngawt mai.

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    Fonzcsailo Says:

    ih a soi lo anih chuan ka hre lo, mahse Dharamsala ah ka kal in ka room a tar tur ka lei a, khi inziak khi, ka room ah poh ka tar ve ngei a, in hre dik zawk mai thei, tu soi poh nise a dik ka ti tho tho,

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  13. 13
    Fonzcsailo Says:

    @keivom and Aryan……

    https://avisionsplendid.blogspo.....-lama.html

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  14. 14
    Fonzcsailo Says:

    a tu soi poh nise, dr moorehead ah poh hi pastor thin an ti ani lawm ni……

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    mzvision Says:

    A sawitu buaipui aiin a thu ken hi sawiho zawk awm a lo ti ve mai mai – Kan phuah belh

    1)Pathian thu sawi kan tam tulh tulh a a zawm lam erawh kan ngaihsak der si lo
    2)Nula senior ten rimtu an neih loh laiin mahni thawchhuah ni lova parents paid nula phur-chhuak thei an tam hle si
    3)Korean film en kan tam tulh tulh a tuai leh pherh an pun phah
    4)Thenawm te nek chep ranin in kan sa a, kan thinlung a inhlat tolh tolh thung
    5)Ram hmangaih tu kan tam tial tial a kan ram ngaw a che-reu tolh tolh
    6)Sawrkar kum nga rorel zarzo tuma thangkam kan pung tulh tulh a dan leh hraiin rahbeh a hloh telh telh
    7)Kohran biakin a tha telh telh a inkhawm percent Aizawl ah 10% poh a tling lo thung

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    Fonzcsailo Says:

    phuah tha ve

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    Small Business Marketing Says:

    Paradox of our Age…

    By the 14th Dalai Lama. We have bigger houses but smaller families; More conveniences, but less time; We have more degrees, but less sense; More knowledge, but less judgment;
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