Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
108 South Korean saints start Dhamma Yatra from Sarnath
Sunday, February 12, 2023
43-days Dhamma Yatra of 108 Buddhist Monks to trace footsteps of Lord Buddha
The Saints will visit Bodhgaya in Bihar after Sarnath. Later, they will
cover Nalanda, Rajgir, Griddhakuta mountain, and Vaishali in Bihar and
move to Lumbini in Nepal.
A group of South Korean saints started their journey from #Sarnath in Varanasi on Saturday, their first stop was Ramnagar in #Varanasi.
Take a look at where the group is progressing in this special report with DD News correspondent Harikesh Bahadur Singh pic.twitter.com/E3luiVHOVr
On February 11, a group of 108 Buddhist saints from South Korea started Dhamma
Yatra (walking pilgrimage) from Sarnath. They will cover 1,100
Kilometres in the next 43 days to trace the footsteps of Lord Buddha in
India. The journey will finish at Shravasti, and the group will also
travel through Nepal. This Yatra also marks 50 years of diplomatic
relations between India and South Korea.
The event aims to strengthen further the mutual cooperation and
friendship between the two nations. The group of saints will travel
through various Buddhist holy sites, including Lumbini, Nepal, known as
the birth Place of Lord Buddha, to Kushinagar, the place of
Mahaparinirvana.
