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El Arte de la Libertad en Suryavana - Retiros del Invierno - Triratna Valencia boletín No. 28 Ver este email en tu navegador

Suryavana. Nuestro nuevo Centro de Retiros Algo sobre el nombre "Suryavana" Las razones son las siguientes: cuando algunos de nosotros fuimos a ver el sitio por la primera vez (después de nuestra celebración  del Día del Buda) lo que nos impactó a muchos de nosotros fue la mágica luz del sol al atardecer y el juego de esa luz en los árboles y sobre los campos. Por otro lado, aunque no es una zona muy boscosa, sí hay una pinada muy hermosa situada en una pequeña colina dentro del terreno. Es un lugar algo misterioso y ya hemos realizado algunos rituales en este claro en medio de la pinada. Por estos motivos parecía apropiado incorporar ambos elementos en el nombre: la luz del sol y el bosque. También somos conscientes de las asociaciones variadas del sol ya que es un epíteto del mismo Buda; figura en los sutras del Mahayana como una imagen del Dharma; y, a la vez se emplea como símbolo de maitri, la esencia de la sangha. Asi que 'Surya' (sol) acaba evocando las tres joyas todas a la vez. Como ya sabes, "vana" significa morada o bosque y, por tanto, sugiere "retiro al bosque", o retiro de la existencia mundana. También nos conecta con nuestro centro hermano en el norte, Akashavana." Así y con todo, podemos traducir Suryavana como "bosque iluminada" ,  "retiro del Buda", "morada iluminada de maitri" etc. Amalamati - Director - Centro Budista Triratna Valencia

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South Korea's Park Geun-hye offers to resign if lawmakers agree on impeachment

By Elizabeth Shim    |   Nov. 29, 2016 at 8:52 AM

South Korean President Park Geun-hye offered her resignation on Tuesday, on the condition lawmakers agree on her impeachment. File Pool Photo by Andrew Harrer/UPI

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SEOUL, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye has offered to resign if the country's parliament agrees she must step down.

But critics say the proposal would only cause delays.

Park, who has apologized twice for her ties to an influential acquaintance who has been linked to a corruption scandal, is immune from prosecution, CNN reportedTuesday.

The South Korean leader has not rejected the idea of being investigated, but her lawyers have told prosecutors on multiple occasions Park is too busy to meet with them, according to the report.

For five weeks, South Koreans have gathered on the weekends to stage mass protests calling for Park's resignation.

The most recent statement from Park appears to suggest she is making some concessions to the public.

But any vote in South Korea's National Assembly on a presidential impeachment needs a two-thirds majority in the 300-member parliament.

Park's ruling Saenuri party holds 125 seats and not all party lawmakers are ready to call for the president's impeachment.

Any motion for impeachment also needs to pass South Korea's constitutional court where judges have 180 days to decide the case.

Ingyu Oh, a sociology professor at Korea University in Seoul, told CNN "[Park] leaving everything to the National Assembly means 'please take forever to make a decision about my future'."

Park had said in her statement that she would "leave to parliament everything about my future including shortening of my term," according to the BBC.

But Park also said she did not want to leave a power vacuum.

If Park were suspended, Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn would take over as interim head of state, according to the report.

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