A Wisdom Archive on Duties

Duty. See DHARMA

 
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Duti, Dutica In India, a sacred prostitute {SD 1:472}.

 
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Hindu Quotes: Sorrows of duty
 
The sorrows of duty,
 Like the heat of the sun,
 Have scorched your heart.
 
 But let stillness fall on you
 With its sweet and cooling showers,
 And you will find happiness.
 
- Ashtavakra Gita 18:3

 
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Hindu Quotes: No Duties Bind You
 
You have no caste.
 No duties bind you.
 
 Formless and free,
 Beyond the reach of the senses,
 The witness of all things.
 
 So be happy!
 
 
- Ashtavakra Gita 1:5

 
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As a teenager I always carried some cotton, antiseptic and a bandage in my pocket. After all, someone could get hurt. One day, I was in a bus. A fellow passenger got hurt. Here was my chance to become a hero, I thought excitedly. Out came my kit. I applied some antiseptic on her bruise and bandaged it.
 
Another passenger looked at me and said: "Do you know, you have caused this bruise - indirectly." I was taken aback. He continued: "You waited for someone to fall and get hurt so that you could use your medical kit." My take on nishkaama karma, selfless action, had failed.

 
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Until 1996 he worked at a London auditing company; in May 1996 he returned to Vaduz and became active in managing his father's finances, and took an increasingly active role in political discussions and consultations, and in undertaking representative duties for Liechtenstein. On Liechtenstein Day (15 August) in 1990, he and his father publicly and jointly swore to uphold the Constitution. Hans-Adam II won sweeping new powers (the right to ...

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In addition to the duties of the associate justices, the Chief Justice has several unique duties. Chief Justice of the United States - Impeachment trials. Article I, section 3 of the U.S. Constitution stipulates that the Chief Justice shall preside over impeachment trials of the President of the United States in the U.S. Senate. Two Chief Justices, Salmon P. Chase and William Rehnquist, have had the duty of presiding over the trial in the Senate that follows an impeachment of the President – Chase in 1868 over the proceedings of President Andrew Johnson and Rehnquist ...

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The duties of the censors may be divided into three classes, all of which were closely connected with one another: The Census, or register of the citizens and of their property, in which were included the reading of the Senate's lists (lectio senatus) and the recognition of who qualified for equestrian rank (recognitio equitum); The Regimen Morum, or keeping of the public morals; and The administration of the finances of the state, under which were classed the superintendence of the public buildings and the erectio ...

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