Dear brothers and sisters,
Why do both God and Buddha teach to love everyone?
Because when we love everyone, we have peace. We cannot have peace when we love only ourselves, our children, our spouses, our parents and our close friends. When we love everyone – especially those who hurt us – our heart have peace.
Yes, when we love persons those who hurt us, our heart have peace. True peace. Continue reading Tâm
Series on John:
(0), (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11),
(12), (13), (14),(15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (final)
6 Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), 2 and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. 3 Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. 4 The Jewish Passover Festival was near.
5 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” 6 He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.
Continue reading John 6Chào anh chị em,
Khi mình cùng đường, mình dựa vào Chúa. Lắm lúc mình quá mệt mỏi và khổ đau, mình chỉ còn cách van vái, than thở hoặc có khi kêu la với Chúa. Cả thời gian dài, khi chưa biết Chúa, chưa tin Chúa, mình như chết dần, chết mòn.
Với mình, cố gắng nắm tay Chúa là lựa chọn duy nhất, như con người cần sống thì cần hơi thở. Mình cần nắm tay Chúa thường xuyên trong ngày để sống; để trong cơn biến cố, mình có thể chịu đựng cơn đau để vượt qua. Khi tĩnh lặng hơn rồi, mình mới nhận ra được đó là phép lạ của Chúa. Là Chúa giúp mình ra khỏi đường chết, giúp mình từ từ sống lại. Continue reading Phép lạ hằng ngày 42
Fulcrum.sg Published 3 Mar 2025 Mirza Sadaqat Huda
Trump’s rent-seeking foreign policy pertaining to energy and critical minerals will force Southeast Asian countries to do what they least desire: making a choice between China and the US.
The Trump administration’s insular and rent-seeking foreign policy will significantly alter the geopolitics of energy transition in Southeast Asia. This will manifest in two ways. First, the potential cessation of US involvement in the region’s energy sector will heighten fears of China’s dominance in energy infrastructure projects — including the ASEAN Power Grid (APG). Second, Trump’s intentions of using critical minerals as a bargaining chip for providing military assistance, if applied to the ASEAN region, will impact the regional vision for sustainable mineral development.
The shutting down of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), an important player in the energy sector, will intensify existing fears of China’s dominance in electricity transmission and generation. As shown in Table 1, China provided approximately US$534 million in aid to the region’s energy sector in 2022, accounting for more than a quarter of the total share. Comparatively, the US provided only US$23.7 million, or 1 per cent of total energy-related aid to Southeast Asia. In addition, the China Southern Power Grid Company and State Grid Corporation of China own and operate significant portions of the national grids in Laos and the Philippines, respectively.
China Leads in Energy Aid
Table 1 Energy-related aid to Southeast Asia 2022 (excerpt) (USD, in %)
| Donor | Amount | Contribution |
| China | 534 million | 26 |
| ADB | 368 million | 18 |
| Germany | 274 million | 13 |
| Canada | 231 million | 11 |
| South Korea | 211 million | 10 |
| Japan | 167 million | 8 |
| World Bank | 90.0 million | 4 |
| EU Institutions | 42.3 million | 2 |
| France | 42.2 million | 2 |
| AIIB | 34.8 million | 2 |
| United States | 23.7 million | 1 |
The table is modified from Lowy Institute’s (2024) Southeast Asia Aid Map.
Continue reading Impact of Trump 2.0 on Southeast Asia’s Energy Geopolitics
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