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Francis Laleman<p>Much rumors about India&#39;s imminent name change. Why is India planning to change its name, creating a rift between geography and politics?<br />For the lovers of language and culture, for those enamored with matters Indian, for the students reading Sanskrit and Pali with me, ..., this small note on sense and nonsense of dropping India in favor of Bhārat.</p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>india</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/namechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>namechange</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/sanskrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sanskrit</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/rigveda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rigveda</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/nationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nationalism</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/decolonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>decolonization</span></a></p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@francis-laleman/why-is-india-letting-go-of-its-oldest-geographical-name-1c5d88439729" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@francis-laleman/wh</span><span class="invisible">y-is-india-letting-go-of-its-oldest-geographical-name-1c5d88439729</span></a></p>
Francis Laleman<p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Singapore</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/creativewriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>creativewriting</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/ShutUpAndWrite" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ShutUpAndWrite</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/BukitTimah" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BukitTimah</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/tropic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tropic</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/jungle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>jungle</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/academicwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>academicwriting</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/medium" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>medium</span></a> <br /><a href="https://medium.com/@francis-laleman/the-singapore-writers-society-bb6b25a419fc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@francis-laleman/th</span><span class="invisible">e-singapore-writers-society-bb6b25a419fc</span></a></p>
Francis Laleman
Francis Laleman
Francis Laleman<p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/zen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>zen</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>poetry</span></a> is no poetry at all.<br />Lessons by <a href="https://me.dm/tags/D%C5%8Dgen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dōgen</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>buddhism</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/lifelessons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lifelessons</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/D%C5%8Dgen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dōgen</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://link.medium.com/0YsKOcPXvAb" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">link.medium.com/0YsKOcPXvAb</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Francis Laleman
Francis Laleman
Francis Laleman<p>Hi there. I am a husband, father, painter, learner experience designer, workshop facilitator, educationalist, Sankrit &amp; Pali teacher, Scrum professional, Agile coach. I write about design, education, facilitation, Agile frameworks, Buddhism, anthropology. I am the author of “Resourceful Exformation” (a book on learning and the facilitation of learning) available from Amazon. I live with my family in Singapore, from where I am involved with social and community development projects in SE Asia.</p>
Francis Laleman
Francis Laleman
Francis Laleman<p>Sattasambojjanga is a framework of seven phases towards vipassana (which almost literally means &quot;seeing things in a new way&quot;). I wrote this Medium piece as a preparation for a workshop I did in the Netherlands. Later, the article started a life of its own on Medium. </p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>buddhism</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/vipassana" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vipassana</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/meditation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>meditation</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/insight" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>insight</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/theravada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>theravada</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@francis-laleman/seven-steps-to-break-away-and-finally-get-the-life-we-deserve-f57c111f037f" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@francis-laleman/se</span><span class="invisible">ven-steps-to-break-away-and-finally-get-the-life-we-deserve-f57c111f037f</span></a></p>
Francis Laleman<p>Here is why you should never forget the First Principle :)</p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>buddhism</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/zen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>zen</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>japan</span></a> <br /><a href="https://medium.com/@francis-laleman/why-you-should-never-forget-the-first-principle-eb659d28a9f8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@francis-laleman/wh</span><span class="invisible">y-you-should-never-forget-the-first-principle-eb659d28a9f8</span></a></p>
Francis Laleman<p>Here is a piece on how I use Shinchintaisha (Metabolist Architecture) as a design model for learning modules and the facilitation of communities.</p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/facilitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>facilitation</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/metabolism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>metabolism</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/workshopdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>workshopdesign</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/learninganddevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>learninganddevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/instructionaldesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>instructionaldesign</span></a></p><p><a href="https://medium.com/resourceful-exformation/how-i-design-my-work-like-a-tree-404a2b2588ef" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/resourceful-exforma</span><span class="invisible">tion/how-i-design-my-work-like-a-tree-404a2b2588ef</span></a></p>