  Friday, January 6, 2012    Steve Jobs said that at a speech to
students graduating from Stanford University in 2005. Steve died
on October 5th this year. He was a very successful entrepreneur
in the business world, helping to start up Apple Inc, the
company that makes Mac computers, the iPod and iPhone. Steve
made a lot of money, being worth 7 billion US dollars (that is a
7 with nine zeroes). It is worth listening to that commencement
speech. You can find it on YouTube:  At the end of last year, I
gave a speech to students graduating from Pelkhil School. I have
not made much money. But part of my speech touched on what Steve
said  So here is a summary of some of the things I had to say to
the first batch of class 12 students leaving Pelkhil. They were
a great bunch of people and I enjoyed working with them.  “Do
what is right.” One of the Six Perfections (paramitas) taught by
Buddha is ‘morality’ or proper conduct. When you are with other
people you may feel inclined to join in with what they are
doing. It