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by rowboat
Fri Nov 04, 2016 1:31 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Inspiring Words
Replies: 223
Views: 52647

Re: Inspiring Words

inspire (v.) mid-14c., enspiren, "to fill (the mind, heart, etc., with grace, etc.);" also "to prompt or induce (someone to do something)," from Old French enspirer (13c.), from Latin inspirare "blow into, breathe upon," figuratively "inspire, excite, inflame,&quo...
by rowboat
Fri Nov 04, 2016 12:52 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: bringing pfunk mythology and ecstatic dance to buddhism
Replies: 9
Views: 4565

Re: bringing pfunk mythology and ecstatic dance to buddhism

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Jazz legend Dr. Lonnie Smith :smile:
by rowboat
Fri Oct 21, 2016 3:51 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: A View of The Spiritual World
Replies: 9
Views: 2692

Re: A View of The Spiritual World

I'm not sure why you're posting material from ISKCON but it should be known that the Hare Krishnas are a dangerous cult. This shocking expose by the journalist coauthors will disabuse readers that the Hare Krishna sect is exclusively a group of religious devotees. The movement began with the arrival...
by rowboat
Fri Sep 23, 2016 7:19 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: The Official Dhamma Wheel Cat Thread
Replies: 162
Views: 35111

Re: The Official Dhamma Wheel Cat Thread

David N. Snyder wrote:
rowboat wrote: I need a euphonic word that means 'ghost' or 'mist' or something ephemeral.
Peta :tongue:
She definitely has the appetite. :smile:

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This kitten wears its stylish vest to provide us with the irrefutable proof that gentleness is invincible.
by rowboat
Fri Sep 23, 2016 7:01 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: The Official Dhamma Wheel Cat Thread
Replies: 162
Views: 35111

Re: The Official Dhamma Wheel Cat Thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h0Mj1IKW6Q Funny looking cat and a tiny kitten making friends Haven't named the stray calico. I need a euphonic word that means 'ghost' or 'mist' or something ephemeral. It's what she's like. Surprisingly she jumped up onto my coffee table yesterday and came in for ...
by rowboat
Fri Sep 23, 2016 6:47 am
Forum: Dhammaduta (Dhamma propagation)
Topic: Looking for a temple to donate to
Replies: 4
Views: 2187

Re: Looking for a temple to donate to

Hi all, I am looking for ways to donate online to one or a few Buddhist temples in Thailand or Sri Lanka, possibly of the Forest Tradition. I would like to have a way to do a periodic payment using my own credit card in the simplest way possible If any one can help, I would appreciate WIth metta Th...
by rowboat
Wed Sep 21, 2016 5:23 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Poll: Belief in rebirth
Replies: 143
Views: 34962

Re: Poll: Belief in rebirth

rowboat, Thank you so much for bringing this sutta reference! chownah Baluba, Sorry for having doubted you. It turns out that I am the one mistaken......although the sutta reference doesn't seem to actually say that one would be reborn as a dog, it just says that one would be reborn in the company ...
by rowboat
Wed Sep 21, 2016 4:07 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: What music are you listening to right now?
Replies: 2175
Views: 525316

Re: What music are you listening to right now?

mirco wrote:Steve Reich, Steve Reich, Steve Reich and again, Steve Reich. :meditate:
Beautiful. Perfect. Thank-you.

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by rowboat
Wed Sep 21, 2016 3:57 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Poll: Belief in rebirth
Replies: 143
Views: 34962

Re: Poll: Belief in rebirth

For example if one has a mind like that of an animal and experiences phenomenons as those experienced by animals, he will get reborn as an animal. This is the argument for rebirth made by the Buddha. I think you are mistaken. I think that this is not the arguement for rebirth made by the buddha. In...
by rowboat
Tue Sep 20, 2016 8:25 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Scholars Who Are Practicing Buddhists
Replies: 21
Views: 5567

Re: Scholars Who Are Practicing Buddhists

A great scholar, who taught and inspired Rupert Gethin and myself, was Lance Cousins, who was also a great teacher of Samatha meditation. For some of his papers to download, see: https://oxford.academia.edu/LSCousins See also the books of Sarah Shaw, another Samatha Trust meditation pupil of Lance ...
by rowboat
Sun Sep 18, 2016 7:41 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Are you king of the mountain?
Replies: 2
Views: 1031

Re: Are you king of the mountain?

https://i.imgur.com/v341tQ5.jpg?1 Like massive boulders, mountains pressing against the sky, moving in from all sides, crushing the four directions, so aging and death come rolling over living beings: noble warriors, brahmans, merchants, workers, outcastes, & scavengers. They spare nothing. The...
by rowboat
Thu Sep 08, 2016 4:11 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Even if science proves re-birth, Kamma, Deva and Brhama worlds?
Replies: 14
Views: 3206

Re: Even if science proves re-birth, Kamma, Deva and Brhama worlds?

I mean honestly even an honest Buddhist who has some Dhamma knowledge will instantly opt for rebirth under such pain; it's pretty unbearable unless you have seriously trained your mind. No wonder we all end up here again and again! (for me it wasn't so much the intensity of the pain, as in, when yo...
by rowboat
Mon Sep 05, 2016 4:51 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: The Official Dhamma Wheel Cat Thread
Replies: 162
Views: 35111

Re: The Official Dhamma Wheel Cat Thread

There's a reason I avoided this thread until today. Almost a year ago I first caught glimpse of this beautiful calico in the ferns. She was so timid that just to look in her direction was enough to send her bolting. Last winter I started to see her more often. About two months ago I finally had her ...
by rowboat
Sat Sep 03, 2016 8:22 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: What music are you listening to right now?
Replies: 2175
Views: 525316

Re: What music are you listening to right now?

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