Yes, yes. What a beautiful and heroic deed.Ben wrote:Yes, its tragic. I'm sure a fortunate rebirth was awaiting young Jordan.sattva wrote:tearing up
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20 ... lian-flood" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
May all those who have died find a fortunate rebirth!
Flooding in Australia, everyone okay?
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"As Buddhists, we should aim to develop relationships that are not predominated by grasping and clinging. Our relationships should be characterised by the brahmaviharas of metta (loving kindness), mudita (sympathetic joy), karuna (compassion), and upekkha (equanimity)."
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Greetings,
Nothing like the floods in Queensland, but there's flooding now in Victoria too.
More evacuation orders in Victoria floods
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/fl ... 5987869774" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The local river near where I live has flooded, and there's a couple of roads that have been cut off by it... thankfully after 3 or 4 days of persistent rain it seems to have stopped, so hopefully the Victorian rivers peak soon.
Metta,
Retro.
Nothing like the floods in Queensland, but there's flooding now in Victoria too.
More evacuation orders in Victoria floods
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/fl ... 5987869774" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The local river near where I live has flooded, and there's a couple of roads that have been cut off by it... thankfully after 3 or 4 days of persistent rain it seems to have stopped, so hopefully the Victorian rivers peak soon.
Metta,
Retro.
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
Re: Flooding in Australia, everyone okay?
Flooding in Tasmania too - though not nearly as severe as Qld:
http://www.examiner.com.au/news/local/n ... 46520.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.examiner.com.au/news/local/n ... 46520.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.”
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
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- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
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Now it's Brazil that's getting hit with the floods, a month's worth of rain in just 24 hours...
"As Buddhists, we should aim to develop relationships that are not predominated by grasping and clinging. Our relationships should be characterised by the brahmaviharas of metta (loving kindness), mudita (sympathetic joy), karuna (compassion), and upekkha (equanimity)."
~post by Ben, Jul 02, 2009
~post by Ben, Jul 02, 2009
Re: Flooding in Australia, everyone okay?
Australian flood map courtesy of Google maps:
http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/qu ... s.html#map" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/qu ... s.html#map" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.”
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR
e: [email protected]..
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR
e: [email protected]..
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The latest from Victoria...
Victorian towns still face unprecedented flooding
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011 ... news&date=(none" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)
Retro.
Victorian towns still face unprecedented flooding
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011 ... news&date=(none" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)
Metta,The town of Echuca, on the Victorian-New South Wales border, is facing unprecedented flood peaks later today.
Dozens of other towns will also be threatened in the coming days, after record-breaking floods across the north-west of the state.
13,000 properties have been flooded and 3,000 people have been forced to abandon their homes.....
Retro.
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
Re: Flooding in Australia, everyone okay?
Hello all,
I went out to Dhammagiri Forest Monastery at Kholo to give Dana today. It is the second day that laypeople have been able to get throught to take food. Staggering evidence of the height and ferocity of the floods on the way, and much merit to the army of volunteers helping to clean up.
We asked Bhante Siddhatha, a young Sri Lanka Forest monk of three Rains (Bhante Dhammasiha is away for a couple of weeks in Thailand) what would happen if no layperson could present the meal. He stated firmly that he would follow the Vinaya and he would not eat.
We asked if there was fruit growing on trees on the monastery land, and it was ripe, would he eat that? He stated firmly that he would not do so.
He then told a story of a monk who had no-one to offer the food, and who passed out under a tree which had ripe mangoes. A stranger came along and squeezed some juice into his mouth, took him into his home and cared for him until he was well again. (Not sure where this story is from.)
Fortunately, we have a layman staying there as caretaker, and he was able to get to where the army Blackhawk helicopters brought food to the local school, and then do the daily offering when the laypeople couldn't get through for a few days.
Interesting though.
with metta
Chris
I went out to Dhammagiri Forest Monastery at Kholo to give Dana today. It is the second day that laypeople have been able to get throught to take food. Staggering evidence of the height and ferocity of the floods on the way, and much merit to the army of volunteers helping to clean up.
We asked Bhante Siddhatha, a young Sri Lanka Forest monk of three Rains (Bhante Dhammasiha is away for a couple of weeks in Thailand) what would happen if no layperson could present the meal. He stated firmly that he would follow the Vinaya and he would not eat.
We asked if there was fruit growing on trees on the monastery land, and it was ripe, would he eat that? He stated firmly that he would not do so.
He then told a story of a monk who had no-one to offer the food, and who passed out under a tree which had ripe mangoes. A stranger came along and squeezed some juice into his mouth, took him into his home and cared for him until he was well again. (Not sure where this story is from.)
Fortunately, we have a layman staying there as caretaker, and he was able to get to where the army Blackhawk helicopters brought food to the local school, and then do the daily offering when the laypeople couldn't get through for a few days.
Interesting though.
with metta
Chris
---The trouble is that you think you have time---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
Re: Flooding in Australia, everyone okay?
Hi Chris
Good to hear the sangha at Dhammagiri are safe and well.
Good to hear the sangha at Dhammagiri are safe and well.
Goenkaji also mentions this story in the long courses. I suspect it is from the Vism.cooran wrote:He then told a story of a monk who had no-one to offer the food, and who passed out under a tree which had ripe mangoes. A stranger came along and squeezed some juice into his mouth, took him into his home and cared for him until he was well again. (Not sure where this story is from.)
“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.”
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR
e: [email protected]..
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR
e: [email protected]..
Re: Flooding in Australia, everyone okay?
Dear friends,
may it be a reason for The Training so that the floods will never return.
_/\_
with loving kindness
may it be a reason for The Training so that the floods will never return.
_/\_
with loving kindness
Just that! *smile*
...We Buddhists must find the courage to leave our temples and enter the temples of human experience, temples that are filled with suffering. If we listen to Buddha, Christ, or Gandhi, we can do nothing else. The refugee camps, the prisons, the ghettos, and the battlefields will become our temples. We have so much work to do. ... Peace is Possible! Step by Step. - Samtach Preah Maha Ghosananda "Step by Step" http://www.ghosananda.org/bio_book.html
BUT! it is important to become a real Buddhist first. Like Punna did: Punna Sutta Nate sante baram sokham _()_
...We Buddhists must find the courage to leave our temples and enter the temples of human experience, temples that are filled with suffering. If we listen to Buddha, Christ, or Gandhi, we can do nothing else. The refugee camps, the prisons, the ghettos, and the battlefields will become our temples. We have so much work to do. ... Peace is Possible! Step by Step. - Samtach Preah Maha Ghosananda "Step by Step" http://www.ghosananda.org/bio_book.html
BUT! it is important to become a real Buddhist first. Like Punna did: Punna Sutta Nate sante baram sokham _()_
Re: Flooding in Australia, everyone okay?
There were some wonderful acts of loving-kindness and compassion to other beings:
Anonymous man risks life to save drowning wallaby
with metta and karuna,
Chris
Anonymous man risks life to save drowning wallaby
with metta and karuna,
Chris
---The trouble is that you think you have time---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
Re: Flooding in Australia, everyone okay?
The temple I visited in Melbourne 2 years ago was struck twice by flooding in the last 6 months. Not sure if they were affected by the current flooding in Victoria. In any case...take care, friends in Australia/Brazil/anywhere else there's a natural calamity!! Be brave in the face of danger.
May the devas protect the weak, and great merit reward the selfless.
May the devas protect the weak, and great merit reward the selfless.
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Greetings,
Locals flee as levee cracks at Kerang
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weath ... 19v9y.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Metta,
Retro.
Locals flee as levee cracks at Kerang
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weath ... 19v9y.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Metta,
Retro.
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
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I'm glad you all are doing OK.
Re: Flooding in Australia, everyone okay?
Hello all,
For those who have studied in Brisbane, or visited here, holidayed here or lived here - here are two pages of Before and After pictures of the flood areas - perhaps places you may be familiar with around Brisbane:-
http://www.abc.net.au/news/infographics ... eafter.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
with metta
Chris
For those who have studied in Brisbane, or visited here, holidayed here or lived here - here are two pages of Before and After pictures of the flood areas - perhaps places you may be familiar with around Brisbane:-
http://www.abc.net.au/news/infographics ... eafter.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
with metta
Chris
---The trouble is that you think you have time---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
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Glad all here are doing alright. So sorry for the pain this devastation has caused.
V.
V.
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