Dusty the Burglar...

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Reminds me of this reading...
"Stealing — when indulged in, developed, & pursued — is something that leads to hell, leads to rebirth as a common animal, leads to the realm of the hungry shades. The slightest of all the results coming from stealing is that, when one becomes a human being, it leads to the loss of one's wealth. Vipaka Sutta
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One would have to wonder whether such an ingrained behaviour trait has continued over many, many lives. :jedi:

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cooran wrote:One would have to wonder whether such an ingrained behaviour trait has continued over many, many lives. :jedi:

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Can't think of a much better explanation than kammic tendency.
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'The Blessed One is the Teacher, I am a disciple. He is the one who knows, not I." - MN. 70 Kitagiri Sutta

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:thumbsup: One of my favourite books as a child.
"For a disciple who has conviction in the Teacher's message & lives to penetrate it, what accords with the Dhamma is this:
'The Blessed One is the Teacher, I am a disciple. He is the one who knows, not I." - MN. 70 Kitagiri Sutta

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BlackBird wrote: :thumbsup: One of my favourite books as a child.
Yes, great NZ classics of recent times. I think this was her first one. I remember reading that to my kids...

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Yeah, the whole series was great. Had some VCR tapes too. All the dog/cat names we're brilliant. Off the top of my head:
Bottomly pots, all covered in spots
Hercules Morse, as big as a horse
Bitsa Maloney, all skinny and boney
Schnitzel Von Krum, with a very low tum

found this
http://www.murphsplace.com/crowe/charli ... story.html
"For a disciple who has conviction in the Teacher's message & lives to penetrate it, what accords with the Dhamma is this:
'The Blessed One is the Teacher, I am a disciple. He is the one who knows, not I." - MN. 70 Kitagiri Sutta

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Yes, great NZ classics of recent times. I think this was her first one. I remember reading that to my kids...
You New Zealanders will be pleased to hear that this particular cultural export has reached the UK. Like Shakespeare and Mozart, it belongs to all of humanity now...
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