Oh I don't doubt that, I doubt whether many people, myself included, would be able to fufill the goal of the Dhamma in time is all. Given that, such prospects even if still well within the realms of science fiction, give food for thought, concerned thought.tiltbillings wrote:If it serves the great industrial-military-governmental complex and Wal-Mart, it could happen.BlackBird wrote:Enlightened by 30 when your hand prism turns black? I doubt it.
Conspiracy nuts, gay marriage, and immigration.
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"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
Path Press - Ñāṇavīra Thera Dhamma Page - Ajahn Nyanamoli's Dhamma talks
'The Blessed One is the Teacher, I am a disciple. He is the one who knows, not I." - MN. 70 Kitagiri Sutta
Path Press - Ñāṇavīra Thera Dhamma Page - Ajahn Nyanamoli's Dhamma talks
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I prefer Jenny Agutter who had a happy ending, but there must be some explanation behind the unhappy ending of Farrah F. The Illuminati or the Free Masons, no doubt, sending an encrypted msg to the future Fox News and the Tea Party and the birthers and to Assange.
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
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I think Assange was only about six years old when Logan's Run was released.
“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
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR
e: [email protected]..
Re: Conspiracy nuts, gay marriage, and immigration.
Well i think its okay to know things but you have to apply the right attitude to it. Right View is what leads to peace, freedom and happiness. Letting go of things especially when you are anyway not able to do something... peace is indeed the highest happiness.
Higher than lordship over all earth,
Higher than sojourning in heavens supreme,
Higher than empire over all the worlds,
Is Fruit of Entrance to the Dhamma Stream. —Dhammapada
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Real Buddhists aren't afraid to point out the truth.
"Empathy" goes only so far. Someone has to stand up for what is right. I'll be that person.
These people are hateful:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/artic ... 00,00.html
"Empathy" goes only so far. Someone has to stand up for what is right. I'll be that person.
These people are hateful:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/artic ... 00,00.html
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I see the term "Real Buddhists" quite a bit. I was wondering if someone could provide me a definition or explanation as to who is a "Real Buddhist".
“What we think, we become.“ - The Buddha
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Real Buddhism Syndrome (RBS), also known as Real Meditator Syndrome (RMS) or Pure Buddhist Syndrome (PBS), is a condition that tends to afflict many an aspiring Buddhist. It is characterized by the sufferer's conviction that he or she has supreme insight and attainment in the Dhamma and that everyone else is therefore really really obligated to follow him or her. The affliction tends to come in two distinctive forms: acute and chronic. The acute manifests in occasional bouts that last anywhere from a few present moments to a few weeks. The chronic persists consistently over a course of decades. While the acute form is readily amenable to advice and admonition from a trusted friend in the Dhamma, no remedy has been found for the chronic form.
Source: The Annals of Samsara
Source: The Annals of Samsara
Hic Rhodus, hic salta!
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Thanks.
“What we think, we become.“ - The Buddha
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Every religion has it's fanatics, alan. I think there are also many moderate Muslims who cringe at the bellicose rantings of the extremist elements of their own faith, too. But yes it's sad to see persons in monk's robes talking like this. All we can do is to assure others, if asked, that this does not represent the Path we are undertaking.alan wrote:Real Buddhists aren't afraid to point out the truth.
"Empathy" goes only so far. Someone has to stand up for what is right. I'll be that person.
These people are hateful:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/artic ... 00,00.html
kind regards,
manas
To the Buddha-refuge i go; to the Dhamma-refuge i go; to the Sangha-refuge i go.
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How do you propose to assure them?manas wrote: All we can do is to assure others, if asked, that this does not represent the Path we are undertaking.
Hic Rhodus, hic salta!