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by cappuccino
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:23 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Party, Art of the 21st Century (Art Film)
Replies: 351
Views: 26475

Re: Party, Art of the 21st Century (Art Film)

https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/3/rebecca-john-emmett.jpg Rebecca A young woman with blonde hair gazes intently out of the frame with a serious expression on her face. Wisps of smoke gently curl from her parted lips, adding a sense of mystery to the overall mood o...
by cappuccino
Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:06 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Party, Art of the 21st Century (Art Film)
Replies: 351
Views: 26475

Re: Party, Art of the 21st Century (Art Film)

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Coffee and Cake

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by cappuccino
Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:18 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Party, Art of the 21st Century (Art Film)
Replies: 351
Views: 26475

Re: Party, Art of the 21st Century (Art Film)

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Ghost Town

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by cappuccino
Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:23 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: If we can't control the five clinging-aggregate, how do we attain Nibbana?
Replies: 14
Views: 292

Re: If we can't control the five clinging-aggregate, how do we attain Nibbana?

befriend wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:48 am Goodness builds up. So how can it be impermanent?
Rivers are impermanent


Egypt still depends on the Nile


And has for thousands of years
by cappuccino
Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:54 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Party, Art of the 21st Century (Art Film)
Replies: 351
Views: 26475

Re: Party, Art of the 21st Century (Art Film)

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Of Z 0002

In a distant past.
by cappuccino
Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:48 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Party, Art of the 21st Century (Art Film)
Replies: 351
Views: 26475

Re: Party, Art of the 21st Century (Art Film)

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Ring F

A ring is a round band, usually of metal, worn as ornamental jewellery.
by cappuccino
Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:21 pm
Forum: Hot Topics
Topic: masturbation what's wrong?
Replies: 615
Views: 274378

Re: masturbation what's wrong?

Sam Vara wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:19 pm And if it's not the teaching, then the harshness is moot.
Lust is harmful
by cappuccino
Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:15 pm
Forum: Hot Topics
Topic: masturbation what's wrong?
Replies: 615
Views: 274378

Re: masturbation what's wrong?

Sam Vara wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:13 pm It sounds a bit harsh to me.
Yes the teaching is harsh
by cappuccino
Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:03 pm
Forum: Hot Topics
Topic: masturbation what's wrong?
Replies: 615
Views: 274378

Re: masturbation what's wrong?

Sam Vara wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:43 pm SN 42.2 doesn't mention women dressing in any way whatsoever. It's about an actor.
Same idea, to inspire lust is karmic
by cappuccino
Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:01 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol
Replies: 82
Views: 2449

Re: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol

Ceisiwr wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:47 pm The Dhamma is concerned with substances, namely through their denial.
This is not related to dependent arising


It’s actually not relevant
by cappuccino
Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:45 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Disparities and Similitudes between Śrāvakayāna and Mahāyāna
Replies: 26
Views: 1107

Re: Disparities and Similitudes between Śrāvakayāna and Mahāyāna

Cause_and_Effect wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:56 am then consciousness does not land there or grow.
Hence consciousness is free
by cappuccino
Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:39 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Party, Art of the 21st Century (Art Film)
Replies: 351
Views: 26475

Re: Party, Art of the 21st Century (Art Film)

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Like the Wind

A woman with her hair flowing in the breeze…

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by cappuccino
Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Party, Art of the 21st Century (Art Film)
Replies: 351
Views: 26475

Re: Party, Art of the 21st Century (Art Film)

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“Every morning I wake up and think good, another 24 hours' pipe-smoking.” -Tolkien
by cappuccino
Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:08 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Abhidharmadharmaskandhapādaśāstra
Replies: 15
Views: 430

Re: Abhidharmadharmaskandhapādaśāstra

Ceisiwr wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:15 pm A knife can’t cut itself. Consciousness cognises. It can’t cognise itself.
Awareness is simply aware