Is enlightenment possible without a teacher?

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appicchato
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Peter wrote:Thus have I heard. At one time the Lord was hosting a web forum at http://www.jeta-wood.savatthi.gov/anathapindika" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. Then a devata who was a former blood-relation of Bahiya of the Bark-cloth IM'd Bahiya thus: "Yur no arahant foo. Email [email protected]." Then Bahiya of the Bark-cloth, profoundly stirred by the IM of that devata, then and there departed from http://www.supparaka.gov/seashore" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, stopping only to check his bid for a zafu on eBay. At that time a number of bhikkhus were in chat. "The Buddha is AFK," they said.

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Ya got me Peter...I bit... :smile:
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Yeah... no one liked my joke. :cry:
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You Got a chuckle from me Peter. :lol:

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I thought it was very funny. :rofl:
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Thanks! My ego is soothed now. :lol:
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