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by binocular » Fri Sep 22, 2017 6:52 pm
aflatun wrote:binocular: I had to google that, is that something you're supposed to smoke or make a weapon out of or something
Do I carry muñja grass?
I spit on my life.
Death in battle would be better for me
than that I, defeated,
survive.
3. Muñja grass was the ancient Indian equivalent of a white flag. A warrior expecting that he might have to surrender would take muñja grass into battle with him. If he did surrender, he would lie down with the muñja grass in his mouth. The Buddha, in asking this rhetorical question, is indicating that he is not the type of warrior who would carry muñja grass. If defeated, he would rather die than surrender.
https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/S ... note3.2.03
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by aflatun » Fri Sep 22, 2017 6:53 pm
Justsit wrote:
Yup, straight outta the wild, wild West.
I'm sorry I missed it! Probably would have led to a lot of:
"People often get too quick to say 'there's no self. There's no self...no self...no self.' There is self, there is focal point, its not yours. That's what not self is."
Ninoslav Ñāṇamoli
Senses and the Thought-1, 42:53
"Those who create constructs about the Buddha,
Who is beyond construction and without exhaustion,
Are thereby damaged by their constructs;
They fail to see the Thus-Gone.
That which is the nature of the Thus-Gone
Is also the nature of this world.
There is no nature of the Thus-Gone.
There is no nature of the world."
Nagarjuna
MMK XXII.15-16
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by aflatun » Fri Sep 22, 2017 6:59 pm
binocular wrote:aflatun wrote:binocular: I had to google that, is that something you're supposed to smoke or make a weapon out of or something
Do I carry muñja grass?
I spit on my life.
Death in battle would be better for me
than that I, defeated,
survive.
3. Muñja grass was the ancient Indian equivalent of a white flag. A warrior expecting that he might have to surrender would take muñja grass into battle with him. If he did surrender, he would lie down with the muñja grass in his mouth. The Buddha, in asking this rhetorical question, is indicating that he is not the type of warrior who would carry muñja grass. If defeated, he would rather die than surrender.
https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/S ... note3.2.03
Thank you, got it
"People often get too quick to say 'there's no self. There's no self...no self...no self.' There is self, there is focal point, its not yours. That's what not self is."
Ninoslav Ñāṇamoli
Senses and the Thought-1, 42:53
"Those who create constructs about the Buddha,
Who is beyond construction and without exhaustion,
Are thereby damaged by their constructs;
They fail to see the Thus-Gone.
That which is the nature of the Thus-Gone
Is also the nature of this world.
There is no nature of the Thus-Gone.
There is no nature of the world."
Nagarjuna
MMK XXII.15-16
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by Justsit » Fri Sep 22, 2017 7:12 pm
aflatun wrote:Justsit wrote:
Yup, straight outta the wild, wild West.
I'm sorry I missed it! Probably would have led to a lot of:
And a lot of:
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by SarathW » Fri Sep 22, 2017 9:09 pm
Thank you, David, for your great service.
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
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by retrofuturist » Fri Sep 22, 2017 9:34 pm
Good morning,
I just woke up... Have we been through forum bardo yet?
Metta,
Paul.
"Do not force others, including children, by any means whatsoever, to adopt your views, whether by authority, threat, money, propaganda, or even education." - Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh
"The uprooting of identity is seen by the noble ones as pleasurable; but this contradicts what the whole world sees." (Snp 3.12)
"One discerns wrong view as wrong view, and right view as right view. This is one's right view." (MN 117)
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by DNS » Fri Sep 22, 2017 9:52 pm
retrofuturist wrote:Good morning,
I just woke up... Have we been through forum bardo yet?
Metta,
Paul.
We're in the bardo right now.
Apparently the webhoster and webmaster are making this a very painless and seamless process, so far. Perhaps there might be no down time . . .
We'll see in the next few hours if this is a bardo style transfer or an Abhidhamma style (instant) one.
edit: It took much longer than expected due to webhosting company delays. At least posts have been restored that were made between the back-up date and when the server went down for the move.
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by SDC » Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:16 am
Did we survive?
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by DNS » Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:21 am
SDC wrote:Did we survive?
So far, so good.
It might be down for another short time a little later today for some more maintenance, but hopefully very short time, but we are now at the new server.
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by SDC » Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:23 am
Looks like we lost all the blank posts from the 23rd.
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by DNS » Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:31 am
SDC wrote:Looks like we lost all the blank posts from the 23rd.
Not lost, just reborn to ākiñcaññāyatana (realm of nothingness - aka 7th jhana).
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by SDC » Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:31 am
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by Will » Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:39 am
Was able to read and reply to an old PM, plus posting here suggests all is almost well!
Whatever one frequently thinks and ponders upon, that will become the inclination of his mind. -- MN 19
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by binocular » Tue Sep 26, 2017 1:37 pm
*test*
It says I'm posting this on
Tue Sep 26, 2017 3:37 pm
but it should be 10:12 pm
Hm.
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by Will » Tue Sep 26, 2017 1:47 pm
My time is way off also, some 10 hours or so. It will be cleared up in...
time. Whatever one frequently thinks and ponders upon, that will become the inclination of his mind. -- MN 19
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by binocular » Tue Sep 26, 2017 2:39 pm
Oh, look, we're back to the old color scheme too!
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by Circle5 » Tue Sep 26, 2017 4:44 pm
What concerns me is this new server that DW is on right now. Since hosting company has been changed, this means DW is not gona move to that eco-friendly server spoked about and will continue to pollute like crazy.
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by DNS » Tue Sep 26, 2017 5:42 pm
Circle5 wrote:What concerns me is this new server that DW is on right now. Since hosting company has been changed, this means DW is not gona move to that eco-friendly server spoked about and will continue to pollute like crazy.
I know this might be keeping you up at night worrying about that.
Actually, we are on the eco-friendly server right now, when the hosting company finally finished we directed the sites to them so that we could re-coup those last week's posts, but we are seriously considering going to the Amazon web hosting service which is much more reliable. Not to worry, I'll bet Jeff Bezos is eco-friendly too. If we transfer to that, I imagine the physical server will be somewhere in Silicon Valley probably being fed electric juice from a dam over there or perhaps even wind and solar energy. So you can still rest easy.
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by aflatun » Tue Sep 26, 2017 7:27 pm
David N. Snyder wrote:...
Thanks for doing all this David, if you're ever in the states let me know, I'll buy you an apple juice, or herbal tea, or whatever you like
"People often get too quick to say 'there's no self. There's no self...no self...no self.' There is self, there is focal point, its not yours. That's what not self is."
Ninoslav Ñāṇamoli
Senses and the Thought-1, 42:53
"Those who create constructs about the Buddha,
Who is beyond construction and without exhaustion,
Are thereby damaged by their constructs;
They fail to see the Thus-Gone.
That which is the nature of the Thus-Gone
Is also the nature of this world.
There is no nature of the Thus-Gone.
There is no nature of the world."
Nagarjuna
MMK XXII.15-16
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by SarathW » Wed Sep 27, 2017 7:42 am
Wow!
Blue is everywhere!
Thanks David.
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
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