Hello all,
Hope all our New Zealand friends are safe:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-21/s ... nd/4833724
With metta,
Chris
The Shaky Isles are shaking again!!
The Shaky Isles are shaking again!!
---The trouble is that you think you have time---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
Re: The Shaky Isles are shaking again!!
Indeed, I think a phone call to the father-in-law is in order. Though, he is north of Hamilton.
“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: The Shaky Isles are shaking again!!
Seems to be a bit of damage in Wellington, but no reports of death or major structural damage. Fire crews called out to mop up water from burst pipes. One of our ordained posters here Venerable Nyanasuci is currently residing there, it will be interesting to hear from him just how strong they felt it there. There were a couple of other big shakes a few days back measuring in the mid 5s on the magnitude scale, but this one a 6.5 is very large. Just lucky it wasn't that close or shallow to any major urban areas.
"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
Re: The Shaky Isles are shaking again!!
He just wrote to me a report from the monastery in Stokes Valley:
Just now: 6.9! It was like being in old train. Had to run out. I does give a sense of urgency. ... I am hearing fire brigades outside. It is still shaking.... another second severe one 5.2.
Just now: 6.9! It was like being in old train. Had to run out. I does give a sense of urgency. ... I am hearing fire brigades outside. It is still shaking.... another second severe one 5.2.
Bhikkhu Gavesako
Kiṃkusalagavesī anuttaraṃ santivarapadaṃ pariyesamāno... (MN 26)
Access to Insight - Theravada texts
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Dhammatalks.org - Sutta translations
Kiṃkusalagavesī anuttaraṃ santivarapadaṃ pariyesamāno... (MN 26)
Access to Insight - Theravada texts
Ancient Buddhist Texts - Translations and history of Pali texts
Dhammatalks.org - Sutta translations
Re: The Shaky Isles are shaking again!!
Here's a map: http://www.geonet.org.nz/quakes/quakesmap
And some commentary: http://info.geonet.org.nz/pages/viewpag ... Id=5799971
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8945358 ... ew-Zealand
Some damage in Blenheim and Wellington, but no reports of serious injury as yet.
Mike
And some commentary: http://info.geonet.org.nz/pages/viewpag ... Id=5799971
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8945358 ... ew-Zealand
Some damage in Blenheim and Wellington, but no reports of serious injury as yet.
Mike
Re: The Shaky Isles are shaking again!!
Thanks for the update Bhante. Hope nothing's fallen off the shelves and been damaged up there.gavesako wrote:He just wrote to me a report from the monastery in Stokes Valley:
Just now: 6.9! It was like being in old train. Had to run out. I does give a sense of urgency. ... I am hearing fire brigades outside. It is still shaking.... another second severe one 5.2.
Did you feel it at all Mike? Nothing down here.
"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
Re: The Shaky Isles are shaking again!!
Yes, that was me. Actually it was 9.5. On http://www.geonet.org.nz/quakes/region/wellington/felt originally said it was 6.9. - it seems they were not sure what strength it had.gavesako wrote:He just wrote to me a report from the monastery in Stokes Valley:
Just now: 6.9! It was like being in old train. Had to run out. I does give a sense of urgency. ... I am hearing fire brigades outside. It is still shaking.... another second severe one 5.2.
No damage here. I felt few minor shaking in the night time. It think the earth is still quite active...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23396599
Bhikkhu Hiriko - Ñāṇasuci
The experts do not say that one is a sage in this world because of view, or learning, or knowledge, Nanda.
I call them sages who wander without association, without affliction, without desire.
The Buddha, Sn.V.8.2 (1078)
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The experts do not say that one is a sage in this world because of view, or learning, or knowledge, Nanda.
I call them sages who wander without association, without affliction, without desire.
The Buddha, Sn.V.8.2 (1078)
http://pathpress.org | http://nanavira.org | http://ajahnchah.org
Re: The Shaky Isles are shaking again!!
I didn't notice it down here in Christchurch, but some people I know did. Brings up some bad memories listening to the news this morning, Wellington CBD and University campuses closed while buildings are checked... Many problems in the north-east of the South Island. Can only hope that the largest shakes are over...
Mike
Mike
Re: The Shaky Isles are shaking again!!
Well we are in the middle of the North Island and thankfully no shaking here . One guy was in a movie theater at the time it hit and rushed out side....it was one of those apocalyptic movies , he could see the humorous irony of it .
NZ is just one big fault line , and it never lets us forget it .
NZ is just one big fault line , and it never lets us forget it .
Re: The Shaky Isles are shaking again!!
Kia kaha whanau.
I work for an insurance broker so the last few years since the first Christchurch event have been pretty harrowing for so many people.
Mother earth will do what it do so comfort and encouragement ...
Hope you are all well
I work for an insurance broker so the last few years since the first Christchurch event have been pretty harrowing for so many people.
Mother earth will do what it do so comfort and encouragement ...
Hope you are all well
Re: The Shaky Isles are shaking again!!
I hope you all safe and well.
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”