Hi! Any rational people out there?
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Re: Hi! Any rational people out there?
I dont think anyone has...
The going for refuge is the door of entrance to the teachings of the Buddha.
Bhikku Bodhi.
Bhikku Bodhi.
Re: Hi! Any rational people out there?
Heh, yesterday I was thinking of posting something about how I'd never met a Buddhist who wasn't into Monty Python.Sanghamitta wrote: Enlightened ?
Half the time they werent even funny !
Guess I spoke or well - thought too soon.
Jack
"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
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'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 am being generous Blackbird. My husband who is a long time Buddhist, and fan of your Flights Of The Conchords, LOATHS M.P. with a passion...Just dont get him started..
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John Cleese is Buddhist.Sanghamitta wrote:..... Plus, if John Cleese was Enlightened, what happened to turn him into a bore ? NO no no...
He narrated "The Tibetan book of living & Dying" for the blind, too.....
Just thought I'd mention it......
"Samsara: The human condition's heartbreaking inability to sustain contentment." Elizabeth Gilbert, 'Eat, Pray, Love'.
Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
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Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
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An Enlightened Buddhist Fede ?Fede wrote:John Cleese is Buddhist.Sanghamitta wrote:..... Plus, if John Cleese was Enlightened, what happened to turn him into a bore ? NO no no...
He narrated "The Tibetan book of living & Dying" for the blind, too.....
Just thought I'd mention it......
Anyway other than Fawlty, he is still a bore, Buddhist or no.
The going for refuge is the door of entrance to the teachings of the Buddha.
Bhikku Bodhi.
Bhikku Bodhi.
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They're not enlightened, they're just very naughty boys...
Mike
Mike
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Maybe the Ministry of Silly Little Yellow people ?alan wrote:Guess I should have inserted one of those silly little yellow people. I didn't think anyone would take that too seriously...
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With Metta
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Or the Ministry of Miniscule Mustard-faced Madmen.
Tell you the truth, those little lemon bastards are freakin' me out over there!
Tell you the truth, those little lemon bastards are freakin' me out over there!
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Oh I never meant that he wasn't boring..... I just thought it was an irony that he's Buddhist.Sanghamitta wrote:An Enlightened Buddhist Fede ?Fede wrote:John Cleese is Buddhist.Sanghamitta wrote:..... Plus, if John Cleese was Enlightened, what happened to turn him into a bore ? NO no no...
He narrated "The Tibetan book of living & Dying" for the blind, too.....
Just thought I'd mention it......
Anyway other than Fawlty, he is still a bore, Buddhist or no.
The old either become eccentric, or old farts.
I fully intend to fall into the former category, should I reach that point, even.....
"Samsara: The human condition's heartbreaking inability to sustain contentment." Elizabeth Gilbert, 'Eat, Pray, Love'.
Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
http://www.armchairadvice.co.uk/relationships/forum/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
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Re: Hi! Any rational people out there?
the question is if there are any rational people out there? also included in the op is the word sane!
obviously there are many non-rational people here, which is evident from the BLASPHEMING on this thread!!!
you should all bow down and pray to the holy handgranade that the Beast of Caerbannog does not get you, that the Black night is mercyfull and does not chew your anchles, and have a shrubery ready so that the knignts who say Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zoo Boing Zow Zing (Formally the knights who say Ni) allow you safe passage.
alternatively Pray that the saviour who comes with a 9 bladed sword does not smite you in their Holy Name!
so take communion of the Waffer Thin Mint and REPENT!
but now it is time for something completely different!
obviously there are many non-rational people here, which is evident from the BLASPHEMING on this thread!!!
you should all bow down and pray to the holy handgranade that the Beast of Caerbannog does not get you, that the Black night is mercyfull and does not chew your anchles, and have a shrubery ready so that the knignts who say Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zoo Boing Zow Zing (Formally the knights who say Ni) allow you safe passage.
alternatively Pray that the saviour who comes with a 9 bladed sword does not smite you in their Holy Name!
so take communion of the Waffer Thin Mint and REPENT!
but now it is time for something completely different!
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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
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He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
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He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
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I like a lot of Monty Python sketches too, actually I never realised Mr. Clease was a Buddhist (not that it matters, of course --- if we were to choose a religion simply because of celebrity endorsement this place would probably be a whole lot LESS rational than it is now!)
As for rational dhammawheel users, I think we all have our moments
As for rational dhammawheel users, I think we all have our moments
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While we are being silly I would like to take the opportunity to inform our American cousins that it is NOT " Monty Pye-THON " the pronunciation is " Monty PY-thun." The final syllable is a "thun" sound, not "thon" and the emphasis is on the the third, not fourth syllable. Monty PY-thun. Now I will leave you to have a little practice at that...
The going for refuge is the door of entrance to the teachings of the Buddha.
Bhikku Bodhi.
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Right you are, Sanghamitta.
Top o' the morning to ye.
Metta,
Retro.
Top o' the morning to ye.
Metta,
Retro.
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
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And may the wind be always at your back Retrofuturist.
Metta
Metta
The going for refuge is the door of entrance to the teachings of the Buddha.
Bhikku Bodhi.
Bhikku Bodhi.
Re: Hi! Any rational people out there?
Hi Alan
Welcome aboard.
Personally, I find some of the Dhamma points that can be objected to from a rational point of view - and there's a part of my mind that does so - operate on another level (?) to motivate and inspire. Take for example the teaching that if one abstains from breaking a precept, one thereby provides safety to innumerable beings. So abstaining from a drink, for example, protects countless beings. That isn't rational, but it's inspirational, and works to conditoin abstinence. There are other stories of the Buddha (or great Arahats) suddenly disappearing from where they are to reappear in the presence of a meditator, to give them timely guidance. Irrational, but stirring. It's very hard to live a life rooted in wholesome behaviour without inspiration, I think. Of course, the way practicing the Dhamma uproots harmful tendencies and opens the mind to wisdom is inspiring in a very rational way as well.
Anyways, welcome again.
Metta,
Phil
Welcome aboard.
Personally, I find some of the Dhamma points that can be objected to from a rational point of view - and there's a part of my mind that does so - operate on another level (?) to motivate and inspire. Take for example the teaching that if one abstains from breaking a precept, one thereby provides safety to innumerable beings. So abstaining from a drink, for example, protects countless beings. That isn't rational, but it's inspirational, and works to conditoin abstinence. There are other stories of the Buddha (or great Arahats) suddenly disappearing from where they are to reappear in the presence of a meditator, to give them timely guidance. Irrational, but stirring. It's very hard to live a life rooted in wholesome behaviour without inspiration, I think. Of course, the way practicing the Dhamma uproots harmful tendencies and opens the mind to wisdom is inspiring in a very rational way as well.
Anyways, welcome again.
Metta,
Phil
Kammalakkhano , bhikkhave, bālo, kammalakkhano pandito, apadānasobhanī paññāti
(The fool is characterized by his/her actions/the wise one is characterized by his/her actions/Wisdom shines forth in behaviour.)
(AN 3.2 Lakkhana Sutta)
(The fool is characterized by his/her actions/the wise one is characterized by his/her actions/Wisdom shines forth in behaviour.)
(AN 3.2 Lakkhana Sutta)