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I should be more like my dog
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I should be more like my dog
by Donuts Dad » Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:28 pm
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Re: I should be more like my dog
by Sam Vara » Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:36 pm
o Pay very close attention to other peoples’ feelings, wants and needs as expressed through sound and body language
This means that you have to stop humping their leg when everyone is shouting at you to stop....
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Re: I should be more like my dog
by David N. Snyder » Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:53 pm
Sam Vara wrote:o Pay very close attention to other peoples’ feelings, wants and needs as expressed through sound and body language
This means that you have to stop humping their leg when everyone is shouting at you to stop....
Don’t waste time being angry
This means stop growling at other dogs and the postman.
My love must be unconditional
"must be" ? That sounds conditional.
Live in the moment
This means stop chasing and thinking about those bitches all over town.
(Just having some fun, not really being critical of the article. I
all animals, including dogs.)
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Re: I should be more like my dog
by plwk » Fri Dec 14, 2012 3:14 am
Do not judge smells as bad; think of them as important sources of information
And my personal fav.... Accept affection from anyone
Bhikkhus, if you develop and make much this one thing,
it invariably leads to weariness, cessation, appeasement, realization and extinction.
What is it? It is recollecting the Enlightened One.
If this single thing is recollected and made much,
it invariably leads to weariness, cessation, appeasement, realization and extinction.
Anguttara-Nikaya: Ekanipata: Ekadhammapali: Pañhamavagga
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it invariably leads to weariness, cessation, appeasement, realization and extinction.
What is it? It is recollecting the Enlightened One.
If this single thing is recollected and made much,
it invariably leads to weariness, cessation, appeasement, realization and extinction.
Anguttara-Nikaya: Ekanipata: Ekadhammapali: Pañhamavagga
WBB TBHT HBM AC My Page
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Re: I should be more like my dog
by Ben » Fri Dec 14, 2012 4:07 am
...he wondered whether there was any love between human beings that did not rest upon some sort of self-delusion.
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