To one of our favourite kiwis.
Happy Bir(d)thday Blackbird!
Many happy returns today!
I hope its a good one.
metta
Ben
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLACKBIRD!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLACKBIRD!
by Ben » Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:22 pm
...he wondered whether there was any love between human beings that did not rest upon some sort of self-delusion.
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLACKBIRD!
by pink_trike » Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:38 pm
Happy Birthday, Blackbird!
Vision is Mind
Mind is Empty
Emptiness is Clear Light
Clear Light is Union
Union is Great Bliss
- Dawa Gyaltsen
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Mind is Empty
Emptiness is Clear Light
Clear Light is Union
Union is Great Bliss
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLACKBIRD!
by Aloka » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:03 pm
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLACKBIRD !
"In the emptiness there is no self " ~~ Ajahn Sumedho
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLACKBIRD!
by retrofuturist » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:31 pm
Indeed... have a good one!
Metta,
Retro.
Metta,
Retro.
If you have asked me of the origination of unease, then I shall explain it to you in accordance with my understanding:
Whatever various forms of unease there are in the world, They originate founded in encumbering accumulation. (Pārāyanavagga)
'We should not congratulate someone on the success of their misdeeds, but on the contrary should endeavour to advise him or her to lead a more skilful and wholesome life. If such advice is ignored then we can only give up and let go' - Phra Panyapatipo
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Whatever various forms of unease there are in the world, They originate founded in encumbering accumulation. (Pārāyanavagga)
'We should not congratulate someone on the success of their misdeeds, but on the contrary should endeavour to advise him or her to lead a more skilful and wholesome life. If such advice is ignored then we can only give up and let go' - Phra Panyapatipo
Dharma Wheel (Mahayana / Vajrayana forum)
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLACKBIRD!
by Cittasanto » Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:35 pm
May Wisdom develop with Calm,
May Calm develop with Wisdom,
May this year be fruitful for all.
May Calm develop with Wisdom,
May this year be fruitful for all.
This offering maybe right, or wrong, but it is one, the other, both, or neither!
With Metta
Upāsaka Cittasanto
Blog - Some Suttas Translated.
"Others will misconstrue reality due to their personal perspectives, doggedly holding onto and not easily discarding them; We shall not misconstrue reality due to our own personal perspectives, nor doggedly holding onto them, but will discard them easily. This effacement shall be done."
With Metta
Upāsaka Cittasanto
Blog - Some Suttas Translated.
"Others will misconstrue reality due to their personal perspectives, doggedly holding onto and not easily discarding them; We shall not misconstrue reality due to our own personal perspectives, nor doggedly holding onto them, but will discard them easily. This effacement shall be done."
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLACKBIRD!
by Guy » Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:12 am
Happy Birthday! 
Four types of letting go:
1) Giving; expecting nothing back in return
2) Throwing things away
3) Contentment; wanting to be here, not wanting to be anywhere else
4) "Teflon Mind"; having a mind which doesn't accumulate things
- Ajahn Brahm
1) Giving; expecting nothing back in return
2) Throwing things away
3) Contentment; wanting to be here, not wanting to be anywhere else
4) "Teflon Mind"; having a mind which doesn't accumulate things
- Ajahn Brahm
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLACKBIRD!
by Jechbi » Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:48 am
Happy happy birthday -
Rain soddens what is kept wrapped up,
But never soddens what is open;
Uncover, then, what is concealed,
Lest it be soddened by the rain.
But never soddens what is open;
Uncover, then, what is concealed,
Lest it be soddened by the rain.
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLACKBIRD!
by James the Giant » Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:26 am
Cheerful Birthday! How old are you?
Then,
saturated with joy,
you will put an end to suffering and stress.
SN 9.11
saturated with joy,
you will put an end to suffering and stress.
SN 9.11
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLACKBIRD!
by cooran » Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:34 am
Happy Birthday and a productive year ahead! 
metta
Chris
metta
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLACKBIRD!
by BlackBird » Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:55 am
Hello all
Thank you very much for the birthday wishes 
I started my 19th birthday with a job interview, which was a breeze - I got the job
Lunch with the family, a big cake and a visit to the botanical gardens.
Then to polish things off I met up with the local meditation group and we had a good sit and a good talk (I also gave them the dhammawheel web address)
It was a great day
Hope you all had a great day too!
Jack
Thank you very much for the birthday wishes
I started my 19th birthday with a job interview, which was a breeze - I got the job
Lunch with the family, a big cake and a visit to the botanical gardens.
Then to polish things off I met up with the local meditation group and we had a good sit and a good talk (I also gave them the dhammawheel web address)
It was a great day
Hope you all had a great day too!
Jack
"But, Udāyi, let be the past, let be the future, I shall set you forth the Teaching: When there is this this is, with arising of this this arises; when there is not this this is not, with cessation of this this ceases." - Majjhima ii,32
Nanavira Thera's teachings - An existential approach to the Dhamma:
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Nanavira Thera's teachings - An existential approach to the Dhamma:
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLACKBIRD!
by Ben » Fri Oct 23, 2009 8:35 am
Sound like you had a real cracker of a day!
I look forward to some of your Dunedin Dhamma-friends joining us here!
metta
Ben
I look forward to some of your Dunedin Dhamma-friends joining us here!
metta
Ben
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-- John le Carré, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLACKBIRD!
by clw_uk » Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:39 pm
Happy Birthday dude
p.s. good luck with the interview
metta
p.s. good luck with the interview
metta
not worrying about
the past and the future,
giving rise to the present moment,
becoming established in this place of full perfection.”
Ajahn Liem
the past and the future,
giving rise to the present moment,
becoming established in this place of full perfection.”
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLACKBIRD!
by Prasadachitta » Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:44 pm
Happy Birthday
"Beautifully taught is the Lord's Dhamma, immediately apparent, timeless, of the nature of a personal invitation, progressive, to be attained by the wise, each for himself." Anguttara Nikaya V.332
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLACKBIRD!
by Dhammabodhi » Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:00 pm
Happy Birthday, friend!! May you be über peaceful and happy!
And congratulations for the job!!!
And congratulations for the job!!!
-Samāhitam cittam yathābhutam pajānāti.
समाहितं चित्तं यथाभूतं पजानाती |
A concentrated mind sees things as they really are.
-Ujuko nāma so maggo, abhayā nāma sā disā.
उजुको नाम सो माग्गो, अभया नाम सा दिसा |
'Straight' is this path, fearlessness is its way.
समाहितं चित्तं यथाभूतं पजानाती |
A concentrated mind sees things as they really are.
-Ujuko nāma so maggo, abhayā nāma sā disā.
उजुको नाम सो माग्गो, अभया नाम सा दिसा |
'Straight' is this path, fearlessness is its way.
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLACKBIRD!
by PeterB » Fri Oct 23, 2009 4:06 pm
19 ! I can just about remember it...Hope you had a good day. Live long and help prosper the Dhamma.
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLACKBIRD!
by Annapurna » Fri Oct 23, 2009 5:34 pm
Happy B day!
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Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLACKBIRD!
by dragonwarrior » Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:19 pm
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY JACK!
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