Regarding the absence of "JCSuperstar"
- suriyopama
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My best wishes to James, family and friends. I have learnt a lot from his contributions at this forum
- christopher:::
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Wow, this is very sad news. Such a great loss.
"As Buddhists, we should aim to develop relationships that are not predominated by grasping and clinging. Our relationships should be characterised by the brahmaviharas of metta (loving kindness), mudita (sympathetic joy), karuna (compassion), and upekkha (equanimity)."
~post by Ben, Jul 02, 2009
~post by Ben, Jul 02, 2009
Re: Regarding the absence of "JCSuperstar"
Fare well, James. Fare well.
Re: Regarding the absence of "JCSuperstar"
One journey ends, another begins. May he find a rebirth conducive to his practise.
~ swimming upstream is tough work! ~
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Re: Regarding the absence of "JCSuperstar"
I had deeply hoped he'd pull through. This is very sad news. My heart and thoughts go out to his family. He was a brilliant teacher, at least I learnt a lot from him. There'll be a large JC shaped hole here and I'm sure elsewhere now
- Goofaholix
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Re: Regarding the absence of "JCSuperstar"
JC will be missed here, and elsewhere too I'm sure.
Something like this happening suddenly brings home that even though we know our lives are impermanent it often doesn't really sink in, and we live as if we can be certain we have many years ahead of us.
Something like this happening suddenly brings home that even though we know our lives are impermanent it often doesn't really sink in, and we live as if we can be certain we have many years ahead of us.
Pronouns (no self / not self)
“Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering. Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.”
― Ajahn Chah
“Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering. Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.”
― Ajahn Chah
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Such sad news.
Anicca vata sankhara ...
May James have a rebirth where he can hear and practise the Dhamma
May James have happiness and the causes of happiness
May he quickly progress on the path to Nibbana and never fall back.
May those he has left behind be free of mental and physical pain.
with metta and karuna
Chris
Anicca vata sankhara ...
May James have a rebirth where he can hear and practise the Dhamma
May James have happiness and the causes of happiness
May he quickly progress on the path to Nibbana and never fall back.
May those he has left behind be free of mental and physical pain.
with metta and karuna
Chris
---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: Regarding the absence of "JCSuperstar"
Such sadness that brings home the Buddha's call to urgency.
May his family be strong and remember his goodness.
May his family be strong and remember his goodness.
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Very true....Goofaholix wrote:JC will be missed here, and elsewhere too I'm sure.
Something like this happening suddenly brings home that even though we know our lives are impermanent it often doesn't really sink in, and we live as if we can be certain we have many years ahead of us.
such sad news.
Hard to believe.
My condolences to his family.
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I'm saddened to discover this. I worked with James briefly at e-sangha and always considered him a very genuine and kind fellow practitioner. He will be missed.
May he be happy and at peace wherever he goes from here. May his loved ones be happy and at peace.
May he be happy and at peace wherever he goes from here. May his loved ones be happy and at peace.
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From James' facebook page:
we just got home and Jamie in the operation room for take his organs out right now.It's gonna take him awhile.And thank you so much for all of you guys for support our family.
“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]..
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Whatever change there will occur, may this change be for better with support of our metta
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Re: Regarding the absence of "JCSuperstar"
Terrible news. He had developed provisions for the journey, that enthusiasm for and understanding of Dhamma...
Metta,
Phil
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)
Re: Regarding the absence of "JCSuperstar"
I second this beautiful verses.
May James have a rebirth where he can hear and practise the Dhamma
May James have happiness and the causes of happiness
May he quickly progress on the path to Nibbana and never fall back.
May those he has left behind be free of mental and physical pain.
May you be free from suffering, James.
With metta,
Andrew
May James have a rebirth where he can hear and practise the Dhamma
May James have happiness and the causes of happiness
May he quickly progress on the path to Nibbana and never fall back.
May those he has left behind be free of mental and physical pain.
May you be free from suffering, James.
With metta,
Andrew
Meditate, don't be negligent, lest you may later regret it!
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I just stumbled upon this news on Facebook. How tragic. I don't even know what to say. This sucks.
JC was an excellent poster and moderator. I learned a lot from him.
Much metta to James's family and friends in their time of loss.
JC was an excellent poster and moderator. I learned a lot from him.
Much metta to James's family and friends in their time of loss.
"To reach beyond fear and danger we must sharpen and widen our vision. We have to pierce through the deceptions that lull us into a comfortable complacency, to take a straight look down into the depths of our existence, without turning away uneasily or running after distractions." -- Bhikkhu Bodhi
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." -- Heraclitus
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." -- Heraclitus