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Happy birthday Ben!
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Happy birthday Ben!
by retrofuturist » Sun May 10, 2009 12:53 am
Greetings Ben,
Have a happy birthday with your family!
Metta,
Retro.
Have a happy birthday with your family!
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 Ben!
by Aloka » Sun May 10, 2009 1:35 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BEN !
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Re: Happy birthday Ben!
by Dhammanando » Sun May 10, 2009 1:41 am
Happy birthday Ben!
- ...and this thought arose in the mind of the Blessed One:
“Who lives without reverence lives miserably.”
— Uruvela Sutta, A.ii.20
It were endless to dispute upon everything that is disputable.
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Re: Happy birthday Ben!
by BubbaBuddhist » Sun May 10, 2009 2:16 am
Happy Birthday Buddy!
♫♫ "I was eatin' some chop suey,
With a lady in St. Louie,
When there sudden comes a knockin' at the door.
And that knocker, he says, "Honey,
Roll this rocker out some money,
Or your daddy shoots a baddie to the floor." ♫♫ --The Venerable Mr. Miggle
With a lady in St. Louie,
When there sudden comes a knockin' at the door.
And that knocker, he says, "Honey,
Roll this rocker out some money,
Or your daddy shoots a baddie to the floor." ♫♫ --The Venerable Mr. Miggle
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Re: Happy birthday Ben!
by appicchato » Sun May 10, 2009 3:14 am
A Very Happy Birthday Ben...enjoy your day!... 
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Re: Happy birthday Ben!
by tiltbillings » Sun May 10, 2009 3:26 am
May you get a Howard Hill bow.
What is the use of his knowledge
pertaining to the number of insects in the whole world?
Rather, inquire into his knowledge of
that which is to be practised by us
-- Dharmakirti
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond.
SN I, 38.
Níl sa saol seo ach ceo
There is naught in this life but mist
Is ní bheimid beo ach seal beag gearr.
And we will not be alive but a short hard time.
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Re: Happy birthday Ben!
by pink_trike » Sun May 10, 2009 4:13 am
Happy Birthday, Ben!
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Clear Light is Union
Union is Great Bliss
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Re: Happy birthday Ben!
by Ngawang Drolma. » Sun May 10, 2009 5:47 am
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Re: Happy birthday Ben!
by cooran » Sun May 10, 2009 8:37 am
Happy Birthday Ben! Have a wonderful year to come!
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---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
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Re: Happy birthday Ben!
by Cittasanto » Sun May 10, 2009 9:15 am
Happy Birthday Ben
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 Ben!
by Fede » Sun May 10, 2009 11:17 am
Man the smell of weed and vodka....... next door, is overwhelming, so I thought I'd come here instead!!!
Happy birthday Ben,
Much love and affection, as always!!
Happy birthday Ben,
Much love and affection, as always!!
"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?!
http://www.armchairadvice.co.uk/relationships/forum/
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Re: Happy birthday Ben!
by Ben » Sun May 10, 2009 12:00 pm
Thank you all for your wonderful wishes and birthday wishes.
You really are the best, and I feel greatly honored ,and indeed humbled, to have you as my companions on the path.
Anyway, i thought i would share some photos of my birthday today, and a couple of other recent photos of our life here.
Chris
That photo of the party-going greyhound is a spitting image of our beloved departed Blaze!
Me at Paringa Archery Club last saturday.
Quinn, last weekend at quarter-time. They got smashed!
This morning at Cateract Gorge, the suspension bridge in the background.
Quinn and Darcy on the rocks.
Freya, visiting from the mainland.
Ben and my lovely wife, Kylie
Darcy, future rock-star.
You really are the best, and I feel greatly honored ,and indeed humbled, to have you as my companions on the path.
Anyway, i thought i would share some photos of my birthday today, and a couple of other recent photos of our life here.
Chris
That photo of the party-going greyhound is a spitting image of our beloved departed Blaze!
Me at Paringa Archery Club last saturday.
Quinn, last weekend at quarter-time. They got smashed!
This morning at Cateract Gorge, the suspension bridge in the background.
Quinn and Darcy on the rocks.
Freya, visiting from the mainland.
Ben and my lovely wife, Kylie
Darcy, future rock-star.
...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 Ben!
by appicchato » Sun May 10, 2009 1:39 pm
He's a lefty!...and not alone...
Great photos Ben...beautiful family, and a dyno locale...you've done something right...
Great photos Ben...beautiful family, and a dyno locale...you've done something right...
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Re: Happy birthday Ben!
by David N. Snyder » Sun May 10, 2009 4:49 pm
Beautiful family! Thanks for the photos! Glad you enjoyed your birthday!!!
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