For those of you who live in that fabled place, the United States of Mordor, and for some of you who don't:
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Have a hallowed evening.
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Hollow Weens
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Hollow Weens
by Ben » Fri Oct 26, 2012 12:27 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: Hollow Weens
by yawares » Fri Oct 26, 2012 6:58 pm
Ben wrote:For those of you who live in that fabled place, the United States of Mordor, and for some of you who don't:
http://www.flavorwire.com/339253/20-inc ... n-costumes
Have a hallowed evening.
Dear Ben,
Since my daughter left home many years ago..I don't do anything on Halloween anymore...but I'll buy Halloween cookies...cute/yummy! Do Australian people play Halloween?
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/i ... en+cookies
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/i ... gac&sado=1
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Re: Hollow Weens
by Ben » Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:16 pm
Hi Yawares,
Most people in Australia don't celebrate Halloween. Its only been very recent that stores started stocking tacky Halloween masks and other paraphenalia and strange out-of-season orange coloured pumpkins. Its generally seen as a commercially-inspired imported cultural artifact.
kind regards,
Ben
Most people in Australia don't celebrate Halloween. Its only been very recent that stores started stocking tacky Halloween masks and other paraphenalia and strange out-of-season orange coloured pumpkins. Its generally seen as a commercially-inspired imported cultural artifact.
kind regards,
Ben
...he wondered whether there was any love between human beings that did not rest upon some sort of self-delusion.
-- John le Carré, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar)
Buddhist Global Relief
UNHCR Somali Emergency Relief Appeal
e: ben.dhammawheel@gmail.com
-- John le Carré, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar)
Buddhist Global Relief
UNHCR Somali Emergency Relief Appeal
e: ben.dhammawheel@gmail.com
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Re: Hollow Weens
by LonesomeYogurt » Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:33 pm
I gotta say that while I disapprove of the weirdly sexualized/intoxicated nature of most Halloween parties, it does give me a chance to dress outlandishly without censure, which is always a plus.
Gain and loss, status and disgrace,
censure and praise, pleasure and pain:
these conditions among human beings are inconstant,
impermanent, subject to change.
Knowing this, the wise person, mindful,
ponders these changing conditions.
Desirable things don’t charm the mind,
undesirable ones bring no resistance.
His welcoming and rebelling are scattered,
gone to their end,
do not exist.
- Lokavipatti Sutta
Stuff I write about things.
censure and praise, pleasure and pain:
these conditions among human beings are inconstant,
impermanent, subject to change.
Knowing this, the wise person, mindful,
ponders these changing conditions.
Desirable things don’t charm the mind,
undesirable ones bring no resistance.
His welcoming and rebelling are scattered,
gone to their end,
do not exist.
- Lokavipatti Sutta
Stuff I write about things.
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Re: Hollow Weens
by BubbaBuddhist » Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:38 pm
My favorite piece of Halloween music (or at least it should be Halloween music): The Swan of Tuonella by Jan Sibelius:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUAmi6WIfuU&feature=related
BB
Fop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUAmi6WIfuU&feature=related
BB
Fop
♫♫ "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: Hollow Weens
by Cittasanto » Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:41 pm
its "hop tu naa"
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: Hollow Weens
by Kim O'Hara » Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:03 am
Cittasanto wrote:its "hop tu naa"
That's not what we called it when we were building Stonehenge
The Christians needed a way of appropriating Samhain so much that they even moved their corresponding holy day to match it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween#Christian_influences
They didn't even go to that much trouble for Midwinter/Christmas or Spring (Fertility)/Easter.
What comes around goes around, though. The Christians have now lost it to the Mammonites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammon
Kim
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Re: Hollow Weens
by tiltbillings » Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:15 am
Kim O'Hara wrote:Mammonites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammon
- Morgan asked Osteen [the fellow above] if he ever felt guilty for his wealth. He replied, "I don't ever feel guilty because it comes from – it's God's blessings on my life. And for me to apologize for God's – how God has blessed you, it's almost an insult to our God."
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: Hollow Weens
by Cittasanto » Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:43 am
Kim O'Hara wrote:Cittasanto wrote:its "hop tu naa"
That's not what we called it when we were building Stonehenge
The Christians needed a way of appropriating Samhain so much that they even moved their corresponding holy day to match it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween#Christian_influences
They didn't even go to that much trouble for Midwinter/Christmas or Spring (Fertility)/Easter.
What comes around goes around, though. The Christians have now lost it to the Mammonites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammon
Kim
wrong country!
we still celebrate it here
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: Hollow Weens
by BubbaBuddhist » Sun Oct 28, 2012 2:40 am
I love Halloween and all its works. October is an especially busy month for people like me. Here's me performing at a fundraiser tonight.
BB
I DO so enjoy my work
BB
I DO so enjoy my work
♫♫ "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: Hollow Weens
by LonesomeYogurt » Sun Oct 28, 2012 4:46 am
BubbaBuddhist wrote:I love Halloween and all its works. October is an especially busy month for people like me. Here's me performing at a fundraiser tonight.
BB
I DO so enjoy my work
The leopard spots suit you!
Gain and loss, status and disgrace,
censure and praise, pleasure and pain:
these conditions among human beings are inconstant,
impermanent, subject to change.
Knowing this, the wise person, mindful,
ponders these changing conditions.
Desirable things don’t charm the mind,
undesirable ones bring no resistance.
His welcoming and rebelling are scattered,
gone to their end,
do not exist.
- Lokavipatti Sutta
Stuff I write about things.
censure and praise, pleasure and pain:
these conditions among human beings are inconstant,
impermanent, subject to change.
Knowing this, the wise person, mindful,
ponders these changing conditions.
Desirable things don’t charm the mind,
undesirable ones bring no resistance.
His welcoming and rebelling are scattered,
gone to their end,
do not exist.
- Lokavipatti Sutta
Stuff I write about things.
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