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by ignobleone » Sun Dec 02, 2012 3:08 am
Just want to gauge how many non-convert Buddhists (disregarding race) are active in this forum.
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by tiltbillings » Sun Dec 02, 2012 6:53 am
ignobleone wrote:Just want to gauge how many non-convert Buddhists (disregarding race) are active in this forum.
Iwhy woud you want to "gauge" that?
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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