Friday...

[appicchato]

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[daverupa]

[Sam Vara]

Saturday looks really calm...

[Viscid]

Bhante, what do other monks think about December 21st-- do they take the possibility of some catastrophe seriously?

[appicchato]

Hi Viscid,

Wouldn't have a clue...it's not a topic I've given much thought, one way or another, and just found the photo a bit humorous...haven't broached the subject with anyone...reading the news,whether it's one day, or the long haul, we're doomed anyway...

Be well...

[Kim O'Hara]

I didn't even think of the Mayan nonsense when I saw the OP, but of this:
http://www.climatebites.org/2012/09/05/weathergirl-goes-rogue-lol/



Then again, maybe I've been spending too much time recently smiting the unbelievers over at the other DW.


Kim

[SDC]

Love how Saturday is blank...good find, Bhante.

Good call on The Cure, Dave. First thing to pop into my head before I clicked.

[Kim O'Hara]

News from a 'safe haven' from the apocalypse: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-21/french-mayor-says-stay-away-from-apocalypse-shelter/4439320


Kim

[Ben]

Just another beautiful sunny day in remote Tasmania.

[Kim O'Hara]

The end of the world is coming anyway ... that computer is still churming out the Nine Billion Names of God http://downlode.org/Etext/nine_billion_names_of_god.html


Kim

[Ben]

The end of the world is coming anyway ... that computer is still churming out the Nine Billion Names of God http://downlode.org/Etext/nine_billion_names_of_god.html


Kim

Thanks Kim.
I think Arthur C Clarke should have done a bit more research. There is no supreme being in Vajrayana.
Anyway, I think the idea's been co-opted by a couple of chinese spambots that have been flooding this forum of late.

[SarathW]

What I do not really understand about us is this. We are so much worry about the end of the world, which is not certain.
But we do not worry about our certain death!

[Kim O'Hara]

What I do not really understand about us is this. We are so much worry about the end of the world, which is not certain.
But we do not worry about our certain death!

Yes, it's very silly ... but it can be quite funny, so we might as well enjoy it. Here's more:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-21/quilpie-declared-end-of-the-world-safe-zone/4439710
To appreciate it properly, you have to know what sort of a place Quilpie is:

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-21/world-awaits-supposed-apocalypse/4439592


Kim

[equilibrium]

But we do not worry about our certain death!

Is death certain?.....or is it another wrong view?
How can one have death when one is never born?

[Ben]

The end of the world is nowhere in sight.

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[plwk]

[Alobha]

Before zombies and flaming meteors advance, do the safety dance.

[David2]

[SamKR]

What would you do now -- if the world were really going to end tomorrow, that is only a day remains to practice Dhamma in this life?

[Kim O'Hara]

What would you do now -- if the world were really going to end tomorrow, that is only a day remains to practice Dhamma in this life?

I would like to think that I would keep on pretty much as usual. What I would actually do, however, I just don't know.



Kim