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  • "And how is it, bhikkhus, that by protecting oneself one protects others? By the pursuit, development, and cultivation of the four establishments of mindfulness. It is in such a way that by protecting oneself one protects others.

    "And how is it, bhikkhus, that by protecting others one protects oneself? By patience, harmlessness, goodwill, and sympathy. It is in such a way that by protecting others one protects oneself.

- Sedaka Sutta [SN 47.19]
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Saturday looks really calm...
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Bhante, what do other monks think about December 21st-- do they take the possibility of some catastrophe seriously?
"What holds attention determines action." - William James
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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...

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

:coffee:

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

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

Good call on The Cure, Dave. First thing to pop into my head before I clicked.
“Life is swept along, short is the life span; no shelters exist for one who has reached old age. Seeing clearly this danger in death, a seeker of peace should drop the world’s bait.” SN 1.3
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News from a 'safe haven' from the apocalypse: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-21/f ... er/4439320

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Just another beautiful sunny day in remote Tasmania.
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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_ ... f_god.html

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Kim O'Hara wrote: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_ ... f_god.html

:reading:
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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.
“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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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!
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
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SarathW wrote: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/q ... ne/4439710
To appreciate it properly, you have to know what sort of a place Quilpie is:
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SarathW wrote: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?
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The end of the world is nowhere in sight.
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“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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