Merry post-apocolyptic Christmas everyone.
May your days be free from anxiety, christmas syndrome and any concerns that the mayan calander was mistakenly read upside down - hence the world ending in 5105.
May you all have a happy day whether it be in the company of others or on your own. Remember the "spirit of christmas" is nothing but some mental dhammas that we hold dear: compassion, loving kindness, generosity, and patience.
And let me take this opportunity to thank you all for your contributions at Dhamma Wheel and making it the great online sangha that it is.
with metta,
Ben
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Merry Post-Apocolyptic Christmas!
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Merry Post-Apocolyptic Christmas!
by Ben » Mon Dec 24, 2012 12:45 am
...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: Merry Post-Apocolyptic Christmas!
by Cittasanto » Mon Dec 24, 2012 12:51 am
seams strange to think Dhammawheel is almost five 
Ben wrote:Merry post-apocolyptic Christmas everyone.
May your days be free from anxiety, christmas syndrome and any concerns that the mayan calander was mistakenly read upside down - hence the world ending in 5105.
May you all have a happy day whether it be in the company of others or on your own. Remember the "spirit of christmas" is nothing but some mental dhammas that we hold dear: compassion, loving kindness, generosity, and patience.
And let me take this opportunity to thank you all for your contributions at Dhamma Wheel and making it the great online sangha that it is.
with metta,
Ben
This offering maybe right, or wrong, but it is one, the other, both, or neither!
With Metta
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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: Merry Post-Apocolyptic Christmas!
by Modus.Ponens » Mon Dec 24, 2012 1:03 am
Thank you Ben!
Merry Christmas everyone!
Merry Christmas everyone!
The sentence in my signature is false
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Re: Merry Post-Apocolyptic Christmas!
by David N. Snyder » Mon Dec 24, 2012 1:40 am
Cittasanto wrote:seams strange to think Dhammawheel is almost five
Actually, four years only; we established on Dec. 30, 2008. I just looked at the member list by who joined and what date and see you were one of the originals on that first day!
Merry Christmas to all!
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Re: Merry Post-Apocolyptic Christmas!
by Cittasanto » Mon Dec 24, 2012 1:45 am
David N. Snyder wrote:Cittasanto wrote:seams strange to think Dhammawheel is almost five
Actually, four years only; we established on Dec. 30, 2008. I just looked at the member list by who joined and what date and see you were one of the originals on that first day!
Merry Christmas to all!
yeah looked myself and counted 2013 also
common face palm emoticon ):but yeah merry christmas (I am a scrounge)
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: Merry Post-Apocolyptic Christmas!
by SarathW » Mon Dec 24, 2012 2:00 am
Hi all
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you!
Year 2012 is one of my best years as I found this wonderful forum to learn and share Dhamma.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you!
Year 2012 is one of my best years as I found this wonderful forum to learn and share Dhamma.
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Re: Merry Post-Apocolyptic Christmas!
by tiltbillings » Mon Dec 24, 2012 2:06 am
Meretricious and a Happy New Sneer.
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: Merry Post-Apocolyptic Christmas!
by plwk » Mon Dec 24, 2012 2:27 am
Bhikkhus, if you develop and make much this one thing,
it invariably leads to weariness, cessation, appeasement, realization and extinction.
What is it? It is recollecting the Enlightened One.
If this single thing is recollected and made much,
it invariably leads to weariness, cessation, appeasement, realization and extinction.
Anguttara-Nikaya: Ekanipata: Ekadhammapali: Pañhamavagga
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it invariably leads to weariness, cessation, appeasement, realization and extinction.
What is it? It is recollecting the Enlightened One.
If this single thing is recollected and made much,
it invariably leads to weariness, cessation, appeasement, realization and extinction.
Anguttara-Nikaya: Ekanipata: Ekadhammapali: Pañhamavagga
VSM VMM WBB TBHT WTBT My Page
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Re: Merry Post-Apocolyptic Christmas!
by yawares » Mon Dec 24, 2012 3:24 am
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all.Last Christmas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8gmARGvPlI
On A Snowy Christmas Night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY22tLoy6mU
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Happy holidays little Buddhas! :)
by Still Searching » Mon Dec 24, 2012 5:35 am
I wanna wish you all a very happy christmas (not merry of course because we don't drink).
Hope you all have a lovely time and enjoy the rest of the season.
Love AJ
Hope you all have a lovely time and enjoy the rest of the season.
Love AJ
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Re: Merry Post-Apocolyptic Christmas!
by tiltbillings » Mon Dec 24, 2012 5:39 am
And to those of you who are German, may the Krampus pass you by.
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: Merry Post-Apocolyptic Christmas!
by Still Searching » Mon Dec 24, 2012 5:44 am
Sorry, I didn't realize that there was already a Christmas thread.
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Re: Merry Post-Apocolyptic Christmas!
by Ben » Mon Dec 24, 2012 6:07 am
Still Searching wrote:Sorry, I didn't realize that there was already a Christmas thread.
No santa claus for you!
Seriously, don't worry about it.
...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: Merry Post-Apocolyptic Christmas!
by Aloka » Mon Dec 24, 2012 6:57 am
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Happy Christmas everyone !
Happy Christmas everyone !
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Re: Merry Post-Apocolyptic Christmas!
by cooran » Mon Dec 24, 2012 7:07 am
Merry Xmas from Australia! No snow and ice here!
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