Man faces jail for laughing too loudly
Man faces jail for laughing too loudly
A man from Long Island, New York, is facing up to 30 days in jail and a US$500 fine after a neighbour complained to police he was laughing too loudly, his lawyer said yesterday. More here
It is childish, bhikkhus, in the discipline of the noble ones to laugh excessively showing the teeth.
Therefore, bhikkhus, having given up singing, having given up dancing, it is suitable for you who delight in the Dhamma to smile moderately mindful smiles.
Ruṇṇa Sutta
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Buddha's "purgatory of laughter"?
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Well a fine I could understand, but jail would be ridiculous and excessive, I think...
To the Buddha-refuge i go; to the Dhamma-refuge i go; to the Sangha-refuge i go.
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Throw that guy into laughing idiot jail.
I hate it when people laugh out loud for no reason other than to call attention to themselves.
I hate it when people laugh out loud for no reason other than to call attention to themselves.
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Nice you accepting your attachement.alan wrote:Throw that guy into laughing idiot jail. I hate it when people laugh out loud for no reason other than to call attention to themselves.
:-) Regards
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I don't get it, maybe you can help me out:plwk wrote:A man from Long Island, New York, is facing up to 30 days in jail and a US$500 fine after a neighbour complained to police he was laughing too loudly, his lawyer said yesterday. More here
It is childish, bhikkhus, in the discipline of the noble ones to laugh excessively showing the teeth.
Therefore, bhikkhus, having given up singing, having given up dancing, it is suitable for you who delight in the Dhamma to smile moderately mindful smiles.
Ruṇṇa Sutta
where is the connection between this non-buddhist laughing guy/law and the instructions of the Buddha within his Sangha of ordained Bhikkhus?
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Maybe he just realized nibbana.
The Path of Discrimination (Patisambhidamagga by Sariputta) p. 372, para XXI 17. "With much laughter, blitheness, content and gladness he realizes the ultimate meaning, nibbana, thus it is laughing understanding."
The Path of Discrimination (Patisambhidamagga by Sariputta) p. 372, para XXI 17. "With much laughter, blitheness, content and gladness he realizes the ultimate meaning, nibbana, thus it is laughing understanding."
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
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go raibh maith agat tilt
Mirco, no connection but that Sutta just came to mind and so I quoted it on the side.
For me, as a layman, perhaps I can take a leaf from the Lord on how to laugh mindfully without showing the contents of my cave
Mirco, no connection but that Sutta just came to mind and so I quoted it on the side.
For me, as a layman, perhaps I can take a leaf from the Lord on how to laugh mindfully without showing the contents of my cave
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"Bestial topics"...I'm sure you've read that one. (AN 10.70).
Also look at AN 10.93, which tells us the value of being fond of quietude.
Loud, pointless laughter, besides being a sign of spiritual immaturity, is also a social nuisance.
Also look at AN 10.93, which tells us the value of being fond of quietude.
Loud, pointless laughter, besides being a sign of spiritual immaturity, is also a social nuisance.
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I think the same thing is likely true about carping, grousing, and grumbling.alan wrote:"Bestial topics"...I'm sure you've read that one. (AN 10.70).
Also look at AN 10.93, which tells us the value of being fond of quietude.
Loud, pointless laughter, besides being a sign of spiritual immaturity, is also a social nuisance.
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
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Carping, grumbling and grousing are all well and fine, as long as they are not loud.
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C, g, and g are best kept to one's self, as no more than a mumble or a bit of muttering. In the written form, however, they are as loud and out there as is anything else.alan wrote:Carping, grumbling and grousing are all well and fine, as long as they are not loud.
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
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But wasn't this complaint about laughing out loud in public?
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alan wrote:But wasn't this complaint about laughing out loud in public?
The problem seems to be the neighbor.Schiavelli said the neighbour regularly mocks his disability, and the best response to those taunts is laughter.
“He just ridicules me all the time and the only thing I can come up with is laughing,” Schiavelli said in a telephone interview.
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723