Happy St Patrick's Day

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Happy St Patrick's Day

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An obair diabhail agat, a Naomh Pádraig.

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My Saint Patrick's Day Wreath.
>> 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

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Can teetotallers party, too? :tongue:
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Reductor wrote:Can teetotallers party, too? :tongue:
Oh, yeah. But St P himself, probably not so welcome.
>> 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
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Great photo, Tilt.
I think I'll be spending the day with Quinn exploring the innards of a cave complex not far from here, possibly via a rope and some head torches or two.
“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.
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Ben wrote:Great photo, Tilt.
I think I'll be spending the day with Quinn exploring the innards of a cave complex not far from here, possibly via a rope and some head torches or two.
Sounds like fun, but do be careful.
>> 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
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tiltbillings wrote:
Ben wrote:Great photo, Tilt.
I think I'll be spending the day with Quinn exploring the innards of a cave complex not far from here, possibly via a rope and some head torches or two.
Sounds like fun, but do be careful.
We will, thanks. The caves are home to a cave spider that give a nasty bight.
And its someone's birthday adventure.
“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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Reductor wrote:Can teetotallers party, too? :tongue:
"Teetotal"? Something to do with golf? :tongue:
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Great photo, Tilt.
I think I'll be spending the day with Quinn exploring the innards of a cave complex not far from here, possibly via a rope and some head torches or two.
Don't forget the Atanatiya Sutta and metta.... never know what little green men are inside.... :mrgreen:
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Happy St. Paddy's Day!
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Khalil Bodhi wrote:Happy St. Paddy's Day!
Yes. As long as St P is not invited.
>> 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
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Aren't we a week early here?
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Mr Man wrote:Aren't we a week early here?
Wouldn't want to be late for the ceilidh, would we?
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tiltbillings wrote:
Reductor wrote:Can teetotallers party, too? :tongue:
Oh, yeah. But St P himself, probably not so welcome.
Now I'm curious: why not? I could read wiki and see if I can figure out the answer, but that article's too long. :tongue:
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