Was Buddha a spoil sport?

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Annapurna wrote:And to all football lovers:

I apologize if I hurt your feelings. I do have my own superbowls, rest assured. ;)

ok? :hug:

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I dont hate you. I would never hate anyone over a game. Well maybe just Broncos fans. :tongue: Just kidding.

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bodom said: I would never hate anyone over a game. Well maybe just Broncos fans. Just kidding.
What?!!!!

How can such a thing be????

ONYA Broncos!!!!
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bodom wrote:
Annapurna wrote:And to all football lovers:

I apologize if I hurt your feelings. I do have my own superbowls, rest assured. ;)

ok? :hug:

Anna (don't hate me please)
I dont hate you. I would never hate anyone over a game. Well maybe just Broncos fans. :tongue: Just kidding.

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That's great, Bodom. :group:
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cooran wrote:
bodom said: I would never hate anyone over a game. Well maybe just Broncos fans. Just kidding.
What?!!!!

How can such a thing be????

ONYA Broncos!!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane_Broncos" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Haha no, these Broncos.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_Broncos" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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OMG! They wear motorcycle helmets when playing football?? :jumping:
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cooran wrote:OMG! They wear motorcycle helmets when playing football?? :jumping:

:jumping: you need them when your playing against guys that are as big as trucks and just as fast.

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cooran wrote:OMG! They wear motorcycle helmets when playing football?? :jumping:
Yep. It's weird. American football players are kinda pansy like that. ;)

But what do I know? I'm a fan of association football and aussie football. Werd. Them be real sports. =D
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Greetings,
seanpdx wrote:aussie football. Werd.
Go Saints!

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seanpdx wrote:
cooran wrote:OMG! They wear motorcycle helmets when playing football?? :jumping:
Yep. It's weird. American football players are kinda pansy like that. ;)
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seanpdx wrote:
cooran wrote:OMG! They wear motorcycle helmets when playing football?? :jumping:
Yep. It's weird. American football players are kinda pansy like that. ;)

But what do I know? I'm a fan of association football and aussie football. Werd. Them be real sports. =D
Read these articles and tell me helmets are for pansy's. I guess the real men will be all the ones with brain damage at the end of their careers. Oh and by the way aussie's dont hit hard enough to need helmets. Haha just kidding just kidding.

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Manapa wrote:
seanpdx wrote:
cooran wrote:OMG! They wear motorcycle helmets when playing football?? :jumping:
Yep. It's weird. American football players are kinda pansy like that. ;)
Ha! Good times, good times. =D
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bodom wrote:
seanpdx wrote:
cooran wrote:OMG! They wear motorcycle helmets when playing football?? :jumping:
Yep. It's weird. American football players are kinda pansy like that. ;)

But what do I know? I'm a fan of association football and aussie football. Werd. Them be real sports. =D
Read these articles and tell me helmets are for pansy's. I guess the real men will be all the ones with brain damage at the end of their careers. Oh and by the way aussie's dont hit hard enough to need helmets. Haha just kidding just kidding.
Then thar be fightin' words! :guns:
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seanpdx wrote:
Ha! Good times, good times. =D
Really???
:tongue:
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But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
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Manapa wrote:
seanpdx wrote:
Ha! Good times, good times. =D
Really???
:tongue:
I just watched that movie again not two weeks ago! =D
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Annapurna wrote:I think to abandon some desires is hard at times. Like, if you don't want to contribute to animals suffering and so want to eat less meat, or become a Vegetarian. I've gone without meat for many months, but then I eat meat again!
Yes, I understand your position. :smile: But my perspective is that if we can't feel these changes as a gain in the here and now, then this is a sign that our motivation, attitude or intention is maybe not in line with the dhamma. Of course the point is not to criticize anybody, but just to express what could be the most important area of development. After all we, western people, conditioned by this materialistic culture, are quite prone to focus on the externalities: I should eat less, I should sleep less, I should do more meditation, I should give more donations... And at the same time we very rarely question our motivation, attitude or intention with which we are eating, sleeping, meditating or giving donations. If only the externalities change, of course that the change is hard and the craving remains. On the other hand, if the change happens in our motivation, attitude or intention, the change in the externalities can be almost automatic.

So, if you have problems with craving for meat (as your example goes), maybe this is because you are a meat-eater who doesn't eat meat.
I have spoken to somebody 2 weeks ago who harshly condemned celibacy as "unnatural"...he said it was impossible for him to go without, -but monks can.
Yes, it is natural. Suffering in samsara is natural too. So I would be careful about how much nature I want. ;) Usually this is how my argument goes about this. :smile:
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