I don't know.What question or three would you ask him (that you wouldn't mind posting here)?
He would probably know me inside out and decide what I need to hear.
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He would probably know me inside out and decide what I need to hear.
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Udana 80--I've read several translations now. Can you clarify?
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alan...I make that 10... you're outstaying your welcome - ! 
"Samsara: The human condition's heartbreaking inability to sustain contentment." Elizabeth Gilbert, 'Eat, Pray, Love'.
Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
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Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
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Re: A Buddhist Time Machine
How would you deal with it if his replies to your first two questions wasWind wrote:1. I would ask him to take me to the deva realm like he did with one of his disciple and tell me about my past lives.
2. I would ask him to give me a personal Dhamma lessons to help me achieve jhanas and liberation from the taints.
3. I would ask him for ordination.
1. To smile and say that those were poetic metaphors.
2. To tell you to concentrate on other goals rather than the Jhanas ?
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How did you really feel about leaving your wife and son?
How do you really feel about women seeking ordination?
What really is your stance on Buddhists eating meat, even if they have not killed it, or had it killed for them?
What is your view on euthanasia for a terminally suffering being (animal or otherwise)l?
That would, for me at least, clear up some of the more mundane questions I've seen argued here and there....
And I know it's four, but alan - come on - 10!!!
How do you really feel about women seeking ordination?
What really is your stance on Buddhists eating meat, even if they have not killed it, or had it killed for them?
What is your view on euthanasia for a terminally suffering being (animal or otherwise)l?
That would, for me at least, clear up some of the more mundane questions I've seen argued here and there....
And I know it's four, but alan - come on - 10!!!
"Samsara: The human condition's heartbreaking inability to sustain contentment." Elizabeth Gilbert, 'Eat, Pray, Love'.
Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
http://www.armchairadvice.co.uk/relationships/forum/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
http://www.armchairadvice.co.uk/relationships/forum/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Fede wrote:alan...I make that 10... you're outstaying your welcome - !
Fede,
I think at this point Ven. Ananda is dragging alan away from the presence of the Teacher!
Sīlaṃ balaṃ appaṭimaṃ.
Sīlaṃ āvudhamuttamaṃ.
Sīlamābharaṇaṃ seṭṭhaṃ.
Sīlaṃ kavacamabbhutaṃ.
Virtue is a matchless power.
Virtue is the greatest weapon.
Virtue is the best adornment.
Virtue is a wonderful armor.
Theragatha 614
Sabbapāpassa akaraṇaṃ,
kusalassa upasampadā,
Sacittapariyodapanaṃ,
etaṃ buddhāna sāsanaṃ.
Refraining from all wrong-doing,
Undertaking the good,
Purifying the mind,
This is the teaching of the buddhas.
Dhammapada v. 183/14.5
Sīlaṃ āvudhamuttamaṃ.
Sīlamābharaṇaṃ seṭṭhaṃ.
Sīlaṃ kavacamabbhutaṃ.
Virtue is a matchless power.
Virtue is the greatest weapon.
Virtue is the best adornment.
Virtue is a wonderful armor.
Theragatha 614
Sabbapāpassa akaraṇaṃ,
kusalassa upasampadā,
Sacittapariyodapanaṃ,
etaṃ buddhāna sāsanaṃ.
Refraining from all wrong-doing,
Undertaking the good,
Purifying the mind,
This is the teaching of the buddhas.
Dhammapada v. 183/14.5
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Ananda can do his best. I'll take this opportunity when I have it.
Thanks for counting, Fede. I had hoped to get to a dozen within a week.
Ok, then. Luminous Mind. What did you really mean by that? Some of us want to know.
Thanks for counting, Fede. I had hoped to get to a dozen within a week.
Ok, then. Luminous Mind. What did you really mean by that? Some of us want to know.
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Brilliant perspicacity....?
Laser-precision thinking?
I think that may be close to it.
But then again, nothing like it......
Laser-precision thinking?
I think that may be close to it.
But then again, nothing like it......
"Samsara: The human condition's heartbreaking inability to sustain contentment." Elizabeth Gilbert, 'Eat, Pray, Love'.
Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
http://www.armchairadvice.co.uk/relationships/forum/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!
Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself.
I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?!
http://www.armchairadvice.co.uk/relationships/forum/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: A Buddhist Time Machine
This little snippet has been understood in many different ways. Here is Thanissaro's take:http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html