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Quizzes
Brigid
Veteran
Do you guys remember when we used to have those quizzes on things like the Three Seals and so on? I think BF used to do them. Is anyone interested in starting them up again? I could run them, if people want. What do you all think?
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I love it when my Old Feller asks me something I don't understand and I go "Is it a Quiz? Can I play?"
A. Arnold Schwarzenegger
B. George W. Bush
C. Both of the Above
D. All of the Above
E. Both A. and B.
(Just try to get the ONE RIGHT ANSWER HERE!)
Quiz? Why not?
A smile from one as beautiful as you would surpass any gift imaginable.
Okay, everybody ready? I'm going to use the Access to Insight website exclusively for all quizzes because it can be counted on. Here's today's quiz:
Please give the definitions to the following Pali terms:
ariya-sacca
bhavana
citta
kayagata-sati
kusala
and finally...
pañña
Please use your own words.
ariya-sacca
"noble truth"
A truth that pertains to the understanding of dukkha (that which is hard to bear), its cause, its cessation and the path leading to its cessation. Most understand these to be objective truths, but I think that it is unnecessary to give these ideals an unnatural, absolutist objectivity, i.e., "Where can a philosopher go to determine the nature of the object while avoiding the consciousness of the object" (Kaluaphana, A History of Buddhist Philosophy).
bhavana
"mental cultivation"
The act of intentional mental development utilizing a variety of methods and objects. The most well-known example is mindfulness of breathing, which utilizes the breath as its object.
citta
"mind, intellect"
In the classical understanding of this term, citta is said to be synonymous with "mano" (mind) and "vinnana" (consciousness). The way I understand citta, it is similar to what we label "heart," i.e., it is the aspect of mind that is tied up with intention.
kayagata-sati
"mindfulness of/in the body"
Being aware of the body in and of itself; taking the body or any of its parts as they are internally experienced as the object of mindfulness (e.g., the breath, feelings of pleasure, pain or neither pleasure nor pain, etc. as per MN 119).
kusala
"skillful"
In the context of actions (kamma), skillful basically means that which is not "conducive to harm and pain" but "benefit and pleasure" (AN 2.19). It denotes doing something well, such as in the case of playing a lute (see AN 6.55).
pañña
"wisdom"
Wisdom or direct knowledge, especially knowledge relating to dukkha, its cause, its cessation and the path leading to that cessation (see MN 43).
(Sorry, I cheated a bit.
Jason
Ah! I remember that desperation! And how revolting they taste.
Palzang
Good Boy Chock Drops are special chocolate-flavoured treats (not real chocolate as you shouldn't give dogs chocolate, it is bad for them) and you are supposed to use them in training your dog.
Unfortunately they look exactly like kids' sweeties called Cadbury's Chocolate Buttons (does what it says on the packet - looks like a button but made of chocolate).
Lost count of the number of friends' offspring who have gorged themselves on the dog treats as you get more in a packet than the Buttons. And I got tempted when I was out of chocolate myself but had large stores of the dogs' supplies in the cupboard ......... don't bother, just don't bother!
Now THAT I understand!!!
How about a Goober's?
Palzang
Hell no! Last time I ate a Milk Dud, it tore out a filling.
Palzang
I know a lot of people who have lost a tooth on that kind of sweetie - the ones I miss most are Scottish Tablet which is practically pure sugar but completely addictive and I can only get when I go for a visit.
My mother used to make it, I have tried making it but it always comes out too runny and won't set so it is one of those things I have to just enjoy when I am over there and learn to live without when I am home ... jolly good practice!
May I suggest it's a lot like fudge... the hotter it is and the longer you boil it, the harder it gets. Try keeping it on a rolling boil longer.
Just cut up a bar into slices, put it in a jug with a little milk and heat it up (microwave is good) and then pour it hot over vanilla ice cream ........... aaaahhhhhhhhhh that is :cool::cool::cool:
That's what I do Jer! My wife makes fun of me for doing that, but it is a quick fix for me! Don't even get me started on the open container of chocolate frosting in the fridge!
Palzang