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Re: What documentary are you watching?
I really enjoyed that, thank you. It's free on youtube for anyone interested.
marcitko
Re: in the name of our bodhi+dharma
last offering to sages
give
your mind
give your heart
you find
way
and no way
give with
no mind
you get
your mind
peace of mind
without reward
that is way of no way
patience
with mind
gain and loss
is no sum
patient on
builds the mind
to last
back to first
precept
practice mind
save the mind
from what?
stupid act
obscure the mind
no peace
but practice
mind peace
safe mind
others will see
effort
with mind
things done
makes things undone
dont mind
meditate
mind ease
an art
so meditate the mind
to fully
be the mind
of no mind
wisdom
practical wise
is way to
everyway
in be
in do
wise living
is you
6 state
is you
when you know
you are free
twirl
your
flower
no way
anyway
ohm...my friends in lincoln city new buddhist loin roar......bodhi,one hand bow
Re: No Buddhist Quotes
“We are as much alive, as we keep the Earth alive.”
— North American indian proverb
Jeroen
Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!
I'm just watching Al Jazeera live...The great march north...thousands of Palestinian civilians making their way back to what's left of their homes in northern Gaza Palestine...
Even though it should be a time of celebration, it's quite a sad sight to see thousands upon thousands of civilians, old, young, men, women and children making their was back to their ruined homes, to search for the remains of family members buried under the rubble.
Shoshin1
Re: What we are doing right?
Dear Friends I have found who is responsible for the Unhippy and Unhappy Buddhists, 
It is the domestics or servants. Domestic terrorists and 'others'.
https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20250127#sitenews
[lobster faints]
I am so sorry that I am an 'other' and a 'domestic terrorist' (soon available in other countries than good Olde Boys of USA). Please become a Bible Thumper Trumper, before they come looking for your heathen Buddhist statues. Your Bambi eyes won't save you
Now please excuse me whilst I go to confession... Jesus wants me for a sunbeam.
Our Big Brother who art in The Whitey House on the prairie.
Hellacious is they brand name...
Thy Kingdom, Cum
Thy Will, done for
etc...
"Wot a fiend we have in cheeses"
lobster
Re: What we are doing right?
@Shoshin1 said:
I laugh a lot
I’m a great believer in hugs, myself.
"Beware of unhappy Buddhists... They are not really practicing, just being intellectual "
This is a great line, and I totally agree.
Jeroen
Re: What we are doing right?
What we are doing right?
I laugh a lot, because in my daily life I find that there are always things to laugh about...And when I'm serious, I'm serious, because there are things/situations which require some seriousness ...but not too much seriousness as this can be detrimental to ones health and well being...
Many moons ago a Buddhist friend who lives in Europe told me what her Dharma once told her group/Sangha "Beware of unhappy Buddhists...They are not really practicing, just being intellectual "
Which also reminds me of this:
The Dharma.
Shoshin1
Re: The morals of a spiritual person
I live in a 80%+ Catholic country and Catholic family of origin. That said, historically, we've had several religions coexisting more-or-less peacefully here (Catholic + Eastern Orthodox, Muslim, Jewish).
When I notice that a certain non-Catholic is exemplary in terms of conduct and morals, or at least clearly making a good effort, I sometimes half-jokingly and half-dead-serious tell my Catholic family: "He/she is a better Catholic than most Catholics!". Some of them immediately understand the "koan" and some don't.
The main worker renovating my apartment is a Bosnian Muslim. A good person, working on himself, and implementing his religion practically in daily life and work in a positive way. A better Buddhist than most Buddhists! 
marcitko