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A somewhat obnoxious request

buddhafootbuddhafoot Veteran
edited September 2005 in Sanghas
This may sound rude and unrealistic... but here goes anyway...

There are some people out here (and I won't name names since I don't want anyone to feel excluded) who have put up some great posts for the rest of us.

But then, we have to go and dig through the forums to try to find them again (unless I'm missing some special search feature of this forum).

So, what I'm hoping is that we could create a special thread or area where people could put up posts to the different teachings of Buddha, the Canons, the parables, other teachings that would be beneficial or enlightening.

Is there a way to do that?

-bf

Comments

  • BrianBrian Detroit, MI Moderator
    edited September 2005
    this forum software gives us some tools to do things like that. For example, threads that are extremely popular and/or informative, we can "stick" - so that they always appear at the top of the list, no matter how old the last reply was.

    We can also create a special locked thread or even an entire locked forum of notable posts and collected wisdom. Then, when someone feels a post or a thread is worthy of being kept for historical reasons, we can move a copy of it into that special "museum" area.

    Any other ideas?
  • YogaMamaYogaMama
    edited September 2005
    I like your idea about the locked forum of notable posts and other collected bits and pieces of wisdom! Great idea.
  • buddhafootbuddhafoot Veteran
    edited September 2005
    Actually, what I should have said was "links". There have been some great links people have put here for the rest of us.

    If these "links" to other websites could be stored in some "museum" type thread - that would be cool.

    -bf
  • buddhafootbuddhafoot Veteran
    edited September 2005
    Like

    this one: http://www.parami.org/buddhistanswers/index.htm

    or this one: http://www.buddhismtoday.com/index/index-eng1-beginners.htm

    or this one: http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/buddhism/buddhism.html

    Great site Elohim quotes from:

    www.accesstoinsight.org

    Refuge in the Buddha: http://www.newbuddhist.com/forum/showthread.php?t=541

    More from Elohim regarding nirvana: ~ From the Nibbedhika Sutta

    Also the Cula-kammavibhanga Sutta http://www.accesstoinsight.org/cano...mn-135-tb0.html

    And the Maha-kammavibhanga Sutta http://www.accesstoinsight.org/cano...hima/mn136.html



    Karma by Thanissaro Bhikkhu http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/...saro/karma.html

    Although your past bad deeds cannot be undone, you can overcome your guilt:

    Sankha Sutta http://www.accesstoinsight.org/cano...a/sn42-008.html

    Hiri (conscience) is a guardian of the world:

    Lokapala Sutta http://www.accesstoinsight.org/cano...02-009-tb0.html

    So people can come to one thread and find TONS of information!

    -bf
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited September 2005
    Ok, Brian, your mission (should you decide to accept it) is to go through every single post that contains a link, and place them all in a forum of their own, titled 'Useful internet Links' and then let us know when you've done it.






    This message will self-destruct in five seconds.....
    During which time you'll think of a smart-ass Tom Cruise-like answer.....


    Cue Music....

    Dah-dah! Dah-de-dah Dah! Dah-de-dah-Dah!
    Pee-dee-ling! Pee-dee-ling! pee-dee-ling - Da-dah!!
  • angulimalaangulimala Veteran
    edited September 2005
    lol,
    fed you made me chuckle like a nut while i was in a cyber cafe.you forget to mention that you will disavow any knowledge should brian fail in his mission :grin:
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited September 2005
    Sorry... I left a couple of ' Dah-de-dah Dah!'s' and 'Pee-dee-ling!s' out....

    And yes, you're right, I did forget the disclaimer... but I figured that for a country where 'Golden nutty Bars' have a warning on the side that states 'This product contains nuts', it rather went without saying....!! :buck: :lol:
  • buddhafootbuddhafoot Veteran
    edited September 2005
    federica wrote:
    'This product contains nuts', it rather went without saying....!! :buck: :lol:

    While I was married, I would have killed to have a warning label on me like that.

    -bf
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited September 2005
    Yes, I imagine you would have done!
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