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BhanteLucky · Alternative lifestyle person in the South Island of New Zealand · Veteran
About
- Username
- BhanteLucky
- Location
- New Zealand
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- Member
- Points
- 829
- Location
- New Zealand
- Languages Spoken
- English
- Affiliation
- Theravada Forest Tradition
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Re: What does the 'death' in this Sutta mean?
Death, regular death. And then, of course, rebirth into another damn life. and on and on again and again. The escape is the Deathless... Nibanna/Nirvana. (View Post)
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Re: Police: 27 killed at Conn. school; 1 other dead
I felt a shock, and a chill, and despair when I heard the news. I trembled a bit for a few minutes with the shock of it. Then this afternoon someone referred me to a webpage which showed that 7.6 mil… (View Post)
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Re: Would you mind sharing some quotes from Buddha?
Here is a different translation of the same verse... Interesting eh. "Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or a… (View Post)
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Re: Do you find this pessimistic?
I don't find it pessimistic. I find it realistic and motivating. Practise! Practise! (View Post)
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Re: is change coming to america?
Some academic did a study... just released a few months ago. He charted the disparity in income from the highest paid, to the lowest paid, over the last 200 years or so. And he charted social unrest … (View Post)
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