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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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- Visits
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- Roles
- Member
- Points
- 829
- Location
- New Zealand
- Languages Spoken
- English
- Affiliation
- Theravada Forest Tradition
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Re: The Western Psyche
At my local monastery there are three Germans... wait, four, if you include the Austrian (sorry Austrians!), and they say Theravada is much more popular than Zen/Mahayana with Germans. They explicitl… (View Post)
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Re: Just what's in those bowls?
(Quote) Sometimes the monks make it even less appetizing by mixing and mushing it all together, so they can focus on the food as nutrition/fuel, and less as delicious sensory pleasure. (View Post)
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Re: How to gain longevity?
I looked up other translations of the verse, number 109, and that's accurate. Hmm.... Well, in that case, I say it is utterly false and made up. There, I said it. Either that, or it refers to longevi… (View Post)
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Re: Buddha Quote Explanation?
@Jayjay and @Person, sorry to disappoint, but it's authentic (as far as the Pali canon is authentic.) It is in the Visākhā Sutta"Visākhā, those who have a hundred dear ones have a hundred suffer… (View Post)
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I've quit my job and I'm going to be a monk.
Yes, I have taken the plunge and done it. I finish work in two weeks, then off to the monastery to begin training/monastic life/the grand experiment/a big mistake/who knows what! The first few months… (View Post)
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