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According to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle of Quantum Dynamics, we may already be making love right now...

I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.

According to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle of Quantum Dynamics, we may already be making love right now...

I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.

Keep your dream alive
Dreamin is still how the strong survive

Shalom VeAhavah

New Hampshire has a point....

Dragon! Dragon! Dragon!



What, you mean it hasn't happened yet? Bugger... I was looking forward to KF Bush

(And in the spirit of PC-ness I have to say that that's just my opinion. And if you STILL have a problem, read my signature)

After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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I may disagree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.

Keep your dream alive
Dreamin is still how the strong survive

Shalom VeAhavah

New Hampshire has a point....

Read a fantasy series recently that brought up this subject - the humans ended up with the choice of killing the last male dragon or releasing it to mate. If he mated, dragons would once again prey on humans - not out of malice, just cos they're food, same as cattle and dragons have other things on their minds more important than pathetic humans.

guess which they chose? Of course it was the dragons, and of course it's a work of fiction....

'The last rays of crimson on the spindle tree as the cerise fruit splits and reveals its orange seeds in a gloriously clashing colour scheme no-one would ever dare to wear'
Euonymous Europeus

Which series was it? Sounds like my kind of book... (I'm kinda twitchy about dragons...)

After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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I may disagree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

in an attempt to keep this mildly on topic,
Sethis, you are correct, the 4 schools of Tibetan Buddhism do represent only one tradition of Buddhism. Was there implication that tradition headed by H.E. 14th Dalai Lama represent the only?

Please try to understand that the Dalai Lama appeals that the practice of Buddhism is precisely *not* denying emotional states, that the lesson is there is a middle way between asceticism and hedonism!
to really deny emotional states or to totally give in to emotional states misses the point of the 'middle path' between the two that Buddhism represents.

Again, the beautiful topic that Rob started - that could be interpreted as the 'duality of humankind's progress' i feel is the Dalai Lama's attempt at pointing out the difference in spiritual and physcial technology. For example, in his homeland (that sovreign nation that does not belong to China) there are many devices developed to cause spiritual merit, prayer wheels that offer prayer when spun, prayer flags that offer prayer when the wind pushes their cherished colourful patterns against the sky. His teachings extoll that we would benefit from finding a middle path to our progress.

Now I would looooooooove you long time to continue discussing Dharma with youse, particlarly the discourses into
-the particulars between each branch whithin and outside of the traditions that H.E. heads.
-the central role reincarnation (an related karmic issues) plays in buddhism (since buddhism is a set of tools to reach nirvana (the freeing of oneself from reincarnating in samara))
-llamas. they're bigger than frogs you know.
-perceptions of what buddhism allows and doesn't, particularly with emotional states, diet.
There is enough ideas there to take to a Buddhist forum, but i respeck Rob too much to further shift this thread off topic, so i'll risk exploding and refrain from following the many beautiful tangents in the above 4 pages!

ps Psyrush, have you heard Mr Peculiar's new album?! omg!!!

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No, I was just respectfully pointing out that HH doesn't represent the views of all Buddhists, because many people are unaware that Buddhism is just as varied as, say, Christianity, in the number of denominations that it has. (I'm pretty sure that the Pope doesn't represent all of Christianity! )

Like I said, all schools of Buddhism are excellent religions, but i remain to be convinced that any of them have got "It all" if such a thing is possible.

After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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I may disagree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

Written by: Sethis

Which series was it? Sounds like my kind of book... (I'm kinda twitchy about dragons...)



I hope you've read the Anne McAffrey Dragons of Pern series....

But this one is by Robin Hobb - the Farseer trilogy sets the scene, then the Tawny Man trilogy carries it to the end - as an aside there's the Liveship Traders trilogy which happens in the middle and in the same world but is a separate tale entirely - just near the end of book 2 and left the thing at my bro's in Kent!

Sorry - - please resume...

'The last rays of crimson on the spindle tree as the cerise fruit splits and reveals its orange seeds in a gloriously clashing colour scheme no-one would ever dare to wear'
Euonymous Europeus

"but have you considered there is more to life than your eyelids?"

jointly owned by Fire_Spinning_Angel and Blu_Valley

again, i would love to into the prolonged conversations between Buddhism and Hinduism as they devleoped in India and the surrounding regions and the resulting differences in each concept of reincarnation, but again, let us do a favour for future HoP users' searches by having said discussions in it's own thread

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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourself, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous and talented? Who are you NOT to be?

Keep your dream alive
Dreamin is still how the strong survive

Shalom VeAhavah

New Hampshire has a point....

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourself, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous and talented? Who are you NOT to be?

If you see the Buddha in the street,
give him some yummy yet incedibly delicious yeast spread (that may or may not be derived from the process of beer brewing) on toast.

While we're discussing the Dalia Llama's lineage, i'm totally stoked about joining a tibetan lineage, there's a temple an hour's drive from my house. i look forward to taking part in the empowerment ceremony later this year, to finally, officially join a Buddhist community. (Dharma -particularly the emphasis on compassion and tolerance- has resonated so much with many things that have made sense in this life, plus i feel the connection with the horrible displacement the people of Tibet have felt since 1949, my family having been refugees too)

Tennzin Gyatso would teach that there is room in this world for both delicious sweet hazelnut spreads and divine salty yeast spreads too
yummy!

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Keep your dream alive
Dreamin is still how the strong survive

Shalom VeAhavah

New Hampshire has a point....