i know. . . i know. i really should be asleep but something told me to check this out. some of these people really do know what they are talking about while others are looking for self-agrandizement. one guy in particular actually quoted me then said i didn’t know what i was talking about. wow!
Joaquin, [...]
Archive for April, 2006
27 Apr
Kick out the anti-anarchists?? part 2
26 Apr
Kick out the anti-anarchists??
okay, this is from the anarcho-communism group over at myspace. they conversation began when the moderator wanted to clear up what was going on. people wanted to ban those that seemed anti-anarchistic and the conversation soon went from there. someone began posting long tireades with very good discussion materials and others where quoting the [...]
26 Apr
Shisha and the girl
okay, so last week i went out and spent some real money. . . . yea, that is my shisha that you see. it is all brass with colored inlay. it is all mine and she is very beautiful. i have already smoke out of her like four times and she smokes real good. all [...]
14 Apr
Buddhist Holidays
Chemical BurnWrote:
M GrlWrote:
so I have been bombarded with Easter emails and comments…
wondering if there are any Buddhsit holidays??? (=
Buddhist New Year
In Theravadin countries, Thailand, Burma, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Laos, the new year is celebrated for three days from the first full moon day in [...]
14 Apr
what is Anarcho-communism, and Anarchism, in general?
ANTi- CAPITALIST AND ANTi-AUTHORITARIAN.
Anarcho-communism is a revolutionary idea where communities, workplaces, and
societies can organize themselves autonomously and from the bottom up under a federation where people govern, manage and decide for themselves in worker councils, mass assemblies, and delegate in the federation council
Federalism-
Anarchists (libertarian-socialists) and
Anarcho-communists (Libertarian-Communists) argue that we do not need a centralized state [...]
14 Apr
why is it so hard not to kill something
treekynWrote:
i have 2 mice that seem to want to share my room with me. unfortunately i dont share that particular wish. so i go to homedepo for some traps. but i dont wish to kill them so my quest begins to find a way to trap them with out harming them.
i ended up haveing to [...]
14 Apr
permanent self question? part 2
TavatimsaWrote:
No, no, no. Listen here children:
A “person” or “being” is made up of 5 things, the “5 aggregates” (panca khanda):
- physical matter (rupa)
- consciousness (vinyana)
- perception (sanna, pronounced sanya)
- feeling (vedana)
- reaction (sankhara)
[When describing dukkha the buddha said "...in short, dukkha is attachment to the 5 aggregates"]
These are [...]
14 Apr
permanent self question?
this is another question of a buddhist spiritual nature that i answered in the buddhist group over at myspace. i hope that i got this right; maybe i have been reading too much advaita vedanta but here goes:
KathirWrote:
Buddha said there is no permanent self. what does that mean, when he means self does he [...]
14 Apr
Reluctant Lama on why he kicks people in the ass
This is Karma Ozer Thaye, the moderator, speaking to the group from Seattle this morning.
It seems like the entire world is already up and about while out here in the Pacific time zone we are just waking.
I appreciate the support of so many of you out there, and it means a lot to me that [...]
13 Apr
maybe some people should just go back to christianity
this is from a post to the Buddhist group over at myspace. this man — Chris — wanted people to start to think so he wrote that “maybe some people should just go back to christianity” this is part of the conversation. he was very right. people think that karma/rebirth is some sort of magical [...]
