Category: Tibetan Buddhism

my meditation practice

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Hi everyone, TJ asked me to share with you about the meditation I have been practicing —   it’s virtually eliminated my anxiety.  I can’t guarantee it will work exactly the same way for everyone, but you won’t know until you try. As many of you know, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) has as one of its major roots a form of meditation called "mindfulness", which comes primarily from Buddhist practice.  CBT has been very successful in treatment of depression and anxiety.  There is a huge variety of meditation instructions available on the web, and if you are interested in exploring meditation, I suggest you start trying as many sources as you can find until you find something that just feels right. This is one good place to start: http://www.buddhanet.net/audio-meditation.htm I would recommend two of their .mp3 downloads for beginners in this type of meditation: Scroll down to the list of files under the name "Malcolm Huxter":  –Cultivating Peace and Joy with the Breath  –Mindfulness of Breath These are similar with somewhat different emphasis.  I’d suggest starting with "Mindfulness of Breath" first.  Just my opinion. A resource that I’ve found invaluable for learning both meditation practice and Buddhist teachings is a podcast available at http://audiodharma.org/talks-guidedmeditation.html   There are other podcasts available, as well. If you want to look for other non-religious and non-mystical Buddhist meditation information online, I would suggest using these words as search terms: Samatha (or Shamatha) meditation Theravada Vipassana Insight Meditation If you’re interested in a more religious or mystical experience, look for: Zen Tibetan Buddhism Mahayana tradition Some tips and info specific to meditation: 1.  Once you find a guided meditation you’re comfortable with, use it once or twice a day, every day, until you feel you know it well enough.  Then continue to practice without the recorded guided meditation. 2.  Your mind will wander; thoughts and distractions will arise.  This is normal.  You don’t want to try to stop your mind altogether — that would be impossible.  Just acknowledge the distraction, and gently bring your attention back to the breath.  Do it every time.  Don’t fight with yourself — keep a sense of humor about it. 3.  Some people respond to this form of meditation right away; others may not feel much different until they’ve had daily practice for weeks, months or years.  Be patient with yourself.  And don’t stop meditating when you start feeling better.  Keep doing it.  Make it a part of your life. 4.  There’s nothing magical about using your breath as the object of mindfulness in meditation.  The reason the breath is a good object is that it’s always with you — it’s portable. 5.  You don’t have to sit in a tortured position to do this.  If you want to sit in the full lotus position, you’re either a masochist or you’re already a Buddha and don’t need this instruction. :-)   The key aspects to the right posture are:  –a straight back — not ramrod straight — just straight enough to keep your chest, belly, and neck unconstricted to enable easy breathing; — balance — your head not tilting in any direction, and your body not leaning, and keep your legs and arms symmetrically placed;  –relaxed muscles — at the start of your meditation, before focusing on the breath, do a body scan — consciously relax any areas of tension. 6.  You might fall asleep.  If you find you do that a lot, change the time of day you meditate to a time when you’re not tired.  Many people prefer to meditate first thing in the morning.  It’s good to wait at least 2 hours after eating so you don’t doze off.  If you meditate with your eyes closed and you nod off, try meditating with your eyes open, or try walking meditation (there’s a download on that page for walking meditation). This is a simple and effective way of reducing mental and physical stress, of feeling more calm. I hope it’s useful for you.  There is a wealth of information available online, in bookstores, and in libraries.  I hope I have helped point you in a good starting direction. Peace to all, Deirdre — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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Hi everyone, TJ asked me to share with you about the meditation I have been practicing —  it’s virtually eliminated my anxiety.  I can’t guarantee it will work exactly the same way for everyone, but you won’t know until you try. As many of you know, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) has as one of its major roots a form of meditation called "mindfulness", which comes primarily from Buddhist practice.  CBT has been very successful in treatment of depression and anxiety. Peace to all, Deirdre

Thank you SO MUCH for posting this Deirdre :-)  You are a truly kind human being! I have been through CBT based programs twice now and the therapists have barely explained this stuff at all. Thankfully you have helped me to learn something at last! Be well, — _TJ_ <TJ_IREL at YAHOO dot IE — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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Asks your Doc, is he a Buddhist Sin halese then run!!!!

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How many Sinhalese live in Jaffna now you asshole? Tamils feel safe in Sinhala areas and not in Vanni! If you need Tamil Eelam ask your Tamils to leave Colombo! That is the honest thisn to do if you are really want Eelam! If the Tamils refuse to leave Colombo meand LTTE has no support among the Tamils who live in Sinhala areas. Your Church, fucking church back LTTE and UNP! So, tell first your POPE to stop violence against Hindus and Buddhists in the name of Tamil!

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – try to write your name correctly before u argue as sinhala buddhist. it is not munaisnghe but it is munasinghe. i am only educated up to grade four but ur friend larryarse says i have the talent of grade three. i couldnt study due bombed school and chased from my land by sinhala buddhist. having my mother and sister killed by sinhala buddhist in buddhit sacred city i dont have any respect to buddhist sinhales. buddha didnt tell buddhist monk(eys) to advocate tamil killing. monk(eys) are using politics to announce the killing of tamils. tamils are slaughtered in the name of buddha for being tamil. they say they kill tamil but even toddler is a tiger for sinhala buddhist army. they even go after hindu temple to bomb them. now they have turned hindu temple as a army camp. may be buddha is shiting in hindu temple and buddhist monkeys are protecting buddha. to stop sinhala monkeys killing tigers have to retaliate and teach them a lesson. thats what tigers did. sinhala buddhist bitch have said in cabinet meeting that she will go personally killing tamil. how can we trust sinhala buddhist in protecting tamil. for killing 13 solders sinhala buddhist went on rampage with government help to slaughter 10,000 tamils. but sinhala armys were slaughtered in mullaithivu, elephant pass and wanni in thousands and thousands. have u seen any tamil killed for that in colombo as in 1956, 1964, 1974, 1977, 1981, 1983 so on. NO!!!! BECAUSE OF MIGHTY PRABA. we trust praba. i am not a tiger but i dont want tiger to go down. we know what lions are looking for is tamil bone. it will never happen. That is so true. The SInhala chauvinists know that if Tamils are targetted in Colombo like they did in all those race riots, the repurcussions will be severe. The Tigers have enough people in Colombo to flatten it should the war re-start. To destory the pride of the Sinhalese – the open sewer city of Colombo should not be much of an effort. even with mou and forgin inspectors sinhala buddhist breached the accord to dismantle pra military but used them to kill tamils. never trust buddhist monkeys. dont teach me about buddha. go to tibetan dramasala or Thailand to learn true buddhism. dont turn your kids to pansalai to became monk instead senior monks rape and molest. They are all pedophiles Kari. I hate the ugly fuckwits. i lived in anurathapuram sacred city front of ruvanvelisaya. so i know. i hate sinhala buddhit not tibetans or thai. that is true buddhism Putham saranam katchaami sangam saranam katchaami

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I am not trying to tell what ever has happened is a right. Just as Tamil people there had being a huge number of deaths among Sinhalese. If we go into a debate I don’t think we would come into any sort of conclusions. I closely associate lots of Tamil people my self, I have herd what they have gone through. They were abused by tigers as well as the SL Army, innocent, people who was caught in a battle for power. Since the peace talks started, there was a bomb blast in Colombo, and did Sinhalese kill a single Tamil? But 3 Sinhalese died, protecting a Tamil person. Sinhalese, Tamils everybody was born as Sri Lankans, and if the country developed all will win. My advice is don’t promote violence, Hindu relegion is one of the most peace full of all the religions in the world. Try to forgive; my closed friends have died, including one of my cousins, they were victims of WAR. And I am not blaming it on all Tamils, well I am definitely mad with the person who killed them, but what does it bring? More anger, what will anybody gain? Nothing. If I go about fighting with the guy who shot my cousine, and if I kill him, Our mother country would lose one more of her sons, so I am willing to control my feelings for the benefit of all mankind. I am telling you its worth it. This is taught well in Buddhism and in Hinduism. And I don’t understand why your mad with Buddhists, if your in Wellington, come to the temple down in Strokes Valley for a visit, and tell us how you felt. Are you going to judge all Buddhists by just one person? Mother fears son will be ‘recruited’ By Andra Jackson September 27, 2004 This is not the first time Sinhala Buddhist Docs are terrorizing New Zealanders. This is the second time in recent times. Sinhala stupid Buddhist couldn’t compete with Tamils in education have to bring standardization to become doctors. Now you know what is happening to New Zealanders. Just imagine what will happen to Tamils in Sri Lanka. Sin hales call themselves fucked lion. In recent times they have drink Tamil blood and calling Tamils as terrorist for fighting Sin hala terrorist. Sinhales are famous of killing Tamils in hundreds of thousand deceive the world and called US to get of Iraq and war criminals. They are famous of writing whatever happened 800 years ago with so-called horror book about lion fuck. Sinhales called call themselves as Arians and still look black and send their wives to Arab to get fucked and whitish the skin as they did with Portuguese and English. – KS. Doctor banned after groping shop workers http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/default.asp?id=43519&c=w Former Greymouth doctor ordered to seek treatment for sexual misconduct after being found guilty of sexual abuse 27 September 2004 A former Greymouth doctor has been censured and ordered to undergo treatment for sexual misconduct after groping South Island shop assistants. Nayan Prasanna Karunasekera was convicted in the Invercargill District Court for sexually abusing three women while on holiday in Queenstown last year. The Grey Base Hospital doctor had recently arrived from Sri Lanka with his wife and children when the offending occurred. While visiting souvenir and gift shops he persuaded shop assistants to let him examine their complexions. He used the opportunity to place the women’s hands on his genital area. In another incident he groped a woman’s breasts while she was showing him clothing for his wife. Karunasekera, who had temporary registration with the Medical Council, has been banned from re-registering until he completes a STOP programme

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – try to write your name correctly before u argue as sinhala buddhist. it is not munaisnghe but it is munasinghe. i am only educated up to grade four but ur friend larryarse says i have the talent of grade three. i couldnt study due bombed school and chased from my land by sinhala buddhist. having my mother and sister killed by sinhala buddhist in buddhit sacred city i dont have any respect to buddhist sinhales. buddha didnt tell buddhist monk(eys) to advocate tamil killing. monk(eys) are using politics to announce the killing of tamils. tamils are slaughtered in the name of buddha for being tamil. they say they kill tamil but even toddler is a tiger for sinhala buddhist army. they even go after hindu temple to bomb them. now they have turned hindu temple as a army camp. may be buddha is shiting in hindu temple and buddhist monkeys are protecting buddha. to stop sinhala monkeys killing tigers have to retaliate and teach them a lesson. thats what tigers did. sinhala buddhist bitch have said in cabinet meeting that she will go personally killing tamil. how can we trust sinhala buddhist in protecting tamil. for killing 13 solders sinhala buddhist went on rampage with government help to slaughter 10,000 tamils. but sinhala armys were slaughtered in mullaithivu, elephant pass and wanni in thousands and thousands. have u seen any tamil killed for that in colombo as in 1956, 1964, 1974, 1977, 1981, 1983 so on. NO!!!! BECAUSE OF MIGHTY PRABA. we trust praba. i am not a tiger but i dont want tiger to go down. we know what lions are looking for is tamil bone. it will never happen. That is so true. The SInhala chauvinists know that if Tamils are targetted in Colombo like they did in all those race riots, the repurcussions will be severe. The Tigers have enough people in Colombo to flatten it should the war re-start.

So you collectively hold your breath and fart..is that it? Oh! the humanity! What an ingenious weapon of mass grotesqueness. Gotta give it to the LTTE for coming up with the simple solutions to life…first the suicide bomber, now yesterday’s indigestion. what will they think of next!? even with mou and forgin inspectors sinhala buddhist breached the accord to dismantle pra military but used them to kill tamils. never trust buddhist monkeys. dont teach me about buddha. go to tibetan dramasala or Thailand to learn true buddhism. dont turn your kids to pansalai to became monk instead senior monks rape and molest. They are all pedophiles Kari. I hate the ugly fuckwits.

i think baldness is really beautiful actually… and the orange thing really does it for me. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – i lived in anurathapuram sacred city front of ruvanvelisaya. so i know. i hate sinhala buddhit not tibetans or thai. that is true buddhism Putham saranam katchaami sangam saranam katchaami I am not trying to tell what ever has happened is a right. Just as Tamil people there had being a huge number of deaths among Sinhalese. If we go into a debate I don’t think we would come into any sort of conclusions. I closely associate lots of Tamil people my self, I have herd what they have gone through. They were abused by tigers as well as the SL Army, innocent, people who was caught in a battle for power. Since the peace talks started, there was a bomb blast in Colombo, and did Sinhalese kill a single Tamil? But 3 Sinhalese died, protecting a Tamil person. Sinhalese, Tamils everybody was born as Sri Lankans, and if the country developed all will win. My advice is don’t promote violence, Hindu relegion is one of the most peace full of all the religions in the world. Try to forgive; my closed friends have died, including one of my cousins, they were victims of WAR. And I am not blaming it on all Tamils, well I am definitely mad with the person who killed them, but what does it bring? More anger, what will anybody gain? Nothing. If I go about fighting with the guy who shot my cousine, and if I kill him, Our mother country would lose one more of her sons, so I am willing to control my feelings for the benefit of all mankind. I am telling you its worth it. This is taught well in Buddhism and in Hinduism. And I don’t understand why your mad with Buddhists, if your in Wellington, come to the temple down in Strokes Valley for a visit, and tell us how you felt. Are you going to judge all Buddhists by just one person? Mother fears son will be ‘recruited’ By Andra Jackson September 27, 2004 This is not the first time Sinhala Buddhist Docs are terrorizing New Zealanders. This is the second time in recent times. Sinhala stupid Buddhist couldn’t compete with Tamils in education have to bring standardization to become doctors. Now you know what is happening to New Zealanders. Just imagine what will happen to Tamils in Sri Lanka. Sin hales call themselves fucked lion. In recent times they have drink Tamil blood and calling Tamils as terrorist for fighting Sin hala terrorist. Sinhales are famous of killing Tamils in hundreds of thousand deceive the world and called US to get of Iraq and war criminals. They are famous of writing whatever happened 800 years ago with so-called horror book about lion fuck. Sinhales called call themselves as Arians and still look black and send their wives to Arab to get fucked and whitish the skin as they did with Portuguese and English. – KS. Doctor banned after groping shop workers http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/default.asp?id=43519&c=w Former Greymouth doctor ordered to seek treatment for sexual misconduct after being found guilty of sexual abuse 27 September 2004 A former Greymouth doctor has been censured and ordered to undergo treatment for sexual misconduct after groping South Island shop assistants. Nayan Prasanna Karunasekera was convicted in the Invercargill District Court for sexually abusing three women while on holiday in Queenstown last year. The Grey Base Hospital doctor had recently arrived from Sri Lanka with his wife and children when the offending occurred. While visiting souvenir and gift shops he persuaded shop assistants to let him examine their complexions. He used the opportunity to place the women’s hands on his genital area. In another incident he groped a woman’s breasts while she was showing him clothing for his wife. Karunasekera, who had temporary registration with the Medical Council, has been banned from re-registering until he completes a STOP programme

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Hey asshole! You tell simple lies again and again and it has no value at any time. You asshole fart in Canada or elsewhere comfortabley and collect dollars in the name of LTTE! Tell the name of your school and your hometown you bastard if you have any to substaniate you lies! LTTE kills at least 2-15 Tamils everyday now. Your LTTE propaganda is not worth while you talk lies. You must remember Tamil people too know the atrocities of LTTE. LTTE is the biggest killer of Tamil people in the modern history. Can you tell why your mother fucking LTTE always lick the ass of UNP which is blamed fort the war and killings of Tamils?

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – try to write your name correctly before u argue as sinhala buddhist. it is not munaisnghe but it is munasinghe. i am only educated up to grade four but ur friend larryarse says i have the talent of grade three. i couldnt study due bombed school and chased from my land by sinhala buddhist. having my mother and sister killed by sinhala buddhist in buddhit sacred city i dont have any respect to buddhist sinhales. buddha didnt tell buddhist monk(eys) to advocate tamil killing. monk(eys) are using politics to announce the killing of tamils. tamils are slaughtered in the name of buddha for being tamil. they say they kill tamil but even toddler is a tiger for sinhala buddhist army. they even go after hindu temple to bomb them. now they have turned hindu temple as a army camp. may be buddha is shiting in hindu temple and buddhist monkeys are protecting buddha. to stop sinhala monkeys killing tigers have to retaliate and teach them a lesson. thats what tigers did. sinhala buddhist bitch have said in cabinet meeting that she will go personally killing tamil. how can we trust sinhala buddhist in protecting tamil. for killing 13 solders sinhala buddhist went on rampage with government help to slaughter 10,000 tamils. but sinhala armys were slaughtered in mullaithivu, elephant pass and wanni in thousands and thousands. have u seen any tamil killed for that in colombo as in 1956, 1964, 1974, 1977, 1981, 1983 so on. NO!!!! BECAUSE OF MIGHTY PRABA. we trust praba. i am not a tiger but i dont want tiger to go down. we know what lions are looking for is tamil bone. it will never happen. even with mou and forgin inspectors sinhala buddhist breached the accord to dismantle pra military but used them to kill tamils. never trust buddhist monkeys. dont teach me about buddha. go to tibetan dramasala or Thailand to learn true buddhism. dont turn your kids to pansalai to became monk instead senior monks rape and molest. i lived in anurathapuram sacred city front of ruvanvelisaya. so i know. i hate sinhala buddhit not tibetans or thai. that is true buddhism Putham saranam katchaami sangam saranam katchaami

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I am not trying to tell what ever has happened is a right. Just as Tamil people there had being a huge number of deaths among Sinhalese. If we go into a debate I don’t think we would come into any sort of conclusions. I closely associate lots of Tamil people my self, I have herd what they have gone through. They were abused by tigers as well as the SL Army, innocent, people who was caught in a battle for power. Since the peace talks started, there was a bomb blast in Colombo, and did Sinhalese kill a single Tamil? But 3 Sinhalese died, protecting a Tamil person. Sinhalese, Tamils everybody was born as Sri Lankans, and if the country developed all will win. My advice is don’t promote violence, Hindu relegion is one of the most peace full of all the religions in the world. Try to forgive; my closed friends have died, including one of my cousins, they were victims of WAR. And I am not blaming it on all Tamils, well I am definitely mad with the person who killed them, but what does it bring? More anger, what will anybody gain? Nothing. If I go about fighting with the guy who shot my cousine, and if I kill him, Our mother country would lose one more of her sons, so I am willing to control my feelings for the benefit of all mankind. I am telling you its worth it. This is taught well in Buddhism and in Hinduism. And I don’t understand why your mad with Buddhists, if your in Wellington, come to the temple down in Strokes Valley for a visit, and tell us how you felt. Are you going to judge all Buddhists by just one person? Mother fears son will be ‘recruited’ By Andra Jackson September 27, 2004 This is not the first time Sinhala Buddhist Docs are terrorizing New Zealanders. This is the second time in recent times. Sinhala stupid Buddhist couldn’t compete with Tamils in education have to bring standardization to become doctors. Now you know what is happening to New Zealanders. Just imagine what will happen to Tamils in Sri Lanka. Sin hales call themselves fucked lion. In recent times they have drink Tamil blood and calling Tamils as terrorist for fighting Sin hala terrorist. Sinhales are famous of killing Tamils in hundreds of thousand deceive the world and called US to get of Iraq and war criminals. They are famous of writing whatever happened 800 years ago with so-called horror book about lion fuck. Sinhales called call themselves as Arians and still look black and send their wives to Arab to get fucked and whitish the skin as they did with Portuguese and English. – KS. Doctor banned after groping shop workers http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/default.asp?id=43519&c=w Former Greymouth doctor ordered to seek treatment for sexual misconduct after being found guilty of sexual abuse 27 September 2004 A former Greymouth doctor has been censured and ordered to undergo treatment for sexual misconduct after groping South Island shop assistants. Nayan Prasanna Karunasekera was convicted in the Invercargill District Court for sexually abusing three women while on holiday in Queenstown last year. The Grey Base Hospital doctor had recently arrived from Sri Lanka with his wife and children when the offending occurred. While visiting souvenir and gift shops he persuaded shop assistants to let him examine their complexions. He used the opportunity to place the women’s hands on his genital area. In another incident he groped a woman’s breasts while she was showing him clothing for his wife. Karunasekera, who had temporary registration with the Medical Council, has been banned from re-registering until he completes a STOP programme

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – try to write your name correctly before u argue as sinhala buddhist. it is not munaisnghe but it is munasinghe. i am only educated up to grade four but ur friend larryarse says i have the talent of grade three. i couldnt study due bombed school and chased from my land by sinhala buddhist. having my mother and sister killed by sinhala buddhist in buddhit sacred city i dont have any respect to buddhist sinhales. buddha didnt tell buddhist monk(eys) to advocate tamil killing. monk(eys) are using politics to announce the killing of tamils. tamils are slaughtered in the name of buddha for being tamil. they say they kill tamil but even toddler is a tiger for sinhala buddhist army. they even go after hindu temple to bomb them. now they have turned hindu temple as a army camp. may be buddha is shiting in hindu temple and buddhist monkeys are protecting buddha. to stop sinhala monkeys killing tigers have to retaliate and teach them a lesson. thats what tigers did. sinhala buddhist bitch have said in cabinet meeting that she will go personally killing tamil. how can we trust sinhala buddhist in protecting tamil. for killing 13 solders sinhala buddhist went on rampage with government help to slaughter 10,000 tamils. but sinhala armys were slaughtered in mullaithivu, elephant pass and wanni in thousands and thousands. have u seen any tamil killed for that in colombo as in 1956, 1964, 1974, 1977, 1981, 1983 so on. NO!!!! BECAUSE OF MIGHTY PRABA. we trust praba. i am not a tiger but i dont want

tiger to go down. we know what lions are looking for is tamil bone. it will never happen.

That is so true. The SInhala chauvinists know that if Tamils are targetted in Colombo like they did in all those race riots, the repurcussions will be severe. The Tigers have enough people in Colombo to flatten it should the war re-start. To destory the pride of the Sinhalese – the open sewer city of Colombo should not be much of an effort. even with mou and forgin inspectors sinhala buddhist breached the accord to dismantle pra military but used them to kill tamils. never trust buddhist monkeys. dont teach me about buddha. go to tibetan dramasala or Thailand to learn true buddhism. dont turn your kids to pansalai to became monk instead senior monks rape and molest.

They are all pedophiles Kari. I hate the ugly fuckwits. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – i lived in anurathapuram sacred city front of ruvanvelisaya. so i know. i hate sinhala buddhit not tibetans or thai. that is true buddhism Putham saranam katchaami sangam saranam katchaami I am not trying to tell what ever has happened is a right. Just as Tamil people there had being a huge number of deaths among Sinhalese. If we go into a debate I don’t think we would come into any sort of conclusions. I closely associate lots of Tamil people my self, I have herd what they have gone through. They were abused by tigers as well as the SL Army, innocent, people who was caught in a battle for power. Since the peace talks started, there was a bomb blast in Colombo, and did Sinhalese kill a single Tamil? But 3 Sinhalese died, protecting a Tamil person. Sinhalese, Tamils everybody was born as Sri Lankans, and if the country developed all will win. My advice is don’t promote violence, Hindu relegion is one of the most peace full of all the religions in the world. Try to forgive; my closed friends have died, including one of my cousins, they were victims of WAR. And I am not blaming it on all Tamils, well I am definitely mad with the person who killed them, but what does it bring? More anger, what will anybody gain? Nothing. If I go about fighting with the guy who shot my cousine, and if I kill him, Our mother country would lose one more of her sons, so I am willing to control my feelings for the benefit of all mankind. I am telling you its worth it. This is taught well in Buddhism and in Hinduism. And I don’t understand why your mad with Buddhists, if your in Wellington, come to the temple down in Strokes Valley for a visit, and tell us how you felt. Are you going to judge all Buddhists by just one person? Mother fears son will be ‘recruited’ By Andra Jackson September 27, 2004 This is not the first time Sinhala Buddhist Docs are terrorizing New Zealanders. This is the second time in recent times. Sinhala stupid Buddhist couldn’t compete with Tamils in education have to bring standardization to become doctors. Now you know what is happening to New Zealanders. Just imagine what will happen to Tamils in Sri Lanka. Sin hales call themselves fucked lion. In recent times they have drink Tamil blood and calling Tamils as terrorist for fighting Sin hala terrorist. Sinhales are famous of killing Tamils in hundreds of thousand deceive the world and called US to get of Iraq and war criminals. They are famous of writing whatever happened 800 years ago with so-called horror book about lion fuck. Sinhales called call themselves as Arians and still look black and send their wives to Arab to get fucked and whitish the skin as they did with Portuguese and English. – KS. Doctor banned after groping shop workers http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/default.asp?id=43519&c=w Former Greymouth doctor ordered to seek treatment for sexual misconduct after being found guilty of sexual abuse 27 September 2004 A former Greymouth doctor has been censured and ordered to undergo treatment for sexual misconduct after groping South Island shop assistants. Nayan Prasanna Karunasekera was convicted in the Invercargill District Court for sexually abusing three women while on holiday in Queenstown last year. The Grey Base Hospital doctor had recently arrived from Sri Lanka with his wife and children when the offending occurred. While visiting souvenir and gift shops he persuaded shop assistants to let him examine their complexions. He used the opportunity to place the women’s hands on his genital area. In another incident he groped a woman’s breasts while she was showing him clothing for his wife. Karunasekera, who had temporary registration with the Medical Council, has been banned from re-registering until he completes a STOP programme

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try to write your name correctly before u argue as sinhala buddhist. it is not munaisnghe but it is munasinghe. i am only educated up to grade four but ur friend larryarse says i have the talent of grade three. i couldnt study due bombed school and chased from my land by sinhala buddhist. having my mother and sister killed by sinhala buddhist in buddhit sacred city i dont have any respect to buddhist sinhales. buddha didnt tell buddhist monk(eys) to advocate tamil killing. monk(eys) are using politics to announce the killing of tamils. tamils are slaughtered in the name of buddha for being tamil. they say they kill tamil but even toddler is a tiger for sinhala buddhist army. they even go after hindu temple to bomb them. now they have turned hindu temple as a army camp. may be buddha is shiting in hindu temple and buddhist monkeys are protecting buddha. to stop sinhala monkeys killing tigers have to retaliate and teach them a lesson. thats what tigers did. sinhala buddhist bitch have said in cabinet meeting that she will go personally killing tamil. how can we trust sinhala buddhist in protecting tamil. for killing 13 solders sinhala buddhist went on rampage with government help to slaughter 10,000 tamils. but sinhala armys were slaughtered in mullaithivu, elephant pass and wanni in thousands and thousands. have u seen any tamil killed for that in colombo as in 1956, 1964, 1974, 1977, 1981, 1983 so on. NO!!!! BECAUSE OF MIGHTY PRABA. we trust praba. i am not a tiger but i dont want tiger to go down. we know what lions are looking for is tamil bone. it will never happen. even with mou and forgin inspectors sinhala buddhist breached the accord to dismantle pra military but used them to kill tamils. never trust buddhist monkeys. dont teach me about buddha. go to tibetan dramasala or Thailand to learn true buddhism. dont turn your kids to pansalai to became monk instead senior monks rape and molest. i lived in anurathapuram sacred city front of ruvanvelisaya. so i know. i hate sinhala buddhit not tibetans or thai. that is true buddhism Putham saranam katchaami sangam saranam katchaami – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I am not trying to tell what ever has happened is a right. Just as Tamil people there had being a huge number of deaths among Sinhalese. If we go into a debate I don’t think we would come into any sort of conclusions. I closely associate lots of Tamil people my self, I have herd what they have gone through. They were abused by tigers as well as the SL Army, innocent, people who was caught in a battle for power. Since the peace talks started, there was a bomb blast in Colombo, and did Sinhalese kill a single Tamil? But 3 Sinhalese died, protecting a Tamil person. Sinhalese, Tamils everybody was born as Sri Lankans, and if the country developed all will win. My advice is don’t promote violence, Hindu relegion is one of the most peace full of all the religions in the world. Try to forgive; my closed friends have died, including one of my cousins, they were victims of WAR. And I am not blaming it on all Tamils, well I am definitely mad with the person who killed them, but what does it bring? More anger, what will anybody gain? Nothing. If I go about fighting with the guy who shot my cousine, and if I kill him, Our mother country would lose one more of her sons, so I am willing to control my feelings for the benefit of all mankind. I am telling you its worth it. This is taught well in Buddhism and in Hinduism. And I don’t understand why your mad with Buddhists, if your in Wellington, come to the temple down in Strokes Valley for a visit, and tell us how you felt. Are you going to judge all Buddhists by just one person? Mother fears son will be ‘recruited’ By Andra Jackson September 27, 2004 This is not the first time Sinhala Buddhist Docs are terrorizing New Zealanders. This is the second time in recent times. Sinhala stupid Buddhist couldn’t compete with Tamils in education have to bring standardization to become doctors. Now you know what is happening to New Zealanders. Just imagine what will happen to Tamils in Sri Lanka. Sin hales call themselves fucked lion. In recent times they have drink Tamil blood and calling Tamils as terrorist for fighting Sin hala terrorist. Sinhales are famous of killing Tamils in hundreds of thousand deceive the world and called US to get of Iraq and war criminals. They are famous of writing whatever happened 800 years ago with so-called horror book about lion fuck. Sinhales called call themselves as Arians and still look black and send their wives to Arab to get fucked and whitish the skin as they did with Portuguese and English. – KS. Doctor banned after groping shop workers http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/default.asp?id=43519&c=w Former Greymouth doctor ordered to seek treatment for sexual misconduct after being found guilty of sexual abuse 27 September 2004 A former Greymouth doctor has been censured and ordered to undergo treatment for sexual misconduct after groping South Island shop assistants. Nayan Prasanna Karunasekera was convicted in the Invercargill District Court for sexually abusing three women while on holiday in Queenstown last year. The Grey Base Hospital doctor had recently arrived from Sri Lanka with his wife and children when the offending occurred. While visiting souvenir and gift shops he persuaded shop assistants to let him examine their complexions. He used the opportunity to place the women’s hands on his genital area. In another incident he groped a woman’s breasts while she was showing him clothing for his wife. Karunasekera, who had temporary registration with the Medical Council, has been banned from re-registering until he completes a STOP programme

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I am not trying to tell what ever has happened is a right. Just as Tamil people there had being a huge number of deaths among Sinhalese. If we go into a debate I don’t think we would come into any sort of conclusions. I closely associate lots of Tamil people my self, I have herd what they have gone through. They were abused by tigers as well as the SL Army, innocent, people who was caught in a battle for power. Since the peace talks started, there was a bomb blast in Colombo, and did Sinhalese kill a single Tamil? But 3 Sinhalese died, protecting a Tamil person. Sinhalese, Tamils everybody was born as Sri Lankans, and if the country developed all will win. My advice is don’t promote violence, Hindu relegion is one of the most peace full of all the religions in the world. Try to forgive; my closed friends have died, including one of my cousins, they were victims of WAR. And I am not blaming it on all Tamils, well I am definitely mad with the person who killed them, but what does it bring? More anger, what will anybody gain? Nothing. If I go about fighting with the guy who shot my cousine, and if I kill him, Our mother country would lose one more of her sons, so I am willing to control my feelings for the benefit of all mankind. I am telling you its worth it. This is taught well in Buddhism and in Hinduism. And I don’t understand why your mad with Buddhists, if your in Wellington, come to the temple down in Strokes Valley for a visit, and tell us how you felt. Are you going to judge all Buddhists by just one person?

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Mother fears son will be ‘recruited’ By Andra Jackson September 27, 2004 This is not the first time Sinhala Buddhist Docs are terrorizing New Zealanders. This is the second time in recent times. Sinhala stupid Buddhist couldn’t compete with Tamils in education have to bring standardization to become doctors. Now you know what is happening to New Zealanders. Just imagine what will happen to Tamils in Sri Lanka. Sin hales call themselves fucked lion. In recent times they have drink Tamil blood and calling Tamils as terrorist for fighting Sin hala terrorist. Sinhales are famous of killing Tamils in hundreds of thousand deceive the world and called US to get of Iraq and war criminals. They are famous of writing whatever happened 800 years ago with so-called horror book about lion fuck. Sinhales called call themselves as Arians and still look black and send their wives to Arab to get fucked and whitish the skin as they did with Portuguese and English. – KS. Doctor banned after groping shop workers http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/default.asp?id=43519&c=w Former Greymouth doctor ordered to seek treatment for sexual misconduct after being found guilty of sexual abuse 27 September 2004 A former Greymouth doctor has been censured and ordered to undergo treatment for sexual misconduct after groping South Island shop assistants. Nayan Prasanna Karunasekera was convicted in the Invercargill District Court for sexually abusing three women while on holiday in Queenstown last year. The Grey Base Hospital doctor had recently arrived from Sri Lanka with his wife and children when the offending occurred. While visiting souvenir and gift shops he persuaded shop assistants to let him examine their complexions. He used the opportunity to place the women’s hands on his genital area. In another incident he groped a woman’s breasts while she was showing him clothing for his wife. Karunasekera, who had temporary registration with the Medical Council, has been banned from re-registering until he completes a STOP programme

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Mother fears son will be ‘recruited’ By Andra Jackson September 27, 2004

This is not the first time Sinhala Buddhist Docs are terrorizing New Zealanders. This is the second time in recent times. Sinhala stupid Buddhist couldn’t compete with Tamils in education have to bring standardization to become doctors. Now you know what is happening to New Zealanders. Just imagine what will happen to Tamils in Sri Lanka. Sin hales call themselves fucked lion. In recent times they have drink Tamil blood and calling Tamils as terrorist for fighting Sin hala terrorist. Sinhales are famous of killing Tamils in hundreds of thousand deceive the world and called US to get of Iraq and war criminals. They are famous of writing whatever happened 800 years ago with so-called horror book about lion fuck. Sinhales called call themselves as Arians and still look black and send their wives to Arab to get fucked and whitish the skin as they did with Portuguese and English. – KS. Doctor banned after groping shop workers http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/default.asp?id=43519&c=w Former Greymouth doctor ordered to seek treatment for sexual misconduct after being found guilty of sexual abuse 27 September 2004 A former Greymouth doctor has been censured and ordered to undergo treatment for sexual misconduct after groping South Island shop assistants. Nayan Prasanna Karunasekera was convicted in the Invercargill District Court for sexually abusing three women while on holiday in Queenstown last year. The Grey Base Hospital doctor had recently arrived from Sri Lanka with his wife and children when the offending occurred. While visiting souvenir and gift shops he persuaded shop assistants to let him examine their complexions. He used the opportunity to place the women’s hands on his genital area. In another incident he groped a woman’s breasts while she was showing him clothing for his wife. Karunasekera, who had temporary registration with the Medical Council, has been banned from re-registering until he completes a STOP programme

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Hal Hesse's last post _Mutatis Mutandis_

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Since you don’t want to take the few minutes to read what Hal Hesse actually wrote here is The Reader’s Digest version: are people not allowed to change in your mind? and no one ever mentions the aggression you, pete, chan fu, and others display…for what it is…aggression… so you assume you know what they are? inadequate therapy inadequate applicaton of buddhism.. i mirror petes threats and spoofs, and he takes it seriously ( as i intended)…as do you.. ( which would have been funny if it weren’t so pitiful). and you do not revile pete for making such threats????? or is that he is damaged and therefor beyond your lashing out… however mildly put…this tendency to protect one who survives by making his game, i am vile and damaged, prevents one from being truely compassionate with honesty… if you wish to play in this fashion, why not between you, chan fu and pete… every minor course in psychology and dealing with others will point out that to bring up things from the past and fling them at the person you are quarreling with, is unfair.. the people who bring up things from the past are frequenltly seeking to be correct, so they can survive in their righteouness, rather than simply move from moment to moment.. Ah, not to be stuck in the past or mired in some imagined future, to perceive the changing reality, to be mindful of the changing body-mind and of the possibility of change in all and everything, it’s the open heart, empty mind, dancing body way.

Unborn, undying, the dancing continues. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –   i have observed that evie seems to be the only one who has demonstrated openly that she can learn from any  situation… the rest seem stuck in their clinging to something… As the situation changes so should our perception of it and our appropriate action in it. whatever regard readers of trb have for your buddhist knowledge may be quickly put off by your obviously childish behavior… with regard to others, and more importantly, you obvious lack of  skill in dealing with people you have judged to be this or that… how long has it been since you truely examined your beliefs of who evelyn  might be…for we all know she surely isn’t that… that’s merely the eveie you have in your head… I assume Hal’s message was to Tang Huygen, n’est pas? (Did I spell his name right?) George

To Mr."Huyen", of that time…The Tang Huyen of then or now was never an entity…Hal seemed to have been calling on that now gone stage of some "Tang" to drop an argument that was over, and appy equal criticism to those who claimed to support him. Which some later "Mr. Huyen" did, as far as i saw. Noone is a mere caricature of themselves, stuck in an endless loop, unless they try to make themselves into that……and the oddly comforting thing about samsara is that there is an entropic factor at work, an arhythmia that makes ‘the best laid plans of mice and men go aglee’…so that even when we try to stick our heads in the sand it can’t last… …Some teachings refer to that as "Basic Goodness"…   – best,     – n.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Since you don’t want to take the few minutes to read what Hal Hesse actually wrote here is The Reader’s Digest version: are people not allowed to change in your mind? and no one ever mentions the aggression you, pete, chan fu, and others display…for what it is…aggression… so you assume you know what they are? inadequate therapy inadequate applicaton of buddhism.. i mirror petes threats and spoofs, and he takes it seriously ( as i intended)…as do you.. ( which would have been funny if it weren’t so pitiful). and you do not revile pete for making such threats????? or is that he is damaged and therefor beyond your lashing out… however mildly put…this tendency to protect one who survives by making his game, i am vile and damaged, prevents one from being truely compassionate with honesty… if you wish to play in this fashion, why not between you, chan fu and pete… every minor course in psychology and dealing with others will point out that to bring up things from the past and fling them at the person you are quarreling with, is unfair.. the people who bring up things from the past are frequenltly seeking to be correct, so they can survive in their righteouness, rather than simply move from moment to moment..

Ah, not to be stuck in the past or mired in some imagined future, to perceive the changing reality, to be mindful of the changing body-mind and of the possibility of change in all and everything, it’s the open heart, empty mind, dancing body way.   i have observed that evie seems to be the only one who has demonstrated openly that she can learn from any situation… the rest seem stuck in their clinging to something…

As the situation changes so should our perception of it and our appropriate action in it. whatever regard readers of trb have for your buddhist knowledge may be quickly put off by your obviously childish behavior… with regard to others, and more importantly, you obvious lack of skill in dealing with people you have judged to be this or that… how long has it been since you truely examined your beliefs of who evelyn  might be…for we all know she surely isn’t that… that’s merely the eveie you have in your head…

I assume Hal’s message was to Tang Huygen, n’est pas? (Did I spell his name right?) George

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Since you don’t want to take the few minutes to read what Hal Hesse actually wrote here is The Reader’s Digest version: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – are people not allowed to change in your mind?   and no one ever mentions the aggression you, pete, chan fu, and others display…for what it is…aggression… so you assume you know what they are? inadequate therapy inadequate applicaton of buddhism.. i mirror petes threats and spoofs, and he takes it seriously ( as i intended)…as do you.. ( which would have been funny if it weren’t so pitiful). and you do not revile pete for making such threats????? or is that he is damaged and therefor beyond your lashing out… however mildly put…this tendency to protect one who survives by making his game, i am vile and damaged, prevents one from being truely compassionate with honesty… if you wish to play in this fashion, why not between you, chan fu and pete… every minor course in psychology and dealing with others will point out that to bring up things from the past and fling them at the person you are quarreling with, is unfair.. the people who bring up things from the past are frequenltly seeking to be correct, so they can survive in their righteouness, rather than simply move from moment to moment.. i have observed that evie seems to be the only one who has demonstrated openly that she can learn from any situation… the rest seem stuck in their clinging to something… whatever regard readers of trb have for your buddhist knowledge may be quickly put off by your obviously childish behavior… with regard to others, and more importantly, you obvious lack of skill in dealing with people you have judged to be this or that… how long has it been since you truely examined your beliefs of who evelyn  might be…for we all know she surely isn’t that… that’s merely the eveie you have in your head…

You keep posting it, but you still haven’t read it. Says worlds about how quick and unobservant you are…You have a Cause and an Axe To Grind…the facts should never stand in your way. One of the more amusing features of the non-nichiren buddhist newsgroups is of course the prevalence of people with authority complexes.  They like to speak in the imperative mood, on USENET, and to lie and posture.

The only person i see lying and posturing at the moment is you. It’s called "projection"… Since you can’t accept and deal with your arrogance and anger you project that onto others and villify them as being blah-blah-blah. If you would instead just deal what is actually said or happening you would have to deal with your own emotions/attidudes/Cause and the lying and guilt that results. Then they go grovel before a guru, who speaks to them in the imperative mood, lies and postures.  Say a guru from Trungpa’s Shambhala cult, which is now disgraced.

The only "Guru" of the current Shambhala organization is Mipham rinpoche, a rather humble young monastic fellow, as you would know if you had ever met him. He would have gentle but stern words of advice for anyone who tried to "grovel" before him.  And the Shambhala society is in no way "disgraced", as it continues to grow and mature around the world. That you refer to Shambhala as "Trungpa’s" rather than about Mipham just shows that you are living in the past, fighting past battles long gone and over…my friend Hal had something to say about that that is well worth reading…if you are still open to growing-up and maturing, if you do not hold yourself as already perfect. In alt.religion.buddhism.tibetan in particular, cult members who follow Trungpa’s disgraced Shambhala cult and/or The  judicially disgraced Karma Kagyu "guru" Ogyen Thinley

An Indian Judge is not an authority over the Karma Kagyu in exile. They are there as refugees, and the only valid authority, judicially, is the Tibetan Government In Exile, which this single judge has chosen to ignore. Hence the case is being appealed to the Indian Government. have pretty much got the area for themselves. There are a few psychotics from the west coast who stumble in and act as stooges for these people: these psychotics think they are enlightened perfect masters in their own right.

Tad Perry is quite far from being "psychotic", which, if you had read his posts you would know. His father called him "the Great Buddha" when Tad was young and it has since been a wonderful place of ambiguity for him…’an ordinary person or enlightened, who’s to say?’ That ambiguity is the human condition…we have moments of clarity and moments of not-so-clear…There is some ambiguity between whic is which, some irony, and -humor-, and Tad Perry i quite aware of that.  actually, one of them is from France. i don’t post about Geir. Ask Pema. On a sort of monthly cycle, the cult followers turn on their pet psychos, and the group has another record slow posting month, as they try to find fresh meat.

? Where do you get this fantasy? You might as well claim that everyother week we post in Esperanto… When they can’t, they recycle one of the four or so "perfect masters" as their stooges.

With trolls like you, who needs stooges. Stooge cheque issued to Len…Should that be in Reichmarks or Euros? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Here, since it has been a subject of discussion, is Hal Hesse  in his last post to usenet.  Hal was the head of Old Free, a Buddhist (inter alia?) center. BTW, i notice that he singles out someone named "evvie" as a poster who  threatened people.  As this was hal’s last post before he died, and as hal was the head of a Buddhist center, perhaps someone could enlighten us who this "evvie" he censured is. Good night, and hank you. no record nuthing if you have any sense at all, you won’t read the below…enuff said????? h writes: yes, so we have those who believe that consistancy has virture..and often hold up standards of behavior that denotes one as buddist or not..and innocently respond, i  but held up a coat, you put it on. where does it say in buddyism that consistance, vs. spontaneous behavior has virtue or not..?  your standard seems not to allow for growth an dchange and exploration..the mainstays of buddhist awakeing and practice.some how it’s always a pissing contest…oh, it’s alwyas the other guy who starts it…but it takes two to dance together…it could just be dropped for another time, when things have cooled off a lot… are people not allowed to change in your mind?  and no one ever mentions the aggression you, pete, chan fu, an dothers display…for what it is…aggression… are you doing this claiming to assist them in something, when they have not stated their goals in life.( surely you are not claiming to have assisted them in awakeing, cause they never display any signs of that…so what is it, merely unskillful on your part?).so you assume you know what they are? inadequate therapy , inadequate applicaton of buddhism..there, how does it feel to be held up to a standard you havn’t agreed to? i mirror petes threats and spoofs, and he takes it seriously( as i intended)…as do you..( which would have been funny if it weren’t so pitiful).  because i am not consistantly this or that…that makes me something other than who i am? and what if i am flawed, i certainly am. but what business is that of yours..who set the rules for this group therapy…if it’s not therapy…it smells like aggression, feels like agression and gets old fast, like aggression. and you do not revile pete for making such threats?????or is that he is damaged and therefor beyond your lashing out…however mildly put…this tendency to protect one who survives by making his game, i am vile and damaged, prevents one from being truely compassionate with honesty…i protected petes right to say what he might whne someone complained to his server:..his social tourettes behavior is beyond the pale, which is why i simply ignore him…until i didn’t….buthis behavior with regard to threats changed…a lot…so he is capable of learning…something your attitude towards him does not facilitate.. if you wish to play in this fashion, why not between you, chan fu and pete…rather than some sort of bonding into a herd…and then denouce herd behavior? strange… it’s merely playground bullying..evie should know, she’s quit skilled at menacing…. actually i have found that i am seldom consistant, in any form…and if i am, it’s because a self is holding a value…if i drop the self, and the value….nothing is happening…the difference perhaps, is i don’t really give a shit about what anyone things of me… since almost always, they are dealing with the hal in their head, not me…they can’t deal with me…thru this medium and these shithouse walls. and hopefully enough of hal is gone, so no one notices him much anymore… so why do you cling to your demand that others behave in a consistant fashion and meet your standards…?  are you merely trying to get others to do for you the therapy you need to do for yourself? and avoid consistantly. over and over… where is your experimental searching as buddy proposed? every minor course

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Here, since it has been a subject of discussion, is Hal Hesse  in his last post to usenet.  Hal was the head of Old Free, a Buddhist (inter alia?) center. BTW, i notice that he singles out someone named "evvie" as a poster who  threatened people.  As this was hal’s last post before he died, and as hal was the head of a Buddhist center, perhaps someone could enlighten us who this "evvie" he censured is. Ah.  One of the more interesting trolling efforts I have seen in some time – using a dead guy’s words to stir up trouble.  You should be proud. For citing evidence, as opposed to accepting assertion?  You should stick to the intellectual equivalent of midget-wrestling, with your fellow midgets. But, for the sake of "you should be proud," i’ll turn the tables: YOU should be proud, for as I was going over the evidence of what people this summer did on these newsgroups (with the head of internet security and several top officials where i work) two of them SHOUTED– "THESE ARE BUDDHISTS?!" Oh my.  The actual head??

You’re right, of course: it’s much better to have the verbal support of some people on USENET.  You can say "good post" and vouch for each other.  On USENET. Good Job, Lee. You midgets must be proud.  You know, the wheels of the truly well connected grind very slowly, but exceeding fine.  An administrative response on several fronts, from my employer, is in the offing, and you had better yock it up now. Well, I’ll worry the next time I am in Singapore.  Till then – yocking it up.

It certainly sounds that way ;-Q

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Here, since it has been a subject of discussion, is Hal Hesse  in his last post to usenet.  Hal was the head of Old Free, a Buddhist (inter alia?) center. BTW, i notice that he singles out someone named "evvie" as a poster who  threatened people.  As this was hal’s last post before he died, and as hal was the head of a Buddhist center, perhaps someone could enlighten us who this "evvie" he censured is. Ah.  One of the more interesting trolling efforts I have seen in some time – using a dead guy’s words to stir up trouble.  You should be proud. For citing evidence, as opposed to accepting assertion?  You should stick to the intellectual equivalent of midget-wrestling, with your fellow midgets. But, for the sake of "you should be proud," i’ll turn the tables: YOU should be proud, for as I was going over the evidence of what people this summer did on these newsgroups (with the head of internet security and several top officials where i work) two of them SHOUTED– "THESE ARE BUDDHISTS?!"

Oh my.  The actual head?? Good Job, Lee. You midgets must be proud.  You know, the wheels of the truly well connected grind very slowly, but exceeding fine.  An administrative response on several fronts, from my employer, is in the offing, and you had better yock it up now.

Well, I’ll worry the next time I am in Singapore.  Till then – yocking it up.

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One of the more amusing features of the non-nichiren buddhist newsgroups is of course the prevalence of people with authority complexes.  They like to speak in the imperative mood, on USENET, and to lie and posture. Then they go grovel before a guru, who speaks to them in the imperative mood, lies and postures.  Say a guru from Trungpa’s Shambhala cult, which is now disgraced. In alt.religion.buddhism.tibetan in particular, cult members who follow Trungpa’s disgraced Shambhala cult and/or The  judicially disgraced Karma Kagyu "guru" Ogyen Thinley have pretty much got the area for themselves. There are a few psychotics from the west coast who stumble in and act as stooges for these people: these psychotics think they are enlightened perfect masters in their own right. actually, one of them is from France. On a sort of monthly cycle, the cult followers turn on their pet psychos, and the group has another record slow posting month, as they try to find fresh meat. When they can’t, they recycle one of the four or so "perfect masters" as their stooges. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Here, since it has been a subject of discussion, is Hal Hesse  in his last post to usenet.  Hal was the head of Old Free, a Buddhist (inter alia?) center. BTW, i notice that he singles out someone named "evvie" as a poster who  threatened people.  As this was hal’s last post before he died, and as hal was the head of a Buddhist center, perhaps someone could enlighten us who this "evvie" he censured is. Good night, and hank you. no record nuthing if you have any sense at all, you won’t read the below…enuff said????? h writes: yes, so we have those who believe that consistancy has virture..and often hold up standards of behavior that denotes one as buddist or not..and innocently respond, i  but held up a coat, you put it on. where does it say in buddyism that consistance, vs. spontaneous behavior has virtue or not..?  your standard seems not to allow for growth an dchange and exploration..the mainstays of buddhist awakeing and practice.some how it’s always a pissing contest…oh, it’s alwyas the other guy who starts it…but it takes two to dance together…it could just be dropped for another time, when things have cooled off a lot… are people not allowed to change in your mind?  and no one ever mentions the aggression you, pete, chan fu, an dothers display…for what it is…aggression… are you doing this claiming to assist them in something, when they have not stated their goals in life.( surely you are not claiming to have assisted them in awakeing, cause they never display any signs of that…so what is it, merely unskillful on your part?).so you assume you know what they are? inadequate therapy , inadequate applicaton of buddhism..there, how does it feel to be held up to a standard you havn’t agreed to? i mirror petes threats and spoofs, and he takes it seriously( as i intended)…as do you..( which would have been funny if it weren’t so pitiful).  because i am not consistantly this or that…that makes me something other than who i am? and what if i am flawed, i certainly am. but what business is that of yours..who set the rules for this group therapy…if it’s not therapy…it smells like aggression, feels like agression and gets old fast, like aggression. and you do not revile pete for making such threats?????or is that he is damaged and therefor beyond your lashing out…however mildly put…this tendency to protect one who survives by making his game, i am vile and damaged, prevents one from being truely compassionate with honesty…i protected petes right to say what he might whne someone complained to his server:..his social tourettes behavior is beyond the pale, which is why i simply ignore him…until i didn’t….buthis behavior with regard to threats changed…a lot…so he is capable of learning…something your attitude towards him does not facilitate.. if you wish to play in this fashion, why not between you, chan fu and pete…rather than some sort of bonding into a herd…and then denouce herd behavior? strange… it’s merely playground bullying..evie should know, she’s quit skilled at menacing…. actually i have found that i am seldom consistant, in any form…and if i am, it’s because a self is holding a value…if i drop the self, and the value….nothing is happening…the difference perhaps, is i don’t really give a shit about what anyone things of me… since almost always, they are dealing with the hal in their head, not me…they can’t deal with me…thru this medium and these shithouse walls. and hopefully enough of hal is gone, so no one notices him much anymore… so why do you cling to your demand that others behave in a consistant fashion and meet your standards…?  are you merely trying to get others to do for you the therapy you need to do for yourself? and avoid consistantly. over and over… where is your experimental searching as buddy proposed? every minor course in psychology and dealing with others will point out that to bring up things from the past and fling them at the person you are quarreling with, is unfair.. it’s done, drop it.  so why can’t you drop it?  perhaps you could do a 12 step program for the past…surely someone does this? the people who bring up things from the past are frequenltly  seeking to be correct, so they can survive in their righteouness, rather than simply move from moment to moment..if the coat  of righteousness fits, wear it in good health.  if not…merely drop it…or are you striving to protect yourself in this fashion, as pete uses his tourettes social syndrome for protection… as i said in a post to george…this resembles a stooge move so closely that one can only take it for a some sort of black comedy… i have observed that evie seems to be the only one who has demonstrated openly that she can learn from any situation…the rest seem stuck in their clinging to something… whatever regard readers of trb have for your buddhist knowledge may be quickly put off by your obviously childish behavior…with regard to others, and more importantly, you obvious lack of skill in dealing with people you have judged to be this or that…how long has it been since you truely examined your beliefs of who evelyn  might be…for we all know she surely isn’t that…that’s merely the eveie you have in your head… and so once again i have used too many words so pick any six and ignore the rest..i wn’t remember it tomorrow anyway, and google won’t record it…so it can’t be flung up to me with any great success…"I" won’t be there  to see it…someone else will be the i of that moment…if indeed there is an i. oh, and if you chose to respond to this, i wn’t read it…just as i advise you not to read this crap i have written…but then no one ever listens to me, and it’s just as  well they don’t…giggl.  h. oh, but feel free to comment…the audience will love it…and see great happenings in it..they might even make a movie of it…wonder who they will get to play the stooges? mind empty, body dancing…heart open and changing constantly, experimentally and allthat other shit….giggl  h. and others who behave as

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            …  yup,  sho’nuf

cuppie, don’t worry, they’re just being grandiose.  it’ll be fine, the Lord is holding me in his arms. they won’t get away with any chicanery.  justice will not be perverted.  vainglorious people like that vastly overestimate themselves and underestimate the righteous. p.s. it wasn’t right for them to kick you when you were temporarily down.  read the book of *Proverbs*. your friend in Christ – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Good night, and hank you. no record nuthing if you have any sense at all, you won’t read the below…enuff said????? h writes: yes, so we have those who believe that consistancy has virture..and often ho ld up standards of behavior that denotes one as buddist or not..and innocently res pond, i  but held up a coat, you put it on. where does it say in buddyism that consistance, vs. spontaneous behavior has virtue or not..?  your standard se ems not to allow for growth an dchange and exploration..the mainstays of buddhist aw akeing and practice.some how it’s always a pissing contest…oh, it’s alwyas the ot her guy who starts it…but it takes two to dance together…it could just be droppe d for another time, when things have cooled off a lot… are people not allowed to change in your mind?  and no one ever mentions the aggression you, pete, chan fu, an dothers display…for what it is…aggress ion… are you doing this claiming to assist them in something, when they have not stated their goals in life.( surely you are not claiming to have assisted them in awakeing, cause they never display any signs of that…so what is it, merely unskillful on your part?).so you assume you know what they are? inadequate t herapy , inadequate applicaton of buddhism..there, how does it feel to be held up t o a standard you havn’t agreed to? i mirror petes threats and spoofs, and he takes it seriously( as i intended) …as do you..( which would have been funny if it weren’t so pitiful).  because i am not consistantly this or that…that makes me something other than who i am? and what if i am flawed, i certainly am. but what business is that of yours. .who set the rules for this group therapy…if it’s not therapy…it smells like aggression, feels like agression and gets old fast, like aggression. and you do not revile pete for making such threats?????or is that he is dama ged and therefor beyond your lashing out…however mildly put…this tendency to pro tect one who survives by making his game, i am vile and damaged, prevents one fro m being truely compassionate with honesty…i protected petes right to say what he m ight whne someone complained to his server:..his social tourettes behavior is bey ond the pale, which is why i simply ignore him…until i didn’t….buthis behavior w ith regard to threats changed…a lot…so he is capable of learning…something your attitude towards him does not facilitate.. if you wish to play in this fashion, why not between you, chan fu and pete.. .rather than some sort of bonding into a herd…and then denouce herd behavior? stra nge… it’s merely playground bullying..evie should know, she’s quit skilled at menacing…. actually i have found that i am seldom consistant, in any form…and if i am , it’s because a self is holding a value…if i drop the self, and the value….not hing is happening…the difference perhaps, is i don’t really give a shit about what anyone things of me… since almost always, they are dealing with the hal in their head, not me…they can’t deal with me…thru this medium and these shithouse wall s. and hopefully enough of hal is gone, so no one notices him much anymore… so why do you cling to your demand that others behave in a consistant fashio n and meet your standards…?  are you merely trying to get others to do for you t he therapy you need to do for yourself? and avoid consistantly. over and over.. . where is your experimental searching as buddy proposed? every minor course in psychology and dealing with others will point out that to bring up things from the past and fling them at the person you are quarrelin g with, is unfair.. it’s done, drop it.  so why can’t you drop it?  perhaps you could do a 12 st ep program for the past…surely someone does this? the people who bring up things from the past are frequenltly  seeking to be correct, so they can survive in their righteouness, rather than simply move from moment to moment..if the coat  of righteousness fits, wear it in good health .  if not…merely drop it…or are you striving to protect yourself in this fashi on, as pete uses his tourettes social syndrome for protection… as i said in a post to george…this resembles a stooge move so closely that one can only take it for a some sort of black comedy… i have observed that evie seems to be the only one who has demonstrated open ly that she can learn from any situation…the rest seem stuck in their clinging to something… whatever regard readers of trb have for your buddhist knowledge may be quick ly put off by your obviously childish behavior…with regard to others, and more importantly, you obvious lack of skill in dealing with people you have judge d to be this or that…how long has it been since you truely examined your beliefs o f who evelyn  might be…for we all know she surely isn’t that…that’s merely the eveie you have in your head… and so once again i have used too many words so pick any six and ignore the rest..i wn’t remember it tomorrow anyway, and google won’t record it…so it can’t b e flung up to me with any great success…"I" won’t be there  to see it…someone el se will be the i of that moment…if indeed there is an i. oh, and if you chose to respond to this, i wn’t read it…just as i advise y ou not to read this crap i have written…but then no one ever listens to me, and i t’s just as  well they don’t…giggl.  h. oh, but feel free to comment…the audience will love it…and see great hap penings in it..they might even make a movie of it…wonder who they will get to play the stooges? mind empty, body dancing…heart open and changing constantly, experimentall y and allthat other shit….giggl  h. and others who behave as

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Here, since it has been a subject of discussion, is Hal Hesse  in his last post to usenet.  Hal was the head of Old Free, a Buddhist (inter alia?) center. BTW, i notice that he singles out someone named "evvie" as a poster who  threatened people.  As this was hal’s last post before he died, and as hal was the head of a Buddhist center, perhaps someone could enlighten us who this "evvie" he censured is.

…uhm…are you sure you actually read -all- of what Hal wrote below that you quoted??? Because… "Evvie" (double v) is a nickname used by those who prejudge her. Note that Hal Hesse refers to her as "Evie". Then look at what he said: "it’s merely playground bullying..evie should know, she’s quit skilled at menacing…." This was said about a time when Ev’ thought Tang was -stalking- her (seeking to find out her adress, etc), and she posted in a forceful ‘non-victim’ tone as the police advise in such situations. It turned out that Tang was not stalking her, and Ev’ offered a full apology, hence Hal goes on to -praise- her: "i have observed that evie seems to be the only one who has demonstrated openly that she can learn from any situation…the rest seem stuck in their clinging to something…" And towards Pete and Fu’s  "aggression" ( "no one ever mentions the aggression you, pete, chan fu, an dothers display…"): "…how long has it been since you truely examined your beliefs of who evelyn  might be…for we all know she surely isn’t that…that’s merely the eveie you have in your head…" Hal Hesse’s last post singled Evie (not "Evvie") out for praise for being open minded and willing to change her views while he slammed Pete and Fu for being unwilling to change their views about her and he called them "aggressive". You re-posted it, and here it is again. Read it all the way through this time. ::: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Good night, and hank you. no record nuthing if you have any sense at all, you won’t read the below…enuff said????? h writes: yes, so we have those who believe that consistancy has virture..and often hold up standards of behavior that denotes one as buddist or not..and innocently respond, i  but held up a coat, you put it on. where does it say in buddyism that consistance, vs. spontaneous behavior has virtue or not..?  your standard seems not to allow for growth an dchange and exploration..the mainstays of buddhist awakeing and practice.some how it’s always a pissing contest…oh, it’s alwyas the other guy who starts it…but it takes two to dance together…it could just be dropped for another time, when things have cooled off a lot… are people not allowed to change in your mind?  and no one ever mentions the aggression you, pete, chan fu, an dothers display…for what it is…aggression… are you doing this claiming to assist them in something, when they have not stated their goals in life.( surely you are not claiming to have assisted them in awakeing, cause they never display any signs of that…so what is it, merely unskillful on your part?).so you assume you know what they are? inadequate therapy , inadequate applicaton of buddhism..there, how does it feel to be held up to a standard you havn’t agreed to? i mirror petes threats and spoofs, and he takes it seriously( as i intended)…as do you..( which would have been funny if it weren’t so pitiful).  because i am not consistantly this or that…that makes me something other than who i am? and what if i am flawed, i certainly am. but what business is that of yours..who set the rules for this group therapy…if it’s not therapy…it smells like aggression, feels like agression and gets old fast, like aggression. and you do not revile pete for making such threats?????or is that he is damaged and therefor beyond your lashing out…however mildly put…this tendency to protect one who survives by making his game, i am vile and damaged, prevents one from being truely compassionate with honesty…i protected petes right to say what he might whne someone complained to his server:..his social tourettes behavior is beyond the pale, which is why i simply ignore him…until i didn’t….buthis behavior with regard to threats changed…a lot…so he is capable of learning…something your attitude towards him does not facilitate.. if you wish to play in this fashion, why not between you, chan fu and pete…rather than some sort of bonding into a herd…and then denouce herd behavior? strange… it’s merely playground bullying..evie should know, she’s quit skilled at menacing…. actually i have found that i am seldom consistant, in any form…and if i am, it’s because a self is holding a value…if i drop the self, and the value….nothing is happening…the difference perhaps, is i don’t really give a shit about what anyone things of me… since almost always, they are dealing with the hal in their head, not me…they can’t deal with me…thru this medium and these shithouse walls. and hopefully enough of hal is gone, so no one notices him much anymore… so why do you cling to your demand that others behave in a consistant fashion and meet your standards…?  are you merely trying to get others to do for you the therapy you need to do for yourself? and avoid consistantly. over and over… where is your experimental searching as buddy proposed? every minor course in psychology and dealing with others will point out that to bring up things from the past and fling them at the person you are quarreling with, is unfair.. it’s done, drop it.  so why can’t you drop it?  perhaps you could do a 12 step program for the past…surely someone does this? the people who bring up things from the past are frequenltly  seeking to be correct, so they can survive in their righteouness, rather than simply move from moment to moment..if the coat  of righteousness fits, wear it in good health.  if not…merely drop it…or are you striving to protect yourself in this fashion, as pete uses his tourettes social syndrome for protection… as i said in a post to george…this resembles a stooge move so closely that one can only take it for a some sort of black comedy… i have observed that evie seems to be the only one who has demonstrated openly that she can learn from any situation…the rest seem stuck in their clinging to something… whatever regard readers of trb have for your buddhist knowledge may be quickly put off by your obviously childish behavior…with regard to others, and more importantly, you obvious lack of skill in dealing with people you have judged to be this or that…how long has it been since you truely examined your beliefs of who evelyn  might be…for we all know she surely isn’t that…that’s merely the eveie you have in your head… and so once again i have used too many words so pick any six and ignore the rest..i wn’t remember it tomorrow anyway, and google won’t record it…so it can’t be flung up to me with any great success…"I" won’t be there  to see it…someone else will be the i of that moment…if indeed there is an i. oh, and if you chose to respond to this, i wn’t read it…just as i advise you not to read this crap i have written…but then no one ever listens to me, and it’s just as  well they don’t…giggl.  h. oh, but feel free to comment…the audience will love it…and see great happenings in it..they might even make a movie of it…wonder who they will get to play the stooges? mind empty, body dancing…heart open and changing constantly, experimentally and allthat other shit….giggl  h. and others who behave as

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Here, since it has been a subject of discussion, is Hal Hesse  in his last post to usenet.  Hal was the head of Old Free, a Buddhist (inter alia?) center. BTW, i notice that he singles out someone named "evvie" as a poster who  threatened people.  As this was hal’s last post before he died, and as hal was the head of a Buddhist center, perhaps someone could enlighten us who this "evvie" he censured is. Good night, and hank you. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – no record nuthing if you have any sense at all, you won’t read the below…enuff said????? h writes: yes, so we have those who believe that consistancy has virture..and often hold up standards of behavior that denotes one as buddist or not..and innocently respond, i  but held up a coat, you put it on. where does it say in buddyism that consistance, vs. spontaneous behavior has virtue or not..?  your standard seems not to allow for growth an dchange and exploration..the mainstays of buddhist awakeing and practice.some how it’s always a pissing contest…oh, it’s alwyas the other guy who starts it…but it takes two to dance together…it could just be dropped for another time, when things have cooled off a lot… are people not allowed to change in your mind?  and no one ever mentions the aggression you, pete, chan fu, an dothers display…for what it is…aggression… are you doing this claiming to assist them in something, when they have not stated their goals in life.( surely you are not claiming to have assisted them in awakeing, cause they never display any signs of that…so what is it, merely unskillful on your part?).so you assume you know what they are? inadequate therapy , inadequate applicaton of buddhism..there, how does it feel to be held up to a standard you havn’t agreed to? i mirror petes threats and spoofs, and he takes it seriously( as i intended)…as do you..( which would have been funny if it weren’t so pitiful).  because i am not consistantly this or that…that makes me something other than who i am? and what if i am flawed, i certainly am. but what business is that of yours..who set the rules for this group therapy…if it’s not therapy…it smells like aggression, feels like agression and gets old fast, like aggression. and you do not revile pete for making such threats?????or is that he is damaged and therefor beyond your lashing out…however mildly put…this tendency to protect one who survives by making his game, i am vile and damaged, prevents one from being truely compassionate with honesty…i protected petes right to say what he might whne someone complained to his server:..his social tourettes behavior is beyond the pale, which is why i simply ignore him…until i didn’t….buthis behavior with regard to threats changed…a lot…so he is capable of learning…something your attitude towards him does not facilitate.. if you wish to play in this fashion, why not between you, chan fu and pete…rather than some sort of bonding into a herd…and then denouce herd behavior? strange… it’s merely playground bullying..evie should know, she’s quit skilled at menacing…. actually i have found that i am seldom consistant, in any form…and if i am, it’s because a self is holding a value…if i drop the self, and the value….nothing is happening…the difference perhaps, is i don’t really give a shit about what anyone things of me… since almost always, they are dealing with the hal in their head, not me…they can’t deal with me…thru this medium and these shithouse walls. and hopefully enough of hal is gone, so no one notices him much anymore… so why do you cling to your demand that others behave in a consistant fashion and meet your standards…?  are you merely trying to get others to do for you the therapy you need to do for yourself? and avoid consistantly. over and over… where is your experimental searching as buddy proposed? every minor course in psychology and dealing with others will point out that to bring up things from the past and fling them at the person you are quarreling with, is unfair.. it’s done, drop it.  so why can’t you drop it?  perhaps you could do a 12 step program for the past…surely someone does this? the people who bring up things from the past are frequenltly  seeking to be correct, so they can survive in their righteouness, rather than simply move from moment to moment..if the coat  of righteousness fits, wear it in good health.  if not…merely drop it…or are you striving to protect yourself in this fashion, as pete uses his tourettes social syndrome for protection… as i said in a post to george…this resembles a stooge move so closely that one can only take it for a some sort of black comedy… i have observed that evie seems to be the only one who has demonstrated openly that she can learn from any situation…the rest seem stuck in their clinging to something… whatever regard readers of trb have for your buddhist knowledge may be quickly put off by your obviously childish behavior…with regard to others, and more importantly, you obvious lack of skill in dealing with people you have judged to be this or that…how long has it been since you truely examined your beliefs of who evelyn  might be…for we all know she surely isn’t that…that’s merely the eveie you have in your head… and so once again i have used too many words so pick any six and ignore the rest..i wn’t remember it tomorrow anyway, and google won’t record it…so it can’t be flung up to me with any great success…"I" won’t be there  to see it…someone else will be the i of that moment…if indeed there is an i. oh, and if you chose to respond to this, i wn’t read it…just as i advise you not to read this crap i have written…but then no one ever listens to me, and it’s just as  well they don’t…giggl.  h. oh, but feel free to comment…the audience will love it…and see great happenings in it..they might even make a movie of it…wonder who they will get to play the stooges? mind empty, body dancing…heart open and changing constantly, experimentally and allthat other shit….giggl  h. and others who behave as

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Ah.  One of the more interesting trolling efforts I have seen in some time – using a dead guy’s words to stir up trouble.  You should be proud.

  Bwahahaha!                                        Ned

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Ah.  One of the more interesting trolling efforts I have seen in some time – using a dead guy’s words to stir up trouble.  You should be proud.  Bwahahaha!

     Nedd Dudd:  i bet he’s even rubbing his butt hole,      even as he laughs – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –                                       Ned

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Here, since it has been a subject of discussion, is Hal Hesse  in his last post to usenet.  Hal was the head of Old Free, a Buddhist (inter alia?) center. BTW, i notice that he singles out someone named "evvie" as a poster who  threatened people.  As this was hal’s last post before he died, and as hal was the head of a Buddhist center, perhaps someone could enlighten us who this "evvie" he censured is. Ah.  One of the more interesting trolling efforts I have seen in some time – using a dead guy’s words to stir up trouble.  You should be proud.

For citing evidence, as opposed to accepting assertion?  You should stick to the intellectual equivalent of midget-wrestling, with your fellow midgets. But, for the sake of "you should be proud," i’ll turn the tables: YOU should be proud, for as I was going over the evidence of what people this summer did on these newsgroups (with the head of internet security and several top officials where i work) two of them SHOUTED– "THESE ARE BUDDHISTS?!" Good Job, Lee. You midgets must be proud.  You know, the wheels of the truly well connected grind very slowly, but exceeding fine.  An administrative response on several fronts, from my employer, is in the offing, and you had better yock it up now. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Good night, and hank you. no record nuthing if you have any sense at all, you won’t read the below…enuff said????? h writes: yes, so we have those who believe that consistancy has virture..and often hold up standards of behavior that denotes one as buddist or not..and innocently respond, i  but held up a coat, you put it on. where does it say in buddyism that consistance, vs. spontaneous behavior has virtue or not..?  your standard seems not to allow for growth an dchange and exploration..the mainstays of buddhist awakeing and practice.some how it’s always a pissing contest…oh, it’s alwyas the other guy who starts it…but it takes two to dance together…it could just be dropped for another time, when things have cooled off a lot… are people not allowed to change in your mind?  and no one ever mentions the aggression you, pete, chan fu, an dothers display…for what it is…aggression… are you doing this claiming to assist them in something, when they have not stated their goals in life.( surely you are not claiming to have assisted them in awakeing, cause they never display any signs of that…so what is it, merely unskillful on your part?).so you assume you know what they are? inadequate therapy , inadequate applicaton of buddhism..there, how does it feel to be held up to a standard you havn’t agreed to? i mirror petes threats and spoofs, and he takes it seriously( as i intended)…as do you..( which would have been funny if it weren’t so pitiful).  because i am not consistantly this or that…that makes me something other than who i am? and what if i am flawed, i certainly am. but what business is that of yours..who set the rules for this group therapy…if it’s not therapy…it smells like aggression, feels like agression and gets old fast, like aggression. and you do not revile pete for making such threats?????or is that he is damaged and therefor beyond your lashing out…however mildly put…this tendency to protect one who survives by making his game, i am vile and damaged, prevents one from being truely compassionate with honesty…i protected petes right to say what he might whne someone complained to his server:..his social tourettes behavior is beyond the pale, which is why i simply ignore him…until i didn’t….buthis behavior with regard to threats changed…a lot…so he is capable of learning…something your attitude towards him does not facilitate.. if you wish to play in this fashion, why not between you, chan fu and pete…rather than some sort of bonding into a herd…and then denouce herd behavior? strange… it’s merely playground bullying..evie should know, she’s quit skilled at menacing…. actually i have found that i am seldom consistant, in any form…and if i am, it’s because a self is holding a value…if i drop the self, and the value….nothing is happening…the difference perhaps, is i don’t really give a shit about what anyone things of me… since almost always, they are dealing with the hal in their head, not me…they can’t deal with me…thru this medium and these shithouse walls. and hopefully enough of hal is gone, so no one notices him much anymore… so why do you cling to your demand that others behave in a consistant fashion and meet your standards…?  are you merely trying to get others to do for you the therapy you need to do for yourself? and avoid consistantly. over and over… where is your experimental searching as buddy proposed? every minor course in psychology and dealing with others will point out that to bring up things from the past and fling them at the person you are quarreling with, is unfair.. it’s done, drop it.  so why can’t you drop it?  perhaps you could do a 12 step program for the past…surely someone does this? the people who bring up things from the past are frequenltly  seeking to be correct, so they can survive in their righteouness, rather than simply move from moment to moment..if the coat  of righteousness fits, wear it in good health.  if not…merely drop it…or are you striving to protect yourself in this fashion, as pete uses his tourettes social syndrome for protection… as i said in a post to george…this resembles a stooge move so closely that one can only take it for a some sort of black comedy… i have observed that evie seems to be the only one who has demonstrated openly that she can learn from any situation…the rest seem stuck in their clinging to something… whatever regard readers of trb have for your buddhist knowledge may be quickly put off by your obviously childish behavior…with regard to others, and more importantly, you obvious lack of skill in dealing with people you have judged to be this or that…how long has it been since you truely examined your beliefs of who evelyn  might be…for we all know she surely isn’t that…that’s merely the eveie you have in your head… and so once again i have used too many words so pick any six and ignore the rest..i wn’t remember it tomorrow anyway, and google won’t record it…so it can’t be flung up to me with any great success…"I" won’t be there  to see it…someone else will be the i of that moment…if indeed there is an i. oh, and if you chose to respond to this, i wn’t read it…just as i advise you not to read this crap i have written…but then no one ever listens to me, and it’s just as  well they don’t…giggl.  h. oh, but feel free to comment…the audience will love it…and see great happenings in it..they might even make a movie of it…wonder who they will get to play the stooges? mind empty, body dancing…heart open and changing constantly, experimentally and allthat other shit….giggl  h. and others who behave as

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –                 Re: Hal Hesse’s last post _Mutatis Mutandis_   Reply to: [1]Lee Dillion   Newsgroups:          [2]talk.religion.buddhism,          [3]alt.religion.buddhism.tibetan,          [4]alt.religion.buddhism,          [5]alt.religion.buddhism.nicheren,          [6]alt.zen   Followup to: [7]newsgroups   References: Here, since it has been a subject of discussion, is Hal Hesse  in his last post to usenet.  Hal was the head of Old Free, a Buddhist (inter alia?) center. BTW, i notice that he singles out someone named "evvie" as a poster who  threatened people.  As this was hal’s last post before he died, and as hal was the head of a Buddhist center, perhaps someone could enlighten us who this "evvie" he censured is. Ah.  One of the more interesting trolling efforts I have seen in some time – using a dead guy’s words to stir up trouble.  You should be proud.

     well, they’ve dug up poor ol’ Hal Hesse again, and the      last reports we’ve got iz that he’s still dead              …  yup,  sho’nuf – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Good night, and hank you. no record nuthing if you have any sense at all, you won’t read the below…enuff said????? h writes: yes, so we have those who believe that consistancy has virture..and often ho ld up standards of behavior that denotes one as buddist or not..and innocently res pond, i  but held up a coat, you put it on. where does it say in buddyism that consistance, vs. spontaneous behavior has virtue or not..?  your standard se ems not to allow for growth an dchange and exploration..the mainstays of buddhist aw akeing and practice.some how it’s always a pissing contest…oh, it’s alwyas the ot her guy who starts it…but it takes two to dance together…it could just be droppe d for another time, when things have cooled off a lot… are people not allowed to change in your mind?  and no one ever mentions the aggression you, pete, chan fu, an dothers display…for what it is…aggress ion… are you doing this claiming to assist them in something, when they have not stated their goals in life.( surely you are not claiming to have assisted them in awakeing, cause they never display any signs of that…so what is it, merely unskillful on your part?).so you assume you know what they are? inadequate t herapy , inadequate applicaton of buddhism..there, how does it feel to be held up t o a standard you havn’t agreed to? i mirror petes threats and spoofs, and he takes it seriously( as i intended) …as do you..( which would have been funny if it weren’t so pitiful).  because i am not consistantly this or that…that makes me something other than who i am? and what if i am flawed, i certainly am. but what business is that of yours. .who set the rules for this group therapy…if it’s not therapy…it smells like aggression, feels like agression and gets old fast, like aggression. and you do not revile pete for making such threats?????or is that he is dama ged and therefor beyond your lashing out…however mildly put…this tendency to pro tect one who survives by making his game, i am vile and damaged, prevents one fro m being truely compassionate with honesty…i protected petes right to say what he m ight whne someone complained to his server:..his social tourettes behavior is bey ond the pale, which is why i simply ignore him…until i didn’t….buthis behavior w ith regard to threats changed…a lot…so he is capable of learning…something your attitude towards him does not facilitate.. if you wish to play in this fashion, why not between you, chan fu and pete.. .rather than some sort of bonding into a herd…and then denouce herd behavior? stra nge… it’s merely playground bullying..evie should know, she’s quit skilled at menacing…. actually i have found that i am seldom consistant, in any form…and if i am , it’s because a self is holding a value…if i drop the self, and the value….not hing is happening…the difference perhaps, is i don’t really give a shit about what anyone things of me… since almost always, they are dealing with the hal in their head, not me…they can’t deal with me…thru this medium and these shithouse wall s. and hopefully enough of hal is gone, so no one notices him much anymore… so why do you cling to your demand that others behave in a consistant fashio n and meet your standards…?  are you merely trying to get others to do for you t he therapy you need to do for yourself? and avoid consistantly. over and over.. . where is your experimental searching as buddy proposed? every minor course in psychology and dealing with others will point out that to bring up things from the past and fling them at the person you are quarrelin g with, is unfair.. it’s done, drop it.  so why can’t you drop it?  perhaps you could do a 12 st ep program for the past…surely someone does this? the people who bring up things from the past are frequenltly  seeking to be correct, so they can survive in their righteouness, rather than simply move from moment to moment..if the coat  of righteousness fits, wear it in good health .  if not…merely drop it…or are you striving to protect yourself in this fashi on, as pete uses his tourettes social syndrome for protection… as i said in a post to george…this resembles a stooge move so closely that one can only take it for a some sort of black comedy… i have observed that evie seems to be the only one who has demonstrated open ly that she can learn from any situation…the rest seem stuck in their clinging to something… whatever regard readers of trb have for your buddhist knowledge may be quick ly put off by your obviously childish behavior…with regard to others, and more importantly, you obvious lack of skill in dealing with people you have judge d to be this or that…how long has it been since you truely examined your beliefs o f who evelyn  might be…for we all know she surely isn’t that…that’s merely the eveie you have in your head… and so once again i have used too many words so pick any six and ignore the rest..i wn’t remember it tomorrow anyway, and google won’t record it…so it can’t b e flung up to me with any great success…"I" won’t be there  to see it…someone el se will be the i of that moment…if indeed there is an i. oh, and if you chose to respond to this, i wn’t read it…just as i advise y ou not to read this crap i have written…but then no one ever listens to me, and i t’s just as  well they don’t…giggl.  h. oh, but feel free to comment…the audience will love it…and see great hap penings in it..they might even make a movie of it…wonder who they will get to play the stooges? mind empty, body dancing…heart open and changing constantly, experimentall y and allthat other shit….giggl  h. and others who behave as

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Here, since it has been a subject of discussion, is Hal Hesse  in his last post to usenet.  Hal was the head of Old Free, a Buddhist (inter alia?) center. BTW, i notice that he singles out someone named "evvie" as a poster who  threatened people.  As this was hal’s last post before he died, and as hal was the head of a Buddhist center, perhaps someone could enlighten us who this "evvie" he censured is.

Ah.  One of the more interesting trolling efforts I have seen in some time – using a dead guy’s words to stir up trouble.  You should be proud. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Good night, and hank you. no record nuthing if you have any sense at all, you won’t read the below…enuff said????? h writes: yes, so we have those who believe that consistancy has virture..and often hold up standards of behavior that denotes one as buddist or not..and innocently respond, i  but held up a coat, you put it on. where does it say in buddyism that consistance, vs. spontaneous behavior has virtue or not..?  your standard seems not to allow for growth an dchange and exploration..the mainstays of buddhist awakeing and practice.some how it’s always a pissing contest…oh, it’s alwyas the other guy who starts it…but it takes two to dance together…it could just be dropped for another time, when things have cooled off a lot… are people not allowed to change in your mind?  and no one ever mentions the aggression you, pete, chan fu, an dothers display…for what it is…aggression… are you doing this claiming to assist them in something, when they have not stated their goals in life.( surely you are not claiming to have assisted them in awakeing, cause they never display any signs of that…so what is it, merely unskillful on your part?).so you assume you know what they are? inadequate therapy , inadequate applicaton of buddhism..there, how does it feel to be held up to a standard you havn’t agreed to? i mirror petes threats and spoofs, and he takes it seriously( as i intended)…as do you..( which would have been funny if it weren’t so pitiful).  because i am not consistantly this or that…that makes me something other than who i am? and what if i am flawed, i certainly am. but what business is that of yours..who set the rules for this group therapy…if it’s not therapy…it smells like aggression, feels like agression and gets old fast, like aggression. and you do not revile pete for making such threats?????or is that he is damaged and therefor beyond your lashing out…however mildly put…this tendency to protect one who survives by making his game, i am vile and damaged, prevents one from being truely compassionate with honesty…i protected petes right to say what he might whne someone complained to his server:..his social tourettes behavior is beyond the pale, which is why i simply ignore him…until i didn’t….buthis behavior with regard to threats changed…a lot…so he is capable of learning…something your attitude towards him does not facilitate.. if you wish to play in this fashion, why not between you, chan fu and pete…rather than some sort of bonding into a herd…and then denouce herd behavior? strange… it’s merely playground bullying..evie should know, she’s quit skilled at menacing…. actually i have found that i am seldom consistant, in any form…and if i am, it’s because a self is holding a value…if i drop the self, and the value….nothing is happening…the difference perhaps, is i don’t really give a shit about what anyone things of me… since almost always, they are dealing with the hal in their head, not me…they can’t deal with me…thru this medium and these shithouse walls. and hopefully enough of hal is gone, so no one notices him much anymore… so why do you cling to your demand that others behave in a consistant fashion and meet your standards…?  are you merely trying to get others to do for you the therapy you need to do for yourself? and avoid consistantly. over and over… where is your experimental searching as buddy proposed? every minor course in psychology and dealing with others will point out that to bring up things from the past and fling them at the person you are quarreling with, is unfair.. it’s done, drop it.  so why can’t you drop it?  perhaps you could do a 12 step program for the past…surely someone does this? the people who bring up things from the past are frequenltly  seeking to be correct, so they can survive in their righteouness, rather than simply move from moment to moment..if the coat  of righteousness fits, wear it in good health.  if not…merely drop it…or are you striving to protect yourself in this fashion, as pete uses his tourettes social syndrome for protection… as i said in a post to george…this resembles a stooge move so closely that one can only take it for a some sort of black comedy… i have observed that evie seems to be the only one who has demonstrated openly that she can learn from any situation…the rest seem stuck in their clinging to something… whatever regard readers of trb have for your buddhist knowledge may be quickly put off by your obviously childish behavior…with regard to others, and more importantly, you obvious lack of skill in dealing with people you have judged to be this or that…how long has it been since you truely examined your beliefs of who evelyn  might be…for we all know she surely isn’t that…that’s merely the eveie you have in your head… and so once again i have used too many words so pick any six and ignore the rest..i wn’t remember it tomorrow anyway, and google won’t record it…so it can’t be flung up to me with any great success…"I" won’t be there  to see it…someone else will be the i of that moment…if indeed there is an i. oh, and if you chose to respond to this, i wn’t read it…just as i advise you not to read this crap i have written…but then no one ever listens to me, and it’s just as  well they don’t…giggl.  h. oh, but feel free to comment…the audience will love it…and see great happenings in it..they might even make a movie of it…wonder who they will get to play the stooges? mind empty, body dancing…heart open and changing constantly, experimentally and allthat other shit….giggl  h. and others who behave as

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Neo Buddhism…india

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Here is few more usefull information regarding above topic http://www.fwbo.org http://www.tbmsg.org

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Are there any good website NEO BUDDHISM of India…? Or Please post any information you have about NEO BUDDHISM

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Are there any good website NEO BUDDHISM of India…? Or Please post any information you have about NEO BUDDHISM

Neo Buddhism means new Buddhism. ( i guess….) Buddhism doesn’t need to be new. Its catatonic monks are ever the same. Maybe you could New Age it up some and make yurself a hodgepodge like gurdjieff did or maybe you would like to see the show you’ll enjoy the cafe d’ escargot

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The Neo Buddhism is new movement in India renew original teachings of Buddha which becoming very popular. They are trying collect original teaching of Buddha written in PALI. They people call "Navi Buddhist" which translate in English as Neo Buddhist. Below is link to explain this http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Neo-Buddhism Neo-Buddhism is a modern Buddhist Buddhism is the religion and philosophy based on the teachings of Siddh&#257;rtha Gautama (Sanskrit; in P&#257;li, Siddhattha Gotama), who lived between approximately 563 and 483 BCE. This religion originated in India and gradually spread throughout Asia, to Central Asia, Tibet, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, as well as the East Asian countries of China, Mongolia, Korea, and Japan. ….. Click the link for more information.  revivalist movement in India The Republic of India, located in South Asia and comprising most of the Indian subcontinent is the second most populous country in the world and is the world’s largest democracy, with over one billion people speaking more than one hundred distinct languages. The Indian economy is the fourth-largest in the world, in terms of purchasing power parity. India borders Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan, with Sri Lanka and the Maldives just across the Indian mainland in the Indian Ocean. ….. Click the link for more information. . As a popular movement, Neo-Buddhism began on October 14 October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years). There are 78 days remaining. 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Ambedkar Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (April 14, 1891/1892 – December 6, 1956) was born in Mhow in central India, the fourteenth child of parents who belonged to the very lowest stratum of Hindu society, then known as Untouchables. Education His father had acquired a certain amount of formal education in both Marathi and English. This enabled him to teach his children, especially Bhimrao, and ….. Click the link for more information. , the 20th century (19th century – 20th century – 21st century – more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th Century was that century which lasted from 1901-2000. Colloquially, this is often known as the nineteen hundreds, referring to the years 1900 to 1999. The twentieth century was a remarkable ….. Click the link for more information. ’s most prominent Untouchable In India’s caste system, an untouchable, dalit, or achuta is a person outside of the four castes, and considered below them. Untouchables include such people as leather-workers. There are various subcastes or jati within untouchable, the lowest ranking generally considered to be the Bhangis. Harijan was the polite form for untouchable coined by Mahatma Gandhi which means "Children of God" (Hari is another name for Vishnu, Hindu God). Untouchables generally consider this term to be condescending and prefer the name dalit, variously translated as "crushed", "stepped on" or "oppressed". The term scheduled castes is also used in the Indian legal system to refer to this group along with other non-caste tribes. ….. Click the link for more information.  converted to Buddhism along with nearly 400,000 of his followers. 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Questions about Nepal

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I have no problem with this as such. The problem, as ably pointed out by Miguel, is that it is out of context. I am going into LA tomorrow night for an MRI and I am considerably more concerned about coming back alive than I would be about being hit up for $20 by an otherwise nonchalant rebel group. Its this context that you get where there are dozens of travellers replying, many of them on site. I suppose I look at it with an Indian attitude. How many people are killed and injured every day in LA? Somebody on drugs just chopped up 2 people at random (and I do mean chopped).  My score on terrorism in South Asia is one person hurt in Sri Lanka and some people inconvenienced in Nepal and a fair amount of crime. BFD (but not meant personally)

Yes.  The context is important. When is the last time an armed gang in LA started attacking police stations and killing everyone inside?  How many teachers were killed and how many schools did they shut down and in LA last year?  How many buses were burned in LA in the past year? South Asia also includes Kashmir, Pakistan.  Hardly the top tourist destinations these days.  Look up the tourists who went missing in India recently, maybe that didn’t make the nightly news but you can compare those numbers with LA. Now for a real scary place, try Detroit :)

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The state dept & others just show relevant things that happened that give you an awareness.

I have no problem with this as such. The problem, as ably pointed out by Miguel, is that it is out of context. I am going into LA tomorrow night for an MRI and I am considerably more concerned about coming back alive than I would be about being hit up for $20 by an otherwise nonchalant rebel group. Its this context that you get where there are dozens of travellers replying, many of them on site. I suppose I look at it with an Indian attitude. How many people are killed and injured every day in LA? Somebody on drugs just chopped up 2 people at random (and I do mean chopped).  My score on terrorism in South Asia is one person hurt in Sri Lanka and some people inconvenienced in Nepal and a fair amount of crime. BFD (but not meant personally) edwardseco

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here’s what I would do, and that means absolutely nothing if you’re not me, but still . . . . I’d ask myself, Why am I going? is it something unique to Nepal, that I am willing to put myself in potentally harms way, or is it something that somewhere else can provide me with? The Himalayas stretch for a VERY long way, and many places at the moment are quite safe. Tibetan Buddhism is found in many other places. Touristy cafes and hashish can also be found many places, if that’s what you’re after, lolol. since this is about political unrest, lets leave out the Paki mtns for discussions sake, and even Kashmir, although it seems to be settling down there. That leaves many many many valleys and peaks to explore. think outside the box, ya?

sure but how do YOU want to prevent that the maoists will take the power there ? For starters, a tourist can avoid giving them extorsion money by trying to avoid maoist zones. to go to Nepal or not ? Depends on the kind of traveler one is. If someone wants a hassle-free trip with no beforehand preparation, don’t go. If someone wants some adventure, has done his homework, has flexibility,

go.

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sure but how do YOU want to prevent that the maoists will take the power there ?

For starters, a tourist can avoid giving them extorsion money by trying to avoid maoist zones. to go to Nepal or not ?

Depends on the kind of traveler one is. If someone wants a hassle-free trip with no beforehand preparation, don’t go. If someone wants some adventure, has done his homework, has flexibility, go.

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I won’t even touch the belief that government is only concerned with our safety. It smacks of those old people in Russia mourning Stalin. We’re talking about safety warnings for Nepal.  Of course some foreign governments have other interests there.

sure but how do YOU want to prevent that the maoists will take the power there ? to go to Nepal or not ?

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In other words, their concern is people’s safety, not getting more customers.

I don’t see the case for abject adoration of government vs. individual bulletin boards. The implication of your post is that the Thorn Tree exists only to sell guide books. As with so much of the internet it far exceeds simple concepts and is very independent. You should see the posts razoring some of their publications. I like the give and take of debate as opposed to one forced viewpoint. I won’t even touch the belief that government is only concerned with our safety. It smacks of those old people in Russia mourning Stalin. edwardseco

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I don’t see the case for abject adoration of government vs. individual bulletin boards. The implication of your post is that the Thorn Tree exists only to sell guide books.

  As with so much of the internet it far exceeds simple concepts and   is very independent. You should see the posts razoring some of their   publications. I like the give and take of debate as opposed to one   forced viewpoint. The thorn tree is written by independent contributors, not LP staff. The problem is some people’s reasoning: "I went to Nepal, I didn’t witness any trouble, therefore it’s safe". The state dept & others just show relevant things that happened that give you an awareness.  Tourists gets forced to pay money to the maoists it’s not a myth.  Some tourists’ bus got burned, landmines attack vehicles also, landslides cause delays in the rainy season, it’s certainly worth knowing beforehand as there may be a safer option, maybe like taking the plane. I won’t even touch the belief that government is only concerned with our safety. It smacks of those old people in Russia mourning Stalin.

We’re talking about safety warnings for Nepal.  Of course some foreign governments have other interests there.

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I love the way people can’t respond with the strength of logic to a question and throw in irrelevant spurious comment instead. Whatever… Where is the strength of logic with your statement:  "I rate them equally misleading" You didn’t bring forward any information do disprove what is written on the state dept website.

It’s not as simple as that. They list summaries of anecdotes, couched in lots of "it has been reported that"s. What’s to disprove? The key problem is that the data points are devoid of statistical context, and therefore do not constitute "information" in any useful and actionable way. miguel — Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu

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writes: Where is the strength of logic with your statement:  "I rate them equally misleading" You didn’t bring forward any information do disprove what is written on the state dept website. It’s not as simple as that. They list summaries of anecdotes, couched in lots of "it has been reported that"s. What’s to disprove? The key problem is that the data points are devoid of statistical context, and therefore do not constitute "information" in any useful and actionable way.

I had meant to respond to the previous comments but this says it better than I ever could. Thank you Miguel! edwardseco

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Its goal is not to be a glossy Hakuna Matata tourist brochure,

In other words, their concern is people’s safety, not getting more customers.  So it might not be encouraging but it’s an eye opener. I love the way people can’t respond with the strength of logic to a question and throw in irrelevant spurious comment instead. Whatever…

Where is the strength of logic with your statement:  "I rate them equally misleading" You didn’t bring forward any information do disprove what is written on the state dept website.

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May the Victorious Kalachakra under the protective hand of Gyanendra of Nepal inspire terror in the hearts of the heretical Maoists of Nepal and bring them to remorse, atonement and goodness for once …and not  ’ instant too late,… been too long as it is eh ! May it’s flapping flag reign throughout the Kingdom and bring about the Kingdom of Shambala in these times. May the virtuous Warriors ride forth with righteousness, rooting out people who are unvirtuous in demeanour and kill people like what’s up in Kathmandu. May peace and free life be in the harmony of respect for others and the rule of goodness reign over all. May egotistical evil people stop quickly doing the wrong things they’re doing. May right win over wrong. May the rule of Kalachakra reign over the world and protect its followers who further it with forceful means of spreading the word (weapons are not useful – heck this is a religion ! Further the word : nothing more. Eh !? Replacing violence with more violence is stupid, eh ?!)

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Sock it : soc.culture.nepal got this : Gyanendra has to embrace the force of prophecy or else it’s the Maosits who

will claim that prophecy to be announcing their coming and thus they’ll usurp it’s content. Force is with the strongest and law is with him. Thus, the first to align with the Kalachakra wins and as it is identical in spirit with Gorakh and Machhendranaths there is no losing of tradition in supporting it. If Maoism claims Kalachakra’s prophecy and the Mustang heritage, I don’t see how Tantrism can prosper in that context.  I don’t see how one could justify that the Kalachakra prophecy realises through Maoism. But on the other hand, Nepal’s Tantric tradition can do it and thus can be adhered to us the followers of Kalachakra. Me, I’m a follower of Kalachakra. A Westerner and Buddhist for thirty plus years, and senior now, disciple of the main guru of Mustang’s sect, Phende Kenchen, I’ve also been recognized by my guru as the reincarnation of some religious of our school from Tibet. Thus, a follower of our Kalachakra tradition, I am, but just one among other, of the representatives of the Mustang brand sect of Buddhism (that’s named Ngor). For Gyanendra, embracing this prophecy is equivalent to embracing the past of the Mao-Buddhism conflict and taking sides with the most potent opponent to Maoism to date (that’s our sect). And it is incarnated by Lord Kalachakra and His Shambala Kingdom; and it’s Warriors will rule the world so Gyanendra’s worries will be swept aside in the process – seeing (the prophecy predicts that the worldwide expanse is none other than the scope of the prophecy. Nepal is just the "appetizer" for the conquest of evil worldwide that the Warriors will "clean up". No wonder indeed,  when you see the backlog of sin the Maosits worldwide which they have to be held accountable for. Dozens of billions of forefathers, tortured in their fleshes by the Reds, are now clamouring from their hells for their personal revenges that we have to wreak for their benefit on Maoists wherever we can find them even if they hide. Under rocks and in craggs or nooks, they will not escape our sharp watch. Our arms are long and can find them easily. We can use all methods of information to track them down and bring them to the justice of our heavenly Master. And that’s the job Shambala’s Warriors have cut out for them. They have a hectic few decades lined up for them. With Gyanendra and the rest of us, that Army can set in locomotion. Locomoting out into the world  we can cruise through the tales of evil and good that these morons of philosophers omitted in their philosophy or the toilet papaer they think they’re making use of as a philosophy. We’re on their trail and hot on it and they’ve not got far they can run to. As one says : "They can run, they can howl, but they can’t get away" !  We’ll drag them, screaming and kicking to the temple door : and then we’ll put the holy ustensils to their throat and they’ll expiate. Then we’ll stamp on their brains, and we’ll beg them to accept their master Kalachakra. Then  we’ll bring their haggard eyes to the level of the Lord’s picture, and they’ll claim their faith in Him. If they don’t accept Him as their personal Saviour, we’ll toast them in our toast toasters. Bit by bit. Or give them to their karma to expiate and suffer at the hands of the hell guardians who wait for them patiently until the end of time right now. What we offer them is instant expiation or else they go to their self-prepared evil fate. They can’t escape. It’s their history. Karma cannot be escaped because so many centuries have passed during which they or their forefathers have left traces of their deeds. All faults must be payed for and so to the hilt. We are now starting out and we’ll get ‘em. Smoke ‘em out and git’em. Nail’em… (People here have to understand something of the traditional aspect of Nepal and it’s prophetic dimension. Going into Nepal and using Lonely Planet as one’s guide and just looking for one’s own life and references in a foreign country so as to duplicate one’s environment abraod is no different from colonialism and is stupid. So this post and the ones preceding it give some insight into other cultures and thinking seeing I’m a thirty-plus year Buddhist and have studied the various prophecies that rule the life of Nepal and the adjacent countries. And so both at university and in post-graduate study. Blam blam blam ! Get with it, colonies s.ck. )

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From soc.culture.nepal : The king of Nepal relies on the beliefs of the people and on the ancient

premonitory traces left by seers. In the Nepalese kingdom there is a tract of mountainous ranges that is called Mustang (Lo). It was prophecied to come under the protection of the second largest sect of Tibet. It is thus outside of the Dala

25.8 Alan Watts and Empty Psychosis, part 2 of 2: Stanford Zen `]

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Toxic Zen Story #25.8, part 2 of 2: Stanford Zen: Alan Watts and Empty Values in the Psychotic Experience. part 2 of 2, continued from part 1 of 2: So, we’ll skip the rest of the first half of his talk, which is more on the same line, and move right to part two:         ‘ALAN WATTS: THE VALUE OF PSYCHOTIC     EXPERIENCE, PART 2 ‘         ‘Zen has attracted attention over the years,     since 1927, when Dr. Daisetz Suzuki first     published his essays in Zen Buddhism, and he had a     very odd fascination with Westerners.’ Actually Suzuki was published in Zen Buddhism by Paul Carus (German) of the Open Court Publishing of Illinois, from 1900 to 1911. Trivial mistake. Watts continues …         ‘To begin with, very many intelligent Western     people were becoming–had already become,     dissatisfied with the standard brands of their own     religions, and this dissatisfaction had of course     begun to take place quite seriously towards the     close of the 19th century, and at that time, we     began to be exposed to Oriental philosophy or     religion, whatever you want to call it, because     the great scholars like Maxmilla, Riese Davids

Yunnan Travel

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Edward, do you realise that commercial posts are not allowed in this newsgroup ? You are promoting heavily your tours. Alfred Molon

Yunnan is a nice place but nevertheless, couldn’t agree more, Alfred Frans Vandenbosch China, Myanmar and more: http://www.actagena.org/pictures/home/index.htm

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Hi Alfred, do you realise that commercial posts are not allowed in this newsgroup ? You are promoting heavily your tours.

You are right, too much and irritating… Henk de Jong — http://www.hsdejong.nl/ Nepal and Burma (Myanmar) – Photo Galleries

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Edward, do you realise that commercial posts are not allowed in this newsgroup ? You are promoting heavily your tours. — Alfred Molon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Olympus_405080/ Olympus 5050 resource – http://www.molon.de/5050.html Olympus 5060 resource – http://www.molon.de/5060.html Olympus 8080 resource – http://www.molon.de/8080.html

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Yunnan is a border province in Southwest China with many ethnic groups. Of all the 56 ethnic groups of China, 26 can be found in Yunnan. Among them, the Yi, Bai, Dai, Tibetan and Naxi ethnic groups are the most in number. Such ethnic groups are the living legacy of the ancient civilizations of this region. The Old Town of Lijiang, built by the Naxi people, was listed as a world cultural heritage site in 1997; the Sideng Market Area of Shaxi village, built by the Bai people, with its intact way station on the Tea and Horse trade route, was listed as a world architectural heritage site in 2001; and the unique marital customs of the Mosuo people of Lake Lugu, are remnants of an alternative, matriarchal society of mankind, in which they "co-habit" but rarely marry. The belief in Buddhism has a long history among the majority of ethnic peoples in Yunnan. Most of the traditions have continued till today. Some Dai boys go to the monasteries for Buddhist practice and study as a necessary requirement for future marriage. Tibetan families take pride in sending boys to become monks. On the first and fifteenth day of each lunar month, the Bai and Naxi villagers go to monasteries to worship Buddha by burning incense. In this way, Buddhism remains influential upon Yunnan. The world-famous ancient Buddhist relics of the Three Pagodas in Dali, the grottoes in Jianchuan and the Songzanlin Monastery in Shangri-La (Zhongdian), are testament to this. The ethnic people of Yunnan are very good at expressing their culture through folk songs and dances. The exciting Bawangbian (power whip) dance of the Bai people; the melodious classical music of the Naxi people; the Guozhuang dance of the Tibetan people; and the delicate Peacock dance of the Dai people, to name just a few. These rich cultural traditions are also reflected in their ethnic costumes and traditional architecture. As a Chinese saying goes, "Peoples are fostered by the very land they inhabit". The fertile land of Yunnan helps foster the unique life style and artistic spirit of its ethnic people. This beautiful and charming place has spectacular and picturesque scenery of high mountains, great rivers, vast grasslands, and plateau lakes. Beautiful examples include the surging Tiger Leaping Gorge of the Yangtze river, the rippling waters of Lake Erhai in Dali, the Meili snow mountains and the tropical rain forests in the south. for more information, please visit www.edward-adventures.com/EA/ethnic.htm

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Travel to Yunnan

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Awa Mountains — the Land of Inspiration   On the China/Myanmar border with the Mekong river to the west and the Salween to the east, there lies the beautiful and mysterious land of the Awa mountains. Among the high peaks, deep valleys and plains live a number of ethnic groups, such as the Lahu, Dai and Han people who migrated here long ago. An indigenous people, the Wa originally lived in caves or tree dwellings. This has left an indelible impression on their cultural practices. Cave paintings painted with bare fingers with liquid mixtures of animal blood and hematite powder as pigments can still be found among the cliffs in the Awa mountains. These paintings (15 currently discovered) vividly depict the life of the ancestors of the Wa people in caves as tree dwellers and hunter-gatherers. Some of these images date back to the Neolithic period and are a rich source of material for students of fine art, architecture, and anthropology. Surprisingly, the Wa also developed a unique and sophisticated literature. Farming created a new way of life for the ancient Wa people as they moved out of their cave dwellings and built houses and villages. The cliffs of Cangyuan county have well-preserved frescoes of the ancient New Rice Festival of the Wa. In ancient times, human heads of the enemy tribes were used as sacrifices to the rice god. Nowadays, they are replaced with buffalo heads. As time goes by, the Wa people’s way of life has become quite different from the mysterious life of their ancestors. Although they no longer head-hunt, their ancestral songs, dances, sacrificial ceremonies, and ethnic costumes have remained much the same. The Awa mountains have also inspired the Dai people living in this area. Their bamboo houses are architecturally unique, specially designed for upstairs living and the benefit of cool air drafting upwards in the local steamy tropical climate. For more information, please visit http://www.edward-adventures.com/EA/awa.htm Edward He – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Trekking along the Yangtze in Yunnan was a great expedition, we enjoyed our time with the guide Teddy, he took good care of us and cooked delicious meals for us along the trek. You can contact him for Tom The Ethnic Peoples of Yunnan Yunnan is a border province in Southwest China with many ethnic groups. Of all the 56 ethnic groups of China, 26 can be found in Yunnan. Among them, the Yi, Bai, Dai, Tibetan and Naxi ethnic groups are the most in number. Such ethnic groups are the living legacy of the ancient civilizations of this region. The Old Town of Lijiang, built by the Naxi people, was listed as a world cultural heritage site in 1997; the Sideng Market Area of Shaxi village, built by the Bai people, with its intact way station on the Tea and Horse trade route, was listed as a world architectural heritage site in 2001; and the unique marital customs of the Mosuo people of Lake Lugu, are remnants of an alternative, matriarchal society of mankind, in which they "co-habit" but rarely marry. The belief in Buddhism has a long history among the majority of ethnic peoples in Yunnan. Most of the traditions have continued till today. Some Dai boys go to the monasteries for Buddhist practice and study as a necessary requirement for future marriage. Tibetan families take pride in sending boys to become monks. On the first and fifteenth day of each lunar month, the Bai and Naxi villagers go to monasteries to worship Buddha by burning incense. In this way, Buddhism remains influential upon Yunnan. The world-famous ancient Buddhist relics of the Three Pagodas in Dali, the grottoes in Jianchuan and the Songzanlin Monastery in Shangri-La (Zhongdian), are testament to this. The ethnic people of Yunnan are very good at expressing their culture through folk songs and dances. The exciting Bawangbian (power whip) dance of the Bai people; the melodious classical music of the Naxi people; the Guozhuang dance of the Tibetan people; and the delicate Peacock dance of the Dai people, to name just a few. These rich cultural traditions are also reflected in their ethnic costumes and traditional architecture. As a Chinese saying goes, "Peoples are fostered by the very land they inhabit". The fertile land of Yunnan helps foster the unique life style and artistic spirit of its ethnic people. This beautiful and charming place has spectacular and picturesque scenery of high mountains, great rivers, vast grasslands, and plateau lakes. Beautiful examples include the surging Tiger Leaping Gorge of the Yangtze river, the rippling waters of Lake Erhai in Dali, the Meili snow mountains and the tropical rain forests in the south. For more details, please visit http://www.edward-adventures.com/EA/ethnic.htm Bordered by Myanmar on the west and Lao PDR and Vietnam in the south, Stretching up to the Tibetan tableland in the north. Yunnan is a home to many of China’s colourful ethnic minorities. The province also natures an enormous range of flora and fauna in the most varied terrain in China with it’s tropic rain forests and icy Tibetan highland… Emily

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Trekking along the Yangtze in Yunnan was a great expedition, we enjoyed our time with the guide Teddy, he took good care of us and cooked delicious meals for us along the trek. You can contact him for Tom – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – The Ethnic Peoples of Yunnan Yunnan is a border province in Southwest China with many ethnic groups. Of all the 56 ethnic groups of China, 26 can be found in Yunnan. Among them, the Yi, Bai, Dai, Tibetan and Naxi ethnic groups are the most in number. Such ethnic groups are the living legacy of the ancient civilizations of this region. The Old Town of Lijiang, built by the Naxi people, was listed as a world cultural heritage site in 1997; the Sideng Market Area of Shaxi village, built by the Bai people, with its intact way station on the Tea and Horse trade route, was listed as a world architectural heritage site in 2001; and the unique marital customs of the Mosuo people of Lake Lugu, are remnants of an alternative, matriarchal society of mankind, in which they "co-habit" but rarely marry. The belief in Buddhism has a long history among the majority of ethnic peoples in Yunnan. Most of the traditions have continued till today. Some Dai boys go to the monasteries for Buddhist practice and study as a necessary requirement for future marriage. Tibetan families take pride in sending boys to become monks. On the first and fifteenth day of each lunar month, the Bai and Naxi villagers go to monasteries to worship Buddha by burning incense. In this way, Buddhism remains influential upon Yunnan. The world-famous ancient Buddhist relics of the Three Pagodas in Dali, the grottoes in Jianchuan and the Songzanlin Monastery in Shangri-La (Zhongdian), are testament to this. The ethnic people of Yunnan are very good at expressing their culture through folk songs and dances. The exciting Bawangbian (power whip) dance of the Bai people; the melodious classical music of the Naxi people; the Guozhuang dance of the Tibetan people; and the delicate Peacock dance of the Dai people, to name just a few. These rich cultural traditions are also reflected in their ethnic costumes and traditional architecture. As a Chinese saying goes, "Peoples are fostered by the very land they inhabit". The fertile land of Yunnan helps foster the unique life style and artistic spirit of its ethnic people. This beautiful and charming place has spectacular and picturesque scenery of high mountains, great rivers, vast grasslands, and plateau lakes. Beautiful examples include the surging Tiger Leaping Gorge of the Yangtze river, the rippling waters of Lake Erhai in Dali, the Meili snow mountains and the tropical rain forests in the south. For more details, please visit http://www.edward-adventures.com/EA/ethnic.htm Bordered by Myanmar on the west and Lao PDR and Vietnam in the south, Stretching up to the Tibetan tableland in the north. Yunnan is a home to many of China’s colourful ethnic minorities. The province also natures an enormous range of flora and fauna in the most varied terrain in China with it’s tropic rain forests and icy Tibetan highland… Emily

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – The Ethnic Peoples of Yunnan Yunnan is a border province in Southwest China with many ethnic groups. Of all the 56 ethnic groups of China, 26 can be found in Yunnan. Among them, the Yi, Bai, Dai, Tibetan and Naxi ethnic groups are the most in number. Such ethnic groups are the living legacy of the ancient civilizations of this region. The Old Town of Lijiang, built by the Naxi people, was listed as a world cultural heritage site in 1997; the Sideng Market Area of Shaxi village, built by the Bai people, with its intact way station on the Tea and Horse trade route, was listed as a world architectural heritage site in 2001; and the unique marital customs of the Mosuo people of Lake Lugu, are remnants of an alternative, matriarchal society of mankind, in which they "co-habit" but rarely marry. The belief in Buddhism has a long history among the majority of ethnic peoples in Yunnan. Most of the traditions have continued till today. Some Dai boys go to the monasteries for Buddhist practice and study as a necessary requirement for future marriage. Tibetan families take pride in sending boys to become monks. On the first and fifteenth day of each lunar month, the Bai and Naxi villagers go to monasteries to worship Buddha by burning incense. In this way, Buddhism remains influential upon Yunnan. The world-famous ancient Buddhist relics of the Three Pagodas in Dali, the grottoes in Jianchuan and the Songzanlin Monastery in Shangri-La (Zhongdian), are testament to this. The ethnic people of Yunnan are very good at expressing their culture through folk songs and dances. The exciting Bawangbian (power whip) dance of the Bai people; the melodious classical music of the Naxi people; the Guozhuang dance of the Tibetan people; and the delicate Peacock dance of the Dai people, to name just a few. These rich cultural traditions are also reflected in their ethnic costumes and traditional architecture. As a Chinese saying goes, "Peoples are fostered by the very land they inhabit". The fertile land of Yunnan helps foster the unique life style and artistic spirit of its ethnic people. This beautiful and charming place has spectacular and picturesque scenery of high mountains, great rivers, vast grasslands, and plateau lakes. Beautiful examples include the surging Tiger Leaping Gorge of the Yangtze river, the rippling waters of Lake Erhai in Dali, the Meili snow mountains and the tropical rain forests in the south. For more details, please visit http://www.edward-adventures.com/EA/ethnic.htm

Bordered by Myanmar on the west and Lao PDR and Vietnam in the south, Stretching up to the Tibetan tableland in the north. Yunnan is a home to many of China’s colourful ethnic minorities. The province also natures an enormous range of flora and fauna in the most varied terrain in China with it’s tropic rain forests and icy Tibetan highland… Emily

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I have been to  Yunnan a few times and I really love the scenary, people and ethnical cultures there. I still enjoy the climing to the top of the snow-caped Mt. Haba. It locates in Zhongdian, not very difficult to get onto the  top.  We camped in a yak herdman’s hut, and started climing early in the next morning and we back to the hut at about 4:00 in the afternoon.  It is so beautiful on the top.  Yangzi river is at its foot, right on the other side of the river is Mt. Jade Dragon, which is even higher than Haba.   And at the far north , we saw three snow capes stand up the clouds. We checked our map, guess they could be the Three Holly Mountains in Yading, Daocheng,Sichuan,170 kilos away. When we came down the mountain,  through a big village on the slope, we saw Naxi, Yi, Muslim people lived in the same village. But their clothes were absolute different, so amazing. — Posted via http://britishexpats.com

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The Ethnic Peoples of Yunnan Yunnan is a border province in Southwest China with many ethnic groups. Of all the 56 ethnic groups of China, 26 can be found in Yunnan. Among them, the Yi, Bai, Dai, Tibetan and Naxi ethnic groups are the most in number. Such ethnic groups are the living legacy of the ancient civilizations of this region. The Old Town of Lijiang, built by the Naxi people, was listed as a world cultural heritage site in 1997; the Sideng Market Area of Shaxi village, built by the Bai people, with its intact way station on the Tea and Horse trade route, was listed as a world architectural heritage site in 2001; and the unique marital customs of the Mosuo people of Lake Lugu, are remnants of an alternative, matriarchal society of mankind, in which they "co-habit" but rarely marry. The belief in Buddhism has a long history among the majority of ethnic peoples in Yunnan. Most of the traditions have continued till today. Some Dai boys go to the monasteries for Buddhist practice and study as a necessary requirement for future marriage. Tibetan families take pride in sending boys to become monks. On the first and fifteenth day of each lunar month, the Bai and Naxi villagers go to monasteries to worship Buddha by burning incense. In this way, Buddhism remains influential upon Yunnan. The world-famous ancient Buddhist relics of the Three Pagodas in Dali, the grottoes in Jianchuan and the Songzanlin Monastery in Shangri-La (Zhongdian), are testament to this. The ethnic people of Yunnan are very good at expressing their culture through folk songs and dances. The exciting Bawangbian (power whip) dance of the Bai people; the melodious classical music of the Naxi people; the Guozhuang dance of the Tibetan people; and the delicate Peacock dance of the Dai people, to name just a few. These rich cultural traditions are also reflected in their ethnic costumes and traditional architecture. As a Chinese saying goes, "Peoples are fostered by the very land they inhabit". The fertile land of Yunnan helps foster the unique life style and artistic spirit of its ethnic people. This beautiful and charming place has spectacular and picturesque scenery of high mountains, great rivers, vast grasslands, and plateau lakes. Beautiful examples include the surging Tiger Leaping Gorge of the Yangtze river, the rippling waters of Lake Erhai in Dali, the Meili snow mountains and the tropical rain forests in the south. For more details, please visit http://www.edward-adventures.com/EA/ethnic.htm

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Shangri-La

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The extravagances of love and fear of the finality of death are the theme of "Lost Horizon", novel by the British author James Hilton. It is a tale of four travellers crash-landing in a beautiful mountain utopia, the harmonious Buddhist kingdom of ‘Shangri-La’ where man lives to twice the normal age. (The name Shangri-la probably comes from Shambhala, a mystic Buddhist paradise). All indications are that the setting for this tale is in the mountains in eastern Tibet or Kham, where Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet meet. The book describes a beautiful fertile valley below the snow-capped peak of ‘Mt. Karakal’, where travellers reached by going "southwest from Peking for many months

Matthayana Buddhism

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Does anyone here know how Mahayana (not sure of spelling) differs from other forms of Buddhism?

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Does anyone here know how Mahayana (not sure of spelling) differs from other forms of Buddhism?

Mahayana is the form of Buddhism which is practiced by most Buddhists. It includes the Zen schools and Vajrayana (Tibetan Buddhism). Although a component of monasticism exists most of the followers of this form are lay persons. The other form is Theravada. literally "The Teachings of the Elders", which tends to be more monastic.

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