vacchagotta
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Pāḷi Canon suttas, Buddhist musings and art
According to tradition, at the first Council Ānanda recited the entire Sutta Pitaka and Upali the entire Vinaya Pitaka. Seems fantastical, but there are monks in the present day who have memorized the entire Pāḷi Canon en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipitak... #Buddhism
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I just learned that "pema" means lotus in Tibetan (comes from Sanskrit padma) and is completely distinct from the word pema in Pāli which means love/affection
He came to this world without invitation and departed without permission. He was born in this world and went from this world according to his own karma. What is the use of crying? That burning dead body is unaware of the lamentation of its relatives. Petavatthu 12 #Buddhism
"Nothing is permanent. So the wise man, when he sees that there is nothing he can hold for ever, chooses to opt out. He decides to get out of the race" - Ñāṇavīra Thera, speaking to Robin Maugham, 1965
I love this image of the Great Buddha statue in Nara, with the tiny monks capturing the grand size of the statue (15 m/50 ft). It was built as part of the original temple complex by edict of Emperor Shōmu in 743 AD. Let's talk about how SMALLPOX spread Buddhism in Japan. (📷: Yomiuri Shimbun)
Got an interview for a better position at a different location, have been prepping for it, whoops! The position is closed now and the interview is cancelled. Such is the nature of all things!
The fool worries: “I have sons, I have wealth.” He does not even possess himself. How then sons? How then wealth? Dhammapada verse 62, Peter Feldmeier translation #Buddhism
Idea: an artsy biopic of Ñāṇavīra. Clear narrative progression: early life, service in WW2, exposure to Buddhism (Evola!), ordination in Sri Lanka, pre- and post-sotāpatti, writing Notes on Dhamma, and finally suicide. Supporting roles: Ñāṇamoli, Sister Vajirā, Lionel Samaratunga.
Whatever living creatures there are with not a one left out— frail or firm, long or large, medium, small, tiny or round, seen or unseen, living far or near, those who have been born and those about to be born— may all beings be happy! Snp 1.8, Mettāsutta, Sujato translation #Buddhism
eva (^_^)/@eva.computer · 6d agoit is vaguely inspirational that gemini flash cares for the well being of all organisms
Everyone you love is going to die, and you cannot predict the order.
Happy Asaḷhā Pūjā! "At Baraṇasi, in the Deer Park at Isipatana, this unsurpassed Wheel of the Dhamma has been set in motion by the Blessed One, which cannot be stopped by any ascetic or brahmin or deva or Mara or Brahma or by anyone in the world." #Buddhism
"Even if low-down bandits were to sever you limb from limb with a two-handed saw, anyone who had a malevolent thought on that account would not be following my instructions." - Dario to Claude
ponder@ponder.ooo · last wk.the problem of how do u make a guy that's just kinda ok w/ u killing him is very serious and i deserve the same job title as actual ml experts for musing about it on my blog
The line "orbited your fey, lugubrious ass to this website" is poetry of the highest echelon
vacchagotta@vacchagotta.bsky.social · last wk.thinking of our departed comrade t-paine
But here's the part nobody wants to talk about: nobody's talking about this part because we really don't want to, and honestly this part is not very interesting. Read the room. Don't talk about it
Tomorrow is Asaḷhā Pūjā, the full moon day remembered for the Buddha’s teaching of the Rolling Forth of the Wheel of the Teaching. It’s a lightning strike, slashing thru religious assumptions and delivering truths that the Buddha kept unpacking for 45 years.
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Early Buddhist texts from the Tipitaka (Tripitaka). Suttas (sutras) with the Buddha's teachings on mindfulness, insight, wisdom, and meditation.
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BDG News: Ancient Buddhist Site of Sarnath Added to UNESCO World Heritage List 🔗 Read more: www.buddhistdoor.net/news/ancient... #Buddhism #Archaeology #Sarnath #Buddha #India #Pilgrimage #UNESCO #WorldHeritageSite
Ancient Buddhist Site of Sarnath Added to UNESCO World Heritage List - Buddhistdoor Global
UNESCO recognizes one of Buddhism’s four principal pilgrimage destinations in northern India
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“I must say that in general Americans are not able to think analogically… because for many of them things are what they are. If you were to say that one thing is not the same thing as another, but only analogous to it, they wouldn’t understand…. It requires abstract thinking…” - OM Ungers
Maraṇasati is such a useful practice. I have some inconvenient obligations thrust upon me, I might miss my appointment to see the Odyssey, but then I remember: I *will* die someday, possibly in a drawn-out and painful fashion, and that recollection makes everything sort of level out
"seek truth from facts" - google search AI is maoist
From The West Meadow@fromthewestmeadow.com · 2w ago
The OpenAI/Huggingface incident is like if Dennis Nedry was also the T-Rex
Is anyone else following the guy on r/shittyfoodporn who lives in a remote cabin, eats expired food and dandelions, and washes his dishes by soaking them in an outdoor trough that's got frogs living in it?
"Know what it means to flatter and to rebuke. Knowing these, avoid them, and just teach Dhamma." MN 139, Araṇavibhaṅgasutta, Sujato translation #Buddhism
If I have the choice between a million dollars or flipping a coin for a billion dollars I will of course take the coin flip, with the single added condition that if I lose the flip I will kill myself
