Stranger things

[Taomeow]

1 hour ago, Cobie said:

 

That’s not the Buddha in the picture, that’s Budai.

 

 

 

Budai, yes, aka "the fat Buddha" or "the laughing Buddha."  A Chan monk named Qici, later deified as the Future Buddha -- Maitreya.

 

Indeed, it was Lord Gautama the original Buddha who ODed on pork, but I wanted a picture of a fat buddha specifically to illustrate the point about overindulgence in food, not a passport photo ID of Lord Gautama. 

Contrary to a popular misconception, Gautama is not the only Buddha and the names "Gautama" and "Buddha" are not interchangeable.   

As a zen saying goes, "you walk knee deep in Buddhas."  

 

 

[Cobie]

Some people find it impossible to learn to graciously accept they got it wrong. 

 

 

Edited 23 hours ago by Cobie

[Taomeow]

1 hour ago, Cobie said:

Some people find it impossible to learn to graciously accept they got it wrong. 

 

 

 

You need to graciously love yourself off.  

[Nungali]

22 hours ago, Taomeow said:

Lamb is OK, just don't eat pork on a hot day.  That's how the Buddha entered nirvana.  Or, in layman's terms, died.  Ate too much of an irresistible pork dish, Sukaramaddava, on a hot day.  That's the Mahayana tradition, by the way, whereas in Theravada they try to shy away from the fact by asserting it was a dish of special "trampled by pigs" mushrooms.  But the hot weather was the likely contributor in either case, since the Buddha, before entering nirvana, told his host, the blacksmith who served him that dish, to bury what's left of it, just in case.  Which hints at the possibility it was spoiled and he didn't want anyone else to get food poisoning.  Though it's more likely he was trying to play down his overeating habit...  which, coupled with hot weather, may be more perilous than it is in cold climates where one needs to burn extra calories to stay warm. 

 

  

 

Thanks for the info .    Now I can start an online 'how to enter Nirvana  easily'  course . Just   come to my place on one of those  39 degree C days  ... hand over the money and all your possessions ( as you will no longer need them )   and    stay for lunch ;

 

Edited 14 hours ago by Nungali

[Nungali]

21 hours ago, Cobie said:

 

Imo it’s full speed ahead to disaster, this “high tech”.  Then again could be an age thing, grumpy old woman and all that.  

It’s a very good likeness. 
 

 

 

I'm sure you look better than that Cobie ?     I would not blame yourself  .... computers be causing difficulty everywhere ; 

 

Local store .... insert ..... nothing .... tap ..... nothing .... try again   ' Insufficient funds ' ... go to town  and try there ; same account $3600 +   ???     Produce agricultural store , Norco  ( northern co-operative  for farmers )  - notorious system ; slow, continued attempts  and fails . The other day they tell me  it doesnt do that anymore as it got foxed ... but now each time the sell an item , they are required to enter three more steps than before . 

 

So, armed with a pocket full of cash I go to the local store .... nope  ( computer runs the 'cash'  register       and 'its down '    )  

 

Full speed ahead tech disaster ; 

 

GO G1   ! Only $16,000   !! 

 

 

 

of course ... it will be ALL OK  !      Its just an old confused person that knows nothing and cannot see into the future   

 

- give 'em pork on a hot day , I reckon . 

[Nungali]

9 hours ago, Cobie said:

Some people find it impossible to learn to graciously accept they got it wrong. 

 

 

 

and some people seem to think someone said what they didnt say        A text followed by a picture with no link to them in the post ( although it was later explained why it was put there by the poster  ) 

 

Until Cobie  mutilated , cut and chopped and censored  a post by someone  else in a 'quote '  box , to try and make it look like what was said , she could 'validly' criticize  .... again !   

 

You might want to look at that proclivity at some stage ?