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by justsit
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:59 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: My last will and testament
Replies: 16
Views: 611

Re: My last will and testament

"...when I exit stage left pursued by a bear."

Thanks for a good laugh. :thumbsup:
by justsit
Fri Feb 09, 2024 10:49 pm
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Question about Siddhis/Research/Spreading the Dharma
Replies: 53
Views: 2551

Re: Question about Siddhis/Research/Spreading the Dharma

... If I met a person who could walk through walls, I'd sure as hell pay close attention to their knowledge of the universe. Fine, but that's you. Plenty of others would just want to know how to do it themselves, preferably without studying with a dharma teacher for 30 or 40 years. Who's to say you...
by justsit
Mon Jan 15, 2024 7:06 pm
Forum: Dying and Death
Topic: tombstones
Replies: 4
Views: 543

Re: tombstones

Perhaps this thread could serve that purpose?

Some people might just want to leave a remembrance rather than a formal request for prayers from a group. I think there was something like that here at one time, it had candle emoji's maybe?, but I can't remember where it was.
by justsit
Tue Jan 09, 2024 12:34 am
Forum: Prayers and Aspirations
Topic: Prayers for Geshe missing in Washington State
Replies: 13
Views: 2316

Re: Prayers for Geshe missing in Washington State

Thank you for the updates and for the link.
by justsit
Sun Dec 31, 2023 5:22 pm
Forum: Alternative Health
Topic: Academic papers discussing TMC and Ayurveda
Replies: 15
Views: 1576

Re: Academic papers discussing TMC and Ayurveda

Just to add a quick but important caveat for those pursuing alternative medicines - please be sure to check the sources of whatever substance(s) you apply or ingest. The word "natural" as applied to a description has no legal definition in the US, so it is incumbent on the buyer to their h...
by justsit
Sat Dec 09, 2023 11:47 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Mr. Beast (and philanthropy in general)
Replies: 17
Views: 1174

Re: Mr. Beast (and philanthropy in general)

Perhaps this? https://www.thenation.com/article/socie ... santhropy/

Maybe not exactly nefarious, more duplicitous.
by justsit
Sun Nov 19, 2023 2:26 am
Forum: Prayers and Aspirations
Topic: Prayers for Geshe missing in Washington State
Replies: 13
Views: 2316

Re: Prayers for Geshe missing in Washington State

Thanks for the update. I traveled through that area via motorcycle years ago, it's a mountainous, very heavily wooded and isolated section of Idaho, but many teachers have experience living in those conditions. Making aspirations for Rinpoche's safe return.
by justsit
Tue Nov 14, 2023 1:06 am
Forum: Prayers and Aspirations
Topic: Prayers for Geshe missing in Washington State
Replies: 13
Views: 2316

Prayers for Geshe missing in Washington State

Geshe Dadul Namgyal has been missing in the Pend Oreille area since last Tuesday. If you can, please offer prayers and aspirations that Geshe-la is found quickly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ7HNM7VJNA
by justsit
Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:20 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello from Nevada, USA
Replies: 3
Views: 659

Re: Hello from Nevada, USA

Welcome, come on in. We're all bozos on this bus. :smile:
by justsit
Sun Oct 22, 2023 2:55 pm
Forum: Prayers and Aspirations
Topic: Prayers for my cat
Replies: 7
Views: 986

Re: Prayers for my cat

Oh, so hard to lose a faithful companion....May Mazda receive an auspicious rebirth. :anjali: :heart:
by justsit
Wed Oct 18, 2023 11:06 pm
Forum: Language
Topic: The Disapearance of Pennsylvania Dutch in America
Replies: 9
Views: 734

Re: The Disapearance of Pennsylvania Dutch in America

... This is very interesting. My family line is not of German origin (although I do have a late Bavarian uncle) although I do live in what is considered the New York Dutch area, which is loosely adjacent to the Greater Pennsylvania Dutch area. The area was settled by and comprised of Holland Dutch ...
by justsit
Wed Oct 18, 2023 3:15 pm
Forum: Language
Topic: The Disapearance of Pennsylvania Dutch in America
Replies: 9
Views: 734

Re: The Disapearance of Pennsylvania Dutch in America

Thanks for this, very interesting. My grandparents were of Irish descent, they lived and farmed in southeastern Pennsylvania (Chester County) for many years, there were some Amish nearby. Later I lived in southern Chester County, right on the Lancaster County border, and we had Amish farms all aroun...
by justsit
Sat Aug 26, 2023 6:44 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: This Guy is Really Interesting
Replies: 15
Views: 1155

Re: This Guy is Really Interesting

Something about people who work with land and growing makes a person easy to like. Possibly true if you're referring to the hippie-type back-to-the-land save-the-planet folks. Perhaps not quite so true with corporate/factory farmers or some other less-enlightened types. There are farmers in some ru...
by justsit
Fri Aug 25, 2023 2:07 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Barbie
Replies: 59
Views: 4448

Re: Barbie

...they’re *also* going to get an introduction to several of the most important and influential ideas in existentialism and phenomenology. They’re going to learn about the patriarchy. And Plato’s Cave. And Sartre and de Beauvoir’s Le Regard, and Le Regard Masculaine. And Hegel’s Dialectic. And the ...
by justsit
Thu Aug 24, 2023 3:07 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: This Guy is Really Interesting
Replies: 15
Views: 1155

Re: This Guy is Really Interesting

Something about people who work with land and growing makes a person easy to like. Possibly true if you're referring to the hippie-type back-to-the-land save-the-planet folks. Perhaps not quite so true with corporate/factory farmers or some other less-enlightened types. There are farmers in some ru...
by justsit
Wed Aug 23, 2023 4:01 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Dealing with hyper-awareness of NOISE.
Replies: 23
Views: 1871

Re: Dealing with hyper-awareness of NOISE.

When I was beginning on the path I took an "Intro to Buddhism" type course in a nearby large city. The course consisted of four weekend programs with each day having four meditation sessions. The venue was on the third floor of an older building downtown; it was warm, and the windows were ...
by justsit
Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:07 pm
Forum: Wellness, Diet and Fitness
Topic: The Great Debate on Quitting Smoking
Replies: 152
Views: 62879

Re: The Great Debate on Quitting Smoking

Do you want to quit? Or do you just think you should quit? Because if you aren't committed to quitting, if you aren't sick and tired of smoking, sucking in hydrogen cyanide, coughing up stuff, hacking and gagging in the morning, having breath that stinks and clothes that reek of smoke, etc, you WILL...
by justsit
Mon Aug 07, 2023 2:48 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Treasury of Lives: Women Initiative
Replies: 11
Views: 1791

Re: Treasury of Lives: Women Initiative

No surprise. They can really keep their secrets. I think, the reason is rather, being a woman feels like being invisible in many professionell contexts. This changed within the last decade, first time ever. I think, it's wonderful that the efforts for change are made worldwide. Yes, it is good. How...
by justsit
Mon Jul 31, 2023 10:59 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Barbie
Replies: 59
Views: 4448

Re: Barbie

In medicine, "assigned at birth" refers to the designation made by the physician delivering the infant. I have only ever heard the term used in that context, no reference to any creator. YMMV. I think Peter is using a bit of humor, something sorely absent in most of these types of discuss...
by justsit
Mon Jul 31, 2023 2:59 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Barbie
Replies: 59
Views: 4448

Re: Barbie

In medicine, "assigned at birth" refers to the designation made by the physician delivering the infant. I have only ever heard the term used in that context, no reference to any creator. YMMV.

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