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From time to time, we have laugh out loud, spit-your-beverage-on-your-keyboard posts. Here's where we can collect them.

To post, use the quote function, copy-and-paste, so that source thread can be captured.

To start us off:

From, "Who do Psychics talk to?"
£$&^@ wrote: Tue May 28, 2019 3:19 pm
Viach wrote: Tue May 28, 2019 2:36 pm Who do psychics talk to in TV shows like "Britain’s Psychic Challenge" when they say they talk to people who have died long ago? After all, according to Buddhism, they have long been reborn.
1) Themselves.
2) Their accountants.
There is no suffering to be severed. Ignorance and klesas are indivisible from bodhi. There is no cause of suffering to be abandoned. Since extremes and the false are the Middle and genuine, there is no path to be practiced. Samsara is nirvana. No severance achieved. No suffering nor its cause. No path, no end. There is no transcendent realm; there is only the one true aspect. There is nothing separate from the true aspect.
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3. People who are still in the in-between state
4. People who have been reborn as gods or devas of the kamaloka heavens, or as gods or devas in the rupaloka or arupaloka heavens
5. People who have been reborn elsewhere in the wheel of becoming
6. People who have been reborn in the purerealms, i.e. in the realms beyond samsara
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"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Sarvē mānavāḥ svatantrāḥ samutpannāḥ vartantē api ca, gauravadr̥śā adhikāradr̥śā ca samānāḥ ēva vartantē. Ētē sarvē cētanā-tarka-śaktibhyāṁ susampannāḥ santi. Api ca, sarvē’pi bandhutva-bhāvanayā parasparaṁ vyavaharantu."
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1. (in english and sanskrit)
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Aemilius wrote: Fri May 31, 2019 4:28 pm 3. People who are still in the in-between state
4. People who have been reborn as gods or devas of the kamaloka heavens, or as gods or devas in the rupaloka or arupaloka heavens
5. People who have been reborn elsewhere in the wheel of becoming
6. People who have been reborn in the purerealms, i.e. in the realms beyond samsara
Boo.
There is no suffering to be severed. Ignorance and klesas are indivisible from bodhi. There is no cause of suffering to be abandoned. Since extremes and the false are the Middle and genuine, there is no path to be practiced. Samsara is nirvana. No severance achieved. No suffering nor its cause. No path, no end. There is no transcendent realm; there is only the one true aspect. There is nothing separate from the true aspect.
-Guanding, Perfect and Sudden Contemplation,
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Hmm, the topic seems to confirm my observation that the forum is generally lacking in humor. Taking ourselves too seriously is not a sign of spiritual progress. :|
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Aemilius wrote: Fri May 31, 2019 4:28 pm 3. People who are still in the in-between state
4. People who have been reborn as gods or devas of the kamaloka heavens, or as gods or devas in the rupaloka or arupaloka heavens
5. People who have been reborn elsewhere in the wheel of becoming
6. People who have been reborn in the purerealms, i.e. in the realms beyond samsara
What is on the opposite end of the spectrum from gold?
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
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boda wrote: Fri May 31, 2019 9:06 pm Hmm, the topic seems to confirm my observation that the forum is generally lacking in humor. Taking ourselves too seriously is not a sign of spiritual progress. :|
I pulled an all-nighter and trawled through 30 pages of 'the lounge' before falling into a stupor (sadface). I also laugh internally 99% of the time so no coffee came back out.

Jokes on me. :mrgreen:
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Grigoris wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 6:27 pm
Aemilius wrote: Fri May 31, 2019 4:28 pm 3. People who are still in the in-between state
4. People who have been reborn as gods or devas of the kamaloka heavens, or as gods or devas in the rupaloka or arupaloka heavens
5. People who have been reborn elsewhere in the wheel of becoming
6. People who have been reborn in the purerealms, i.e. in the realms beyond samsara
What is on the opposite end of the spectrum from gold?
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Queequeg wrote: Fri May 31, 2019 4:42 pm
Aemilius wrote: Fri May 31, 2019 4:28 pm 3. People who are still in the in-between state
4. People who have been reborn as gods or devas of the kamaloka heavens, or as gods or devas in the rupaloka or arupaloka heavens
5. People who have been reborn elsewhere in the wheel of becoming
6. People who have been reborn in the purerealms, i.e. in the realms beyond samsara
Boo.
"In the in-between state you will see those that are similar to you (in consciousness)", Bardo Thödol. Similarly in the in-between state of life you will see and be in contact with those that are similar to you. The psychics are also people in the in-between state of life.
svaha
"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Sarvē mānavāḥ svatantrāḥ samutpannāḥ vartantē api ca, gauravadr̥śā adhikāradr̥śā ca samānāḥ ēva vartantē. Ētē sarvē cētanā-tarka-śaktibhyāṁ susampannāḥ santi. Api ca, sarvē’pi bandhutva-bhāvanayā parasparaṁ vyavaharantu."
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1. (in english and sanskrit)
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Aemilius wrote: Sun Jun 02, 2019 5:56 am
Queequeg wrote: Fri May 31, 2019 4:42 pm
Aemilius wrote: Fri May 31, 2019 4:28 pm 3. People who are still in the in-between state
4. People who have been reborn as gods or devas of the kamaloka heavens, or as gods or devas in the rupaloka or arupaloka heavens
5. People who have been reborn elsewhere in the wheel of becoming
6. People who have been reborn in the purerealms, i.e. in the realms beyond samsara
Boo.
"In the in-between state you will see those that are similar to you (in consciousness)", Bardo Thödol. Similarly in the in-between state of life you will see and be in contact with those that are similar to you. The psychics are also people in the in-between state of life.
Uh huh.
There is no suffering to be severed. Ignorance and klesas are indivisible from bodhi. There is no cause of suffering to be abandoned. Since extremes and the false are the Middle and genuine, there is no path to be practiced. Samsara is nirvana. No severance achieved. No suffering nor its cause. No path, no end. There is no transcendent realm; there is only the one true aspect. There is nothing separate from the true aspect.
-Guanding, Perfect and Sudden Contemplation,
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Grigoris wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 6:27 pm
Aemilius wrote: Fri May 31, 2019 4:28 pm 3. People who are still in the in-between state
4. People who have been reborn as gods or devas of the kamaloka heavens, or as gods or devas in the rupaloka or arupaloka heavens
5. People who have been reborn elsewhere in the wheel of becoming
6. People who have been reborn in the purerealms, i.e. in the realms beyond samsara
What is on the opposite end of the spectrum from gold?
The opposite of matter is antimatter. Gold is one of the elements and its opposite would be antigold. Antigold is mentioned in this video about antimatter (at 2min12s)

svaha
"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Sarvē mānavāḥ svatantrāḥ samutpannāḥ vartantē api ca, gauravadr̥śā adhikāradr̥śā ca samānāḥ ēva vartantē. Ētē sarvē cētanā-tarka-śaktibhyāṁ susampannāḥ santi. Api ca, sarvē’pi bandhutva-bhāvanayā parasparaṁ vyavaharantu."
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1. (in english and sanskrit)
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Aemilius wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 9:25 am
Grigoris wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 6:27 pm
Aemilius wrote: Fri May 31, 2019 4:28 pm 3. People who are still in the in-between state
4. People who have been reborn as gods or devas of the kamaloka heavens, or as gods or devas in the rupaloka or arupaloka heavens
5. People who have been reborn elsewhere in the wheel of becoming
6. People who have been reborn in the purerealms, i.e. in the realms beyond samsara
What is on the opposite end of the spectrum from gold?
The opposite of matter is antimatter. Gold is one of the elements and its opposite would be antigold. Antigold is mentioned in this video about antimatter (at 2min12s)

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I get the feeling that this thread isn't really working out as was intended
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PeterC wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 10:29 am I get the feeling that this thread isn't really working out as was intended
Dunno, looks like classic Dharma Wheel to me.
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Miroku wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 10:36 am
PeterC wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 10:29 am I get the feeling that this thread isn't really working out as was intended
Dunno, looks like classic Dharma Wheel to me.
Of course.

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Well isn't this odd. I've devoted way more of my time here to humour than I should, but I didn't make the list. Maybe because a lot of it was Lolcat memes. Just ask Greg, he will testify that most of my many posts here are funny, if not outright laughable...

BTW I think you missed an important source of DW humour.... signatures and taglines.
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catmoon wrote: Wed Jun 05, 2019 9:20 am BTW I think you missed an important source of DW humour.... signatures and taglines.

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"Speaking" of Sergeant Schultz...

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:focus:
Queequeg wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 6:17 pm
Its the Finger-Wagging Precept. "I shall not stop wagging my finger until all beings have been shamed."
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