Did the Buddha teach 'We are all One'?
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*Of course, there are ways in which we ARE all one, all the same, all
connected, and that is almost certainly what most people mean most of the
time when ...
Feeding Chaos: Israel Cripples Syria’s Defence
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The justifications are always the same. We are moving into territory for
security reasons. We are creating a temporary buffer zone from which
tactical a...
State of mind in the moment of death
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Shinran Shonin said in one of his *Letters (Mattosho)*:
*“I, for my own part, attach no significance to the condition, good or bad,
of persons in their ...
A slower reading
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Here’s a gentle exploration of Hexagram 22, Beauty, in which we work our
way round to understanding! Kim asked ‘What’s happening?’ – looking for a
picture ...
Osho is 93 today…What Are We Thankful For?
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Today is the 93rd anniversary of Osho’s birth and so I think it’s an
appropriate time to formally acknowledge the huge impact he’s made on our
lives (and o...
Kids of Varanasi - overland 1987
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Sky-nomad has added a photo to the pool:
[image: Kids of Varanasi - overland 1987]
Varanasi, remains one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cit...
Kids of Varanasi - overland 1987
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Sky-nomad has added a photo to the pool:
[image: Kids of Varanasi - overland 1987]
Varanasi, remains one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cit...
Baekunam|백운암|白雲庵
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When I began my exploration into the lives of Gyeongheo, Mangong, and the
other monks at the core of Korea’s Great Seon Revival, the convince was
that most...
Aging Might Not Be Inevitable
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There are biological underpinnings to aging—and so researchers are
investigating cell manipulations, transfusions of young blood, and chemical
compounds th...
Pont U-Bein - Amarapura
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Philippe L PhotoGraphy has added a photo to the pool:
[image: Pont U-Bein - Amarapura]
Le pont d'U Bein est un pont de teck situé sur le lac Taungtha...
RESUME SATSANG
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After about seven weeks of silent retreat, Satang returns Sunday October
22, at noon. Thereafter Satang will happen on subsequent Sundays and
Wednesdays...
عروض زين المسبقة الدفع: كل ما تحتاج معرفته
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أهلاً بك في مقالنا الجديد عن عروض زين المسبقة الدفع: كل ما تحتاج معرفته!
إذا كنت تبحث عن خيارات مرنة ومناسبة لاحتياجاتك في خدمات الاتصالات، فإن شركة
زين تق...
yoga teacher training
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rishikeshashtangayogaschool has added a photo to the pool:
[image: yoga teacher training]
Experience the power of sound healing during our yoga teacher t...
Regrets, we lost Padmum too
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Apologies for the late post, but we suddenly lost Padmum (Padmini
Natarajan), Dad’s younger sister who lived in Bengalooru, on the 1st July
2023.
RIGHTS--AND WRONGS
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Dear Harry,
I have written to you before of my distress about the political and social
culture of my adoptive country. Imagine, now, a father buying his...
Gambar Striping Keren
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Striping itu adalah sejenis stiker motor untuk variasi dibagian body agar
motornya terlihat keren dan tampilanya lebih berkesan. Bagi Anda yang ingin
men...
The Five Hindrances
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There are five things that hinder your dharma study and your meditative
concentration, stemming from causes and conditions. They are known as the
Five Hi...
S India 2015_1997
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wallacefsk has added a photo to the pool:
[image: S India 2015_1997]
Suryanelli,
Taking Jeep from Muunhar to Kolukkumalai Mountain Hut,
Munnar,
Kerala, I...
Der Körper... Blumen welken!
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Ich sehe das auch an mir, der Körper verändert sich sehr stark, und
erinnert mehr und mehr an eine verwelkende Blume. Aber das ist gut so, der
Abschied kan...
Tibetan Buddhist Mandala Thangka
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TREASURES OF WISDOM has added a photo to the pool:
[image: Tibetan Buddhist Mandala Thangka]
Antique Tibetan Mandala Thangka - nagtang wall hanging - blu...
Jedem seine Hysterie!
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In einem Zeitalter der Abklärung, das eine entgeistigte Gleichgültigkeit
zum Motto hat, muss sich das nicht-Aufgearbeitete, die unterdrückte
Emotion, der s...
@nomad4ever is on Instagram
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Please follow me on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/nomad4ever Please
follow @nomad4ever on Instagram
The post @nomad4ever is on Instagram first appe...
Maha Shivaratri
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GaneshDeekshith has added a photo to the pool:
[image: Maha Shivaratri]
Lingodbhava puja - Abhishekam
Maha Shivaratri Festival is the most important day ...
Fears over Chennai-Salem highway project
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*Below I have posted an abridged narrative recently appearing in The Hindu
newspaper at this link here about the contentious proposed Chennai-Salem
high...
Sevenwinds, Life on the Bookends of the World
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The gate at St. Andrews Golf Club
*Yes, the Sevenwinds blog is still active as of 2021. If you see this
referral page, we are still here after mor...
Was Jerry Garcia a Bodhisattva?
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In this episode we speak with author, podcaster, award-winning journalist,
and dharmic psychonaut *Erik Davis* about the intersection of psychedelic
prac...
D.T. Suzuki on Knowing & Seeing
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*D.T. Suzuki & the cat: knowing & seeing*
“We generally think that philosophy is a matter of pure intellect, and,
therefore, that the best philosophy com...
Phra Pidta Mahalap Plod Pai 大富无险掩面佛
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*Phra Pidta Mahalap Plod Pai* (Nawa material) School building batch from
LP Joy of Wat Si Utumpon, Nakhon Sawan. With Yant behind, temple seal below
and k...
Playa Del Carmen--Mexico--Ozen Cocom
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dayamc has added a photo to the pool:
[image: Playa Del Carmen--Mexico--Ozen Cocom]
The Lost World !
www.facebook.com/pg/OZENcocom/videos/?ref=page_inte...
Tulasi Worship
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Tulasi is worshiped with mantras that are spoken directly to Tulasi Devi.
The three mantras for Tulasi Devi are as follows:
*The first mantra is for offer...
My 2016
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This year had not been a particularly busy one for me. It did however,
mark two significant landmarks in my life; I turned 65 in October and I
celebrated...
Legend of Ai Khai
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Legend has it that Ai Khai was a young novice monk following LP Thuad on
his pilgrimage. When LP Thuad came to Wat Chedi, Si Chon district, Nakhon
Si Thamm...
Come together, right now, and overcome.
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This country is galvanized today, and some feel as if they are in a state
of shock, while others feel a sense of privilege and bravado. This is not
the ti...
Weekend with Lama Tönsang and Denes Andras
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We are warmly inviting you to join us for a teaching weekend with Lama
Tönsang and Denes Andras. There will be teachings by Lama Tönsang and by
Denes throu...
Don’t take it personally…
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The struggles you go through, the injustice and inefficiencies you see
around you, the inconsistencies you find in the character of people, it’s
all part o...
Releasing !!
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———————————————————— concluded after six years of intense work and
Releasing on: Gurupournima Day Tuesday, 19 July 2016 Anurakti Kavya : when
a BuddhiYukta...
Gallipoli, Lecce, Italy
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Tokil has added a photo to the pool:
[image: Gallipoli, Lecce, Italy]
💰 ON SALE ↓
• iStock (Editorial)
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For More
📷 → linktr.ee/tokil.phot...
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I migrated dad’s memorial site to the new google sites and fixed the screwy
parts. There’s a load of content, so have a looksee. The root address is
https:/...
Apple Failed to Fix iPhone Teen Lost at Sea
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Apple had asked to unlock the iPhone belonged to one of the teenagers were
missing, Austin Stephanos, which crashed into the sea in July last year.
And, it...
The Power of Solitude
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Dear All, OM ! One of the most essential qualities one must cultivate to be
established in Self (Truth) is solitude. Because Truth reveals in all its
glory...
The Red Bird
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The Song of the Red Bird
On the 21st day of the first autumn month, a glowing red bird sang to me:
Ah Ho! Listen my child:
Many holy sublime individuals...
Railing Pillar With Yakshi
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ArtFan70 has added a photo to the pool:
[image: Railing Pillar With Yakshi]
Unknown artist, 200, Norton Simon Museum, North Arroyo, Pasadena,
California...
Winning the Shadow - Part I
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I would like to offer the following reflection, divided into some topics.
" Spiritual Cosmology".
In the spiritual world, *Paravyoma*, all living beings a...
WHAT IS LOVE SICKNESS ?NO SICKNESS AS LOVE SICKNESS
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WHAT IS LOVE SICKNESS ?NO SICKNESS AS LOVE SICKNESS..........
Lovesickness is the feeling of helplessness and hopelessness that we
associate with a failed ...
Miracles happening around us
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The spiritual energy of the universe is casting their spell onto our lives,
making miracles happen in our lives - daily.
Think back - what miracles has life...
Breath follows breath
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Shakuhachi is a mainstay of my life. It's not a luxury, its a routine part
of my day. Some days it totally sucks. Some days it's pure bliss. Some
day's I...
A series of new videos on Ramana Maharshi
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Last winter I agreed to tell stories of Bhagavan, his teachings and his
devotees while a French-Canadian film maker Henri Jolicoeur filmed me.
After recei...
"Happiness" on Independent Lens.
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Independent Lens is an excellent PBS program that has often covered
Buddhist topics. I had the opportunity to watch an advanced-screening copy
of the docum...
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/18/2014
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"For an aspiring bodhisattva, the essential practice is to cultivate
maitri, or loving-kindness."
~Pema Chödrön
[image: Bookmark and Share]
*Techn...
Early Morning Reflections
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I woke up this morning because my cat kept jumping on me and I couldn’t
take it anymore. You see, she likes things on a schedule and we feed her
every mo...
Who is a Bhakti saint?
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In order to answer this question, we will first take a look at the simpler
question, “Who is a saint?” and then simply add the element of bhakti to
the ans...
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More than just a fireplace accessory, a good hearth rug can be an essential
part of home safety. But that doesn't meant that you have to sacrifice
style to...
KONSEQUENZDENKEN und so…
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Konsequenzdenken und so… Konsequentes Denken und vor allem das daraus
erwachsende konsequente Handeln ist ein Ausdruck von… Selbstachtung
Selbsttreue Selbs...
A prison without bars
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*Sister Klaus in an exclusive extract from The Confessional Comments:*
*The Master-Devotee relationship is basically sadomasochistic: the Master
gets a ...
Whenever you are present
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Having access to that formless realm is truly liberating. It frees you from
bondage to form and identification with form. It is life in its
undifferentia...
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Hare Krishna,
Please "like" my page "Friends of Lord Krishna" on facebook. Now it has
67000 likes.
www.facebook.com/ht.tally
If you want to be one of th...
The person interested in success
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The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy,
inevitable part of the process of getting to the top. Dr. Joyce Brothers
Buddhism in a Logical Context
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Unlike other religions, lord buddha is not
- The God
- An incarnation of God
- A messenger of God
Buddha is a normal human being. He was born...
Or, How I Survived My Midlife Ego Crisis
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Welcome. This is a blog chronicling a four year period from 2006-2009
during which I underwent what is commonly referred to as a midlife crisis.
At that t...
Returning to the Source
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Now that the 'Ferocious Practice' has come to a close, my experiment with a
non-formal and non-traditional practice is at an end. While practice
witho...
Rumi - The Real Threat ... Nothingness
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[image: Rumi]
If it escapes, the lover’s breath, and strikes the universe of fire,
That universe without origin, it will dissolve into particles.
The ent...
Herman
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Hearing himself laugh might have been enough to ease the excruciating pain
caused by the twitching convulsions that tortured him worse than anything
the an...
Monkey Mind Has Moved to Patheos
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Thank you for visiting. After being hosted happily for some years here at
Blogger I've accepted an offer to join the team at Patheos.
You can link to my Mo...
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Autosave is currently non-functional for blog posts which contain HTML
errors, usually throwing a bX-qignd5. Engineers are working on a fix and
hope to hav...
Ein Riff der Stille
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*„Durch die Versenkung und Meditation kommt dann über den Schüler ein
Gefühl von Sicherheit, Ruhe und Frieden. Nicht ein Frieden, der nur in Ruhe
besteht...
Lalbaugcha Raja 2011 - Wallpaper - pictures - video
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Tomorrow September 1st 2011 is Ganesh Chaturthi, Ganesh Chaturthi 2011
Dates and Ganesh Visarjan Date. The Hindu festival will be celebrated in
India and a...
Sprinting to Enlightenment
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I was recently asked why I haven’t done much with the Anti-Guru blog
lately. My answer was, “I think I’ve said everything… at least twice.” I’m
not that in...
Join my page "Friends of Lord Krishna"
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Please join this page. More than 33800 people have joined it and it gets
more than 3 million post views every month. Its a very good opportunity for
outrea...
Desurammal
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Akhilandammal was better known as Desurammal as she hailed from the village
of Desur. Desurammal had first seen Bhagavan sitting in Samadhi at the
Arunacha...
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Dear Readers,
Mater Nishijima has not been in good health for some months.
So, updates of this blog and answers to your comments have been suspended
for n...
Donate to Dharma Cowgirl
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Attempts to add a PayPal donate button to the WordPress blog have been
manifestly unsuccessful at WordPress does not support embedded buttons. So,
if yo...
Four Ways of Letting Go
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If you must vote in Burma 2010 Election
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For Ecological more reliable women friendly transportation
If you have to vote in Burma 2010 Election, Vote for WWV-String
grapez reverts and retires in a single act
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this blog has been officially retired (as well as reverted back to its
original name and kept online for posterity's sake). all future poetry and
poetics w...
Why is There Something Rather than Nothing?
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The publication of Stephen Hawking's latest book The Grand Design has
stirred some new fire into the old embers of metaphysical speculation.
Specifically, ...
A PEEP INTOTHE WORLD'S BIGGEST POCKET
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The gho {Bhutanese tradit dress for men}ionaldeserves a place in the
Guinness Book of Records for what it can carry.
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"The real you is timeless and beyond birth and death. The body will survive
as long as it is needed. It is not important that it should live long".
Nisarg...
When the student is ready...
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I've been spending a considerable amount of time alone this week. After a
wonderful opening at the Ojai Yoga Crib last weekend, I felt an intense
desire to...
International Day of Non-Violence
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Today is October 2nd, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi.
(If you don't know who Ghandi is, then I will probably die a little inside)
Also, in honor of the man w...
Bad Buddhist vs. Four Noble Truths—Dukkha
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Dukkha, you win. You have stopped me and my blog in our tracks.
The First Noble Truth, dukkha, is the fact of suffering: that which gives
rise to the feel...
Introduce yourself
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BALIwww.com posted a new topic:
Thank you for sharing/invitation these priceless pictures of the world; it
does not matter where you come from.
It is a p...
Pandurang Shastri Vaijnath Athavale
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Hindu leader, born in Roha, near Mumbai, India. His father was a Brahmin
scholar who founded the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita Pathashala, a seat of Vedic
learni...
Daily Dharma
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Today a quote from Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood by
Karen Maezen Miller: Motherhood is a spiritual practice. It is a crash
course in wi...
Friends from across the pond
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What are you doing, Spotty? asked Stripes stifling a yawn and sneezing.
Dusting up! said Spotty, Go back to sleep.
I wasn't sleeping, I was practicing self-...
Syllabus, Winter 2009
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This meditation class is a ten week course. It is recommended that You come
to all of them, as they will build on what was learned the previous week.
This ...
The Dancing Baba and Ananda
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This is an entry I started to work on a few months ago . I never got around
to putting it up because I was eager to trace a photo of the dancing baba I
ca...
resuscitation
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Thanks to the enthusiasm of a few good friends, I have decided to get this
blog going, as a way to colletc my stories about Gesar and me travelling in
Asia...
KARTHIGAI DEEPAM
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KARTHIGAI DEEPAM
Kaarthigai Deepam is a festival of lights, celebrated in the Tamil month of
Kaarthigai. It is celebrated on the full moon day of the Ka...
Everyday stuff
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The author and Pisey, one of the staff from Cafe Fresco on Street 51 & 306
The website and Blog saga continues to trundle along. I haven't been able
to pos...
Monk in Burma
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gustaf wallen has added a photo to the pool:
[image: Monk in Burma]
The word Buddha is a lovely word, it means 'the one who knows".
Neverdoing any kind ...
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