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KISS indledende dansk lektioner

Alex — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:00:39 +0000

Bog V, lektion 1-7
Hvad betyder det for dig at have et arbejde?

Bog IV, lektion 1-8
Undskyld, jeg forstyrrer. Har du meget travelt?

Bog III, lektion 1-9
Hvad er det smukkeste sted i Danmark?

Bog II, lektion 1-8
Jeg lærer altid mine sætninger, når jeg kommer hjem.

Bog I, lektion 1-9
Dav. Hvad hedder du?

Akkosa Sutta

Alex — Thu, 17 May 2007 01:33:41 +0000

As I’ve heard it, Akkosaka was pissed off because one of his relatives had joined the Buddha in the homeless life. He marched off to throw angry insults at the Buddha while the latter patiently listened.

When Akkosaka had finished cursing him, the Buddha asked, “tell me, brahman, do friends and family sometimes come for a visit?”

“Yeah, sure. Sometimes I have friends and family over as guests.”

“Do you serve your guests food and snacks?”

“Of course,” said Akkosaka, “sometimes I serve them food and snacks.”

“And if your guests do not accept the food and snacks, to whom do they belong?”

“If my guests don’t accept my food,” answered Akkosaka, “then those foods are all mine.”

“Likewise,” continued the Buddha, “your insults, anger, and abuses are not accepted by me. It all belongs to you. It is all yours. Those who insult back when insulted, return anger for anger, and engage in argument, are sharing a meal together. But I am not partaking of what you offer. It belongs to you. It is all yours. He who repays anger with anger is worse than the first. But he who refrains, wins a difficult battle for the benefit of both.”

SN 7.2

Thus have I heard

Alex — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:00:07 +0000

evaṃ me sutaṃ – ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi.

如是我聞。一時。佛住舍衛國祇樹給孤獨園。爾時。世尊告諸比丘

rú shì wǒ wén. yī shí. fó zhù shè wèi guó qí shù gěi gū dú yuán. ěr shí. shì zūn gào zhū bì qiū.

evaṃ mayā śrutam – ekasmin samaye bhagavāñ śrāvastyāṃ viharati sma jetavane 'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme. tatra bhagavān bhikṣūn āmantrayati.

'di skad bdag gis thos pa dus gcig na bcom ldan 'das mnyan du yod pa na rgyal bu rgyal byed kyi tshal mgon med zas sbyin gyi kun dga' ra ba na bzhugs so, de nas bcom ldan 'das [kyis dge slong rnams la bka' stsal pa]

Pneuma

Alex — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:24:10 +0000

Blasphemychallenge.com invites you to deny the existence of the Holy Spirit in an attempt to spur rational debate. While the web site is happy to sell you stuff, it fails to offer the opportunity to comment. My two cents: Is it any more blind to accept without question than to repel without consideration wisdom from our ancestors?

As I see it,
Christianity teaches a path toward inner peace,
though popular religion entangles its practitioners
in morality and personified mythology.

Rather than spirit,
pneuma (πνεύμα) means breath,
a primary vehicle
toward peace, disillusion, and selflessness.

ος δ αν βλασφημηση εις το πνευμα το αγιον ουκ εχει αφεσιν εις
τον αιωνα αλλ ενοχος εστιν αιωνιου κρισεως

Ignoring the breath condemns oneself
to dissatisfaction and ego. [Mark 3:29, sort of]

Why deny the existence of breath?

Saint Isidore of Seville (560 – 636)

Alex — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:30:09 +0000

When our internet connection goes down or computer misbehaves let us not call upon mortal nerds and prepubescent children. Let us instead pray to Isidore, the patron saint of the internet. Canonized by the Roman Catholic Church in 1598 and granted digital powers in 2003. Saint Isidore is the catholic patron saint of the internet, computers, and students.

Famous quotes:

If a man wants to be always in God’s company, he must pray regularly and read regularly. When we pray, we talk to God; when we read, God talks to us.

Heresy is from the Greek word meaning ‘choice’…. But we are not permitted to believe whatever we choose, nor to choose whatever someone else has believed. We have the apostles of God as authorities, who did not…choose what they would believe but faithfully transmitted the teachings of Christ.

Bless the authors of the Boston Globe for guiding our lost souls from the internet toward salvation.

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Catholic Forum

Catholic Encyclopedia

The Order of St. Isidore of Seville

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