Thank you for your explanation. I appreciate you effort to clarify. A word of warning, though. 'kill' is not the Japanese word, it's an attempt at translation. I live in Japan, my children attend a Buddhist school. Kill is not in their world-view. Even killing a fly is generally considered bad in Buddhism.
Your quote 'kill him' might be better rendered as 'put him of your mind'. It's a struggle to unify these two modes of thinking.
I don't understand much chinese and the linked article has has a link to what claims be Japanese but is in fact Chinese, the keyword is inconclasm i.e. breaking the mainstream icoms or images.
While we're about it, disccusing this last night, the meaning of nirvana came up. Nirvana is simply the moment the candle is exstinguished. I think to most western thinkers,
nirvana means heaven.
I don't want an argument, and I'm a bit pissed....
What the hell are you talking about "kill it". The essence of Buddhism is not increase suffering. The worst sin in Buddhism if if the child dies before the parents. How can "kill it" be in Buddhism ?
Maybe 10 years ago, his face was on the comedy quiz "Have I got news for you" on UKs BBC2. Ian Hislop of Private Eye, with his usual straight face, looking into camera, live at 6PM says
"He was the first person to fuck on TV, and I was the last!"
After that all the contestants descended into
"Fuck off! Me, I was the last one!"
"You're all fucking wrong, it was me!"
And so on.
Very, very funny then but I would let my little preteenagers watch it now.
England 1740, industrial starts. Could we say ends 1985 for the UK. Now consider the birth of modern France (1795), Germany(1860), Italy (1870), USA (picking the Civil War 1865). They seem to coincide quite well. And you don't have shout to show how clever you are.
Why?
Borders are an artificial invention of the industrial era. The US/Mexico border doesn't work and should be abandoned. We're trapped in the tyranny of industrial-era legacy, eg patents. FOSS, Stallman's copyleft, etc is the third wave. Forget your nationallity and brand loyalty.
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Thank you for your explanation. I appreciate you effort to clarify. A word of warning, though. 'kill' is not the Japanese word, it's an attempt at translation. I live in Japan, my children attend a Buddhist school. Kill is not in their world-view. Even killing a fly is generally considered bad in Buddhism.
Your quote 'kill him' might be better rendered as 'put him of your mind'. It's a struggle to unify these two modes of thinking.
I don't understand much chinese and the linked article has has a link to what claims be Japanese but is in fact Chinese, the keyword is inconclasm i.e. breaking the mainstream icoms or images.
While we're about it, disccusing this last night, the meaning of nirvana came up. Nirvana is simply the moment the candle is exstinguished. I think to most western thinkers, nirvana means heaven.
I don't want an argument, and I'm a bit pissed....
What the hell are you talking about "kill it". The essence of Buddhism is not increase suffering. The worst sin in Buddhism if if the child dies before the parents. How can "kill it" be in Buddhism ?
The first person to say fuck on TV was Kenneth Tynan.
Maybe 10 years ago, his face was on the comedy quiz "Have I got news for you" on UKs BBC2. Ian Hislop of Private Eye, with his usual straight face, looking into camera, live at 6PM says
"He was the first person to fuck on TV, and I was the last!"
After that all the contestants descended into
"Fuck off! Me, I was the last one!"
"You're all fucking wrong, it was me!"
And so on.
Very, very funny then but I would let my little preteenagers watch it now.
"Persians invaded their [Greek] city states"
Q. Why weren't they invading Greece ?
A. Modern nation-states didn't exist in the ancient world.
England 1740, industrial starts. Could we say ends 1985 for the UK. Now consider the birth of modern France (1795), Germany(1860), Italy (1870), USA (picking the Civil War 1865). They seem to coincide quite well. And you don't have shout to show how clever you are.
Why? Borders are an artificial invention of the industrial era. The US/Mexico border doesn't work and should be abandoned. We're trapped in the tyranny of industrial-era legacy, eg patents. FOSS, Stallman's copyleft, etc is the third wave. Forget your nationallity and brand loyalty.