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popcorn
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The Monks and Your Child
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Jun 10 12:53 UTC 1995 |
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zook
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response 1 of 15:
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Jun 11 19:38 UTC 1995 |
I tell them to go fly a kite. (If I were interested in Buddhism, I would
be honored by their request. If I were very poor, I might go along with
their request [to see my child get a decent education], especially if the
offer were accompanied by $$$)
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marian
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response 2 of 15:
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Jun 12 15:08 UTC 1995 |
i would be flattered, but follow my gut instinct. they could be kidnappers,
after all, just pretending to be perfect. but as far as education goes, do
we really know how good tibeten monks are at trig? :)
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madpoet
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response 3 of 15:
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Jul 23 08:46 UTC 1995 |
Ask the monks to recite the Heart Sutra and see if my kid knows it
and starts chanting along. If he does, we're off to Bhutan! If he doesn't,
try other such tests...reincarnated masters always remember some fragments
of their previous lives. If the monks don't know the Heart Sutra, then
they're not monks...they're child molesters in big yellow hats.
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marian
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response 4 of 15:
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Jul 28 15:50 UTC 1995 |
:) good one!
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popcorn
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response 5 of 15:
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Jul 31 14:21 UTC 1995 |
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marian
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response 6 of 15:
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Aug 9 16:47 UTC 1995 |
this isn't the same as _little buddha_ with keanu reeves, is it? we have that
at blockbuster...
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popcorn
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response 7 of 15:
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Aug 10 12:31 UTC 1995 |
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madpoet
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response 8 of 15:
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Aug 18 09:12 UTC 1995 |
Popcorn, are you a buddhist by any chance? Just curious...
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popcorn
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response 9 of 15:
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Aug 18 13:18 UTC 1995 |
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marian
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response 10 of 15:
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Aug 19 07:42 UTC 1995 |
i can reant it for free, if anyone wants to visit me in richmond on a weekend.
:)
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christ
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response 11 of 15:
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Aug 19 12:03 UTC 1995 |
HERETICS! I am the one and only trinity! YOU SHOULD ALL KNOW I'M SENDING
YOU TO HELL! You wonder how I know so much about you and then have
unscrupulous responses like these! I THUMP you with the bible! TO HELL!!!!
AAGAGAGAGAGGAGAGHHHHHHH!.
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canis
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response 12 of 15:
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Aug 19 12:49 UTC 1995 |
Thats, funny, that isn't what christ would've said..
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jazz
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response 13 of 15:
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Aug 30 07:31 UTC 1995 |
Depends on how dogmatic they are.
I'd probably recite an old koan about the five flavours of Zen and
the one flavour of Zen ... meaning the whole concept of "a Buddhist
education" is about as Buddhist as the concept of Christian idol-worship.
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ewhisam
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response 14 of 15:
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Dec 28 04:03 UTC 1995 |
I am grateful for the honor they wish to bestow upon my child however they
must understand that the beliefs of the father should be passed on to the son
and I am not a Buddhist but a Christian of the Episcopalian denomination
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mrhappy
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response 15 of 15:
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Dec 25 18:44 UTC 1998 |
First,I must say that Christ is as wacky as ever,although I think he just had
an embolism.Were I approached by monks in such a manner,The first thing I
would do is nearly piss myself with laughter-the irony alone would nearly
rupture my abdominal wall.I would then deny them-life is the best
teacher,especially in buddhism.Then,I would call them silly monks,and tell
them to keep in touch,and have them over for the holidays.
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