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   David Dalton  wrote in   
   news:0001HW.2C026BE400D3F06270000F2D638F@news.eternal-september.org:   
      
   > On May 23, 2024, Go Zen wrote   
   > (in article):   
   >   
   >> David Dalton   wrote in   
   >> news:0001HW.2BFED65700A3E37B70000AD0E38F@news.eternal-september.org:   
   >>   
   >> > Happy Vesak to any Buddhist readers!   
   >>   
   >> Happy Wesak Day, David!   
   >>   
   >> The most important Buddhist festival which commemorates the birth,   
   >> enlightenment and passing of Shakya the Muni, Gautama the Buddha, in   
   >> Buddhism.   
   >>   
   >> As G. I. Gurdjief said "The world is a school..." and if human life   
   >> can be said to have an overarching purpose at all, it is to graduate   
   >> through to the Awakening of Wisdom or Knowledge. The main error is   
   >> Ignorance, which keeps the karmic nexus going. The Muni termed it the   
   >> Twelvefold Chain of Causation, that is, everything proceeds from   
   >> causes - one thing leads to another.   
   >   
   > Today is Geek Pride Day, for all us Usenet geeks.   
   >   
   "Intone a sound audibly, then less and less audible as feeling deepens   
   into this silent harmony." - Shiva Sutra   
      
   Zen Flesh, Zen Bones   
   by Paul Reps   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)