Entries from July 2008 ↓

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Contact your admin he'll either fix this for you or will give the permission so that you can change your password on your own.

I really really love this song.
It touches my emotion.
I'm going home,too.

Hi there, my pc is connected to the internet and i use it in the office its actually an organization so everyone has got his/her own password to to their computer but for days now my pc has been giving me this message your password will expire in 6 days. Do you want to change it now? But when i try to change it, it will say i dont have permission to change the password…what should i do?

Explained over the weekend, by the 6yr old:

"Daddy? You know how on tv sometimes, something will happen, and then the people will repeat it? I think I have that. I think that's why I like to talk so much."

It dawns on me that she must be referring to the "summing up" that occurs in the last 5 minutes of so many shows these days.

According to:

http://www.ivu.org/people/writers/lama.html

This Dalai Lama is the only one to have ever attempted vegetarianism. Something he has not been successful with.

regards,
mango

.. like most people who value human relationships over tradition, [he] will eat meat if it is served to him in good faith..

I don't think the concept of doing no harm, is based purely on "tradition", it is more about feeling empathy and compassion for other beings.. Thus I would have thought this was the driving force behind a buddhist's choice to not eat flesh.

… I come to your house for dinner. You do not know that I am a Buddhist and vegetarian. You serve me a steak. Because I value your personal comfort and friendship more than a beef that has already been killed, and that was not killed for my personal benefit, I will eat (and enjoy) the steak.

I honestly think this is a bit of a cop out.. I mean, of course, all beef has "already been killed", and rarely is it specifically for anyone in particulars personal benefit..

What you are saying is that if you as a buddhist, find yourself sitting down for dinner with a tribe of cannibals you would gladly share and enjoy eating human flesh too, if it is offered to you, and no questions are asked..

It seems like you don't understand that a vegetarian does not eat flesh.. If there are circumstances that you do, then frankly you are not a vegetarian. You may eat predominantly vegetarian food, but clearly you are happy and willing to make exceptions..

..There is no need to be extreme; it gains nothing, and causes unhappiness.

Making an ethical stance that you do not wish under any circumstances to support the flesh trade should not be considered as extreme. It is a choice we are all capable of making, and potentially labeling it "extreme" does not really help anyone.

LET him not destroy, or cause to be destroyed, any life at all,
or sanction the acts of those who do so.
* Let him refrain from even hurting any creature,
** both those that are strong, and those that tremble in the world.
(Dhammika Sutta, v. 19)

I think the Dalai Lama, as do many other buddhists, fails to understand this concept, and attempts to justify his actions by making unfair comparisons – Hiding or playing down the cold hard bloody facts with misleading words – tradition vs human relationship.

If you invite me to dinner and I don't tell you before hand that I am vegetarian, then shame on me.. But if it happens, I will politely and respectfully refuse to eat any animal products.. This does not mean that I will not sit with you and enjoy your company, but making my stance clear from the onset, I have found, gains me more respect than allowing myself to eat something which I would be ethically opposed to..

peace,
Mango the Fruitarian

Hey man I was your big fan I wanted to say your my faverite wrestler.I well miss you so much.

Scrubs has got at least one more season as it moves to ABC. So, got a question for the cast?

damn it!!
what a song!!!
Heard it a zillion time and I still get tears in my eyes

i agree the episode isnt good… it was such a cop-out to just have montages over and over. but yeah does anyone know where i can download 'walking next to you'? the uk itunes doesnt have it and i cant even find it on l/w!