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I'm wondering what the hypersexualization of school girls in Magna comics say's about marriage in Japan?

Irony.

More points for thought:I thought more.

One day Buddhism will be studied in a petri dish and scientists will conclude that its emasculation of biological impulses (survival) as one of the strangest afflictions humanity has known. No wonder Western Tulkus want nothing to do with it

Ralis, You mentioned that you used to practise Vajrayana I was wondering do you still do ? I happen to agree with you about romanticizing Eastern Spirituality. The politics in the Tulku tradition is vulgar. Booze and women have a funny way of making someone act in a authentic way (human) again.

As you would all know by now Brisbane & South E QLD is experiencing its worse flooding since 1974, thankfully the water didn't peak at the same level as '74 but the cost to Brisbane is somewhere in the $20 billion area. Brisbane as most of my generation is now finding out was built on a flood plane and a boom in development on the riverfront has led to some very expensive homes being destroyed. My brother is currently charging around Brisbane trying to find stock for the restuarant where he works after spending yesterday evacuating people from effected areas-not bad for an athiest. To witness the devestation is to see the awesome power of nature uncensored. It's certainlly made me reflect on how affluence can contribute to a culture of complacency,particulary in fields that credibility lie in their predicitive accuracy or short-term projections. While it is too soon to lay blame, i am wondering why after weeks of torrential rain no one sounded the alarm bells. Nature is cyclic, 1893 saw flood levels rise up to 8 meters, then 1974 now 2011, we are very good at forgetting. While some people may deem the above critism as insensitive,I would point out that Australians support an enourmous bureeaucracy that is more than willing to drain the life blood of the nation in goverment salaries but totaly inept at managing our enviromental problems. Perhaps our impotent ex Prime Minister's $600,000 a year pension would be better put to building a dam that works. I want to offer my condolences to the families who have lost loved ones.

Tian Hui was also one of the greats. A master of Yin Yang Ba GUa Zhang, I style not derived from the other ba gua. Could shake 4 bodies off him when lying face down!

The spread of Thusness began with a doctrine hatched in the warrior cast of India. It goes against the will of the body (kidneys) to deconstruct and dematerilze. Way-making is the creative process that allows humanity to achieve the natural grace of longevity. People want to survive, that's it. Thusness is not correct cognition of samsara, it is actually a gradual emasculation process.