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I am happy for Aboriginal ancestors and for all Aussies! http://www.theage.com.au/national/land-of-riches-given-over-to-kakadu-20100528-wlkk.html http://ens-newswire.com/2013/02/07/australia-places-aboriginal-land-in-park-to-bar-uranium-mining/ _/I\_

Thank you

Please sign the petition http://www.thepetitionsite.com/375/017/513/stop-cat-torture-experiments-at-the-university-of-wisconsin-madison-uw/

Even if there was no historical Buddha, we have the Dharma, which is Buddha Body. We can have fancy thoughts about the former, but none about the latter.

Hi Phore, I am afraid there's none. Acaom requires on site clinical training and a minimum of training hours to avoid bogus programs. The only distance learning program that seems serious is the one offered by the Alberta College of Acupuncture in Canada, but even there, I think some on site training is required at some point. edited for syntax

Hello Scott, Welcome at TTB! Hope you will enjoy your time here. When you will have enough approved posts, you will be able to put the link of your blog in your signature. It looks like an interesting resource.

Obviously, the Firefox/Seamonkey CPU and RAM problem is still a pending issue for all Mac users. I have tried all the browsers for MAC. I finally found Sunrise browser. It looks more user-friendly than Roccat and it is very light. I can't say anything about security and privacy though. This point remains to be seen but I am not sure that one can rely on a browser for that. You can download it here: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/17569/sunrise The developer's site is here :https://code.google.com/p/sunrisebrowser/ This is my final note. Good luck

Too bad... Time to put back a safety lamp and dig..

I haven't found an alternative. But I found this that may help a bit: Firefox runs in 64-bit mode by default (at least on Mac anyway). I’ve noticed that Firefox uses up almost double the ram in 64-bit mode compared to when running in 32-bit mode. Also, some plugins (like Silverlight) are not yet compatible with the 64-bit mode of Firefox. Here’s how to run Firefox in 32-bit mode (by default) on Mac OS X: Using Finder, navigate to your Applications folder and locate the Firefox app. Command+Click (or Right-Click if you have a 2+ button mouse) and go to: “Get Info”. Check the box that says: “Open in 32-bit Mode” and close the Firefox Info box. Quit and then Relaunch Firefox.

To all Firefox lovers annoyed by the memory issue: Have you tried what is described on the following page? http://support.mozilla.org/fr/questions/939920 edited for spelling

About Pure Land and Chan : plpatriarchs.pdf

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Hi Lin, I have a question How can we accumulate true good deeds if our mind is not pure already? Ven Chin Kung explains the difference between true good deeds and false ones (when you expect something in return). But to expect nothing in return would mean being totally selfless which is a high realization already. Amituofo

Thank you for this Dharma teaching ! Amituofo!

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Welcome coffeecup ! Nice to meet you! edited: I misspelled your screename

Apech Hehehe, I found Roccat from Runecats. Since it is a cats organization, I do think it is the perfect solution for you. http://runecats.com/ Joking aside, I just tried it out on a Mac, it seems to work fine.

I didn't realized you were a Mac user. I don't know about Iron on Mac. Mmmm Will make a search and come back if I find something valuable.

You can try SRWare Iron, built like Chrome but not Chrome. http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php

I have completely dropped Firefox for a year now. I found it more and more user-unfriendly.

The same for me, but it doesn't bother me. Edited to add: I can't sign out with IE, but I can with Chrome

Let's say sutras are allowed Infinite Life Sutra

Hi Jetsun Please find attached the pdf file of Magic of mind recommended by Gerard. Here is a link for Concept and reality. http://www.seeingthroughthenet.net/ files/ eng/ books/ other/ concept_and_reality.pdf There is no problem with Copyright, these books are for free distribution. As for the third: Satipatthana: the direct path to realization, I am sending you a PM about it. MagicOfMind.pdf

Geshe Tashi Tsering wrote several little books that explain in a systematic way the fundamentals. They serve as a basis for a course ( Foundation of Buddhist thought ) he offers at Jamyang Buddhist Center in London, and also in a online format. These books are available at amazon in a printed format and also in Kindle format. The first of the series is this one : the Four Noble Truths I found the ones I have quite clear. You can also have a look at H.H Dalai Lama 's Four Noble Truths book. I have read it a long time ago and don't have it handy now so I can't really say how good it is, but H.H. DL 's books are quite good generally speaking. I would be able to get it back in a few days (Sunday) and tell you more about it. I remember it is a quite thick book. If you want a Theravada taste and don't have it already, you can find here an online version of Walpola Rahula What the Buddha Taught. But I resonate more with the Tibetan Mahayana way of explaining the Dharma. My opinion is that reading is only useful in so far as you relate what to read to your own personal experience and don't accept what you read as a dogma if you don't find it your life.The Kalama sutra is the essential guide here.

Hello Sean- May I be granted with a PPJ please ? Many thanks,