grave disappointments

[Cobie]

 

On 16/09/2023 at 10:31 PM, Daniel said:

https://suvacobhikkhu.wordpress.com/2017/05/07/the-mass-suicide-of-monks-in-discourse-and-vinaya-literature-by-venerable-analayo/

 

"...The narrative concerns a mass suicide by monks disgusted with their own bodies, which reportedly happened after the Buddha had praised seeing the body as bereft of beauty..."

 

B: let’s tell them to meditate on how ugly their bodies are. 

result: some 100 dead people. 

B: okidoki no worries, let’s now do another experiment. Yippee, such fun.
 

I would have thought a more natural response of the Buddha would have been to stop talking in public. 

 

Edited December 11, 2023 by Cobie

[Sanity Check]

9 hours ago, Cobie said:

Maybe they know something you don’t know.  

 

 

 

 

I 100% absolutely hope people know something I don't.

 

It would save me the trouble of trying to warn them about every choice they made over the past 20+ years.

 

Which contributed to our current state of high inflation, general discontent and economic decline.

 

If I was smarter perhaps I would have invested my time and energy in other things.

Edited December 11, 2023 by Sanity Check

[Nungali]

On 12/11/2023 at 5:56 AM, Cobie said:

A thread to post various things that were a grave disappointment to you. 

 

 

 

Thomas Edison's  ?    I would have thought he deserved something more prominent

 

[Cobie]

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Edited December 13, 2023 by Cobie

[thelerner]

4 hours ago, Cobie said:

@thelerner super annoying.   I bet they said it was ‘for your own good’, like eating sprouts. 

 

I like brussel sprouts.  They may be bitter but they've tried to blackmail me.   

 

To be honest I had a greater supply of meds than I let on.  I thought when I pulled the 'almost out' card they'd let me buy the medicine I needed to live, that they'd show mercy to my lying  self.  I was wrong  

 

Lesson learned- My survival means nothing to them, follows the rules, make the yearly appointment or die.  I continue to exist thanks to their cold soulless mercy. 

[Cobie]

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Edited December 23, 2023 by Cobie

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Edited December 13, 2023 by Cobie