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A Smartass Post
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
Buddha
But it is possible to shield your eyes from them.
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Totally agree with you TG. Closed eyes appear to be quite the current fashion statement! Now if we could only get the concept of closed mouths being the next fashion statement.
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I know of one solution that fixes everything. Duct tape.
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That would work but is not likely to catch on. However, the saying “A closed mouth gathers no feet.” might just resonate with some people!
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The problem with that is, you have to say the saying. And if they don’t get the message, you have to keep repeating it. Until finally, you’re as bad as them.
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Well there is no acceptable solution to blind and absolute stupidity is there?
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No, there’s still no cure for stupid.
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So then a new eye Dr, like you suggest wouldn’t help my BIL?
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I’ll take a vote . . . Looks like the eyes have it. There was no nose.
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🧊🧊
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Getting a headache?
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DING!
You are so smart…. LOL!
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Depending on who you are, you can hide the truth a teensy bit longer.
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That’s true. Some people are better liars than others. For instance, I can always tell when my wife is lying. Unfortunately, she’s become just as good at lie detecting, with me.
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Well, with a good pair of suspenders you can keep the moon hidden.
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A good belt could take a crack at it, also.
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What a bum idea!
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A plumber would appreciate it.
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🙄🙄Oh help!
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That could help keep you from getting behind in your work.
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Groan!
Are you sure that the PUNderhead isn’t getting behind in his work, with his PUN wit this morning? 😉
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Yes, and that’s the bottom line.
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You had to expect some jack-ass to butt in with some wise cracks with a topic like this.
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I grew up making wise cracks on topics like this. It’s how I was reared.
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People probably think you’re full of crap now.
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They generally discover I’m full of crap when they ask me questions and flush me out.
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And you rose to my expectations! I couldn’t help but laugh, groan and “smack my head”
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😶🤚! I may as well get the ice pack out for the day. How many cups of coffee have you had so far today? 😛
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Only two, why?
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They obviously were spiked with Pun Wit!
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This is a wise, true saying! Unfortunately my ex-bil will never see the truth! He is too Blind!
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Maybe he needs a new eye doctor.
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That could be the answer. 🙂
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Another “Buddha” quote… Ha! But there is a Pali, “Book of Threes”…
https://suttacentral.net/an3.131/en/
So it’s the truth!
“A Shield for Your Eyes, a Beast in the Well on Your Hand“… a piece by the notorious Japanese noise-punk/hip-hop band, “Melt Banana”. Never considered that it might be a Buddhist theme.
“How to fake to steal?
Your heart’s got cracked!”
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I read the entire Sutta Pitaka (well, the abridged version) back in the 90’s after it was first translated, then sold by Wisdom Publications. There’s a lot of inspiring stuff in there. And then there’s some stuff that seems a little crackpot.
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Wow! I’m impressed! Even with an abridged version.
My dad had a (Japanese) set of the Tripiṭaka (Taishō?) and the Mahayana Sutras. I never had much interest, and couldn’t read them anyway.
Just occurred to me that I don’t actually know what happened to it. The books were compact. Still, took up a maybe four-by-six bookshelf.
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They’re pretty long, especially the Anguttara Sutta (as I recall). But there’s a lot of repetition also, so you can skip many sections, unless you’re into the mantra nature of repetition.
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So then, probably just about wise-sounding quote by “Buddha” really is attributable to him somewhere… maybe even more than once. I imagine that rest were said by “Einstein”.
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I think there are a lot of great Buddha quotes. I just don’t use them very often, as it can get kind of preachy.
By the way, it’s not the Anguttara Sutta. It’s the Anguttara Nikaya. Suttas are sermons found within a Nikaya (or volume of sermons). There are five Nikayas found within the Sutta Pitaka. And there are three Pitakas found within the Tipitaka. Tipitaka means “Triple Basket,” which are the three “baskets” of discourses found within the Pali Canon.
Whew! I had to do a little research refresher to remember all of that.
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Despite having grown up in a Mahayana Buddhist household, I never had much interest. I just sorta’ knew that there was this original source (like an Old Testament), and a load of reinterpretations that were thrown on top (like a New Testament or a Koran). But where I’ve actually read the Old Testament, the Tripitaka was just overwhelming to consider. And I assume that the version on bookshelves was pared down, as the sets in monasteries line whole hallways.
Apparently, the Tripitaka was also re-translated into a standardized Japanese form (like a “King James Bible”), in the early 1900s, I think. I believe that’s what my dad had. If I recall correctly, there were twenty-eight books that covered 85 volumes (Nikaya?) and something like 5,000 texts. Then there were more books with canonical illustrations things that were added in by Japanese culture. The Mahayana Sutras go all over the place. A great deal is esoteric. In Japan, I think the Lotus and Pure Land are the most significant.
What my dad had was all in classical Chinese. For someone familiar with enough Japanese kanji, they’re readable. So while my dad couldn’t speak Chinese, he could read it fairly well. I don’t think it made much difference to his beliefs; but it was something that interested him.
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I’ve heard that the canon of Buddhist scriptures that are considered to be “sacred” could fill an entire library. I’ve studied Mahayana, Vipassana, and a little bit of Tibetan (which is an odd version of Mahayana). I’ve read a lot of the ancient, texts, but only a drop in the bucket compared with all that’s available. At one time I was much more knowledgeable about Buddhism than I am now, as much has been lost to memory.
There’s something about Buddhist texts that is very inspiring on a deep level, if taken in small bites and reflected upon. Perhaps that’s where your father’s interest lay.
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