The Lounge: Dharma Wheel Gold

[Queequeg]

From time to time, we have laugh out loud, spit-your-beverage-on-your-keyboard posts. Here's where we can collect them.

To post, use the quote function, copy-and-paste, so that source thread can be captured.

To start us off:

From, "Who do Psychics talk to?"

Who do psychics talk to in TV shows like "Britain’s Psychic Challenge" when they say they talk to people who have died long ago? After all, according to Buddhism, they have long been reborn.

1) Themselves.
2) Their accountants.

[Aemilius]

3. People who are still in the in-between state
4. People who have been reborn as gods or devas of the kamaloka heavens, or as gods or devas in the rupaloka or arupaloka heavens
5. People who have been reborn elsewhere in the wheel of becoming
6. People who have been reborn in the purerealms, i.e. in the realms beyond samsara

[Queequeg]

3. People who are still in the in-between state
4. People who have been reborn as gods or devas of the kamaloka heavens, or as gods or devas in the rupaloka or arupaloka heavens
5. People who have been reborn elsewhere in the wheel of becoming
6. People who have been reborn in the purerealms, i.e. in the realms beyond samsara

Boo.

[boda]

Hmm, the topic seems to confirm my observation that the forum is generally lacking in humor. Taking ourselves too seriously is not a sign of spiritual progress.

[Grigoris]

3. People who are still in the in-between state
4. People who have been reborn as gods or devas of the kamaloka heavens, or as gods or devas in the rupaloka or arupaloka heavens
5. People who have been reborn elsewhere in the wheel of becoming
6. People who have been reborn in the purerealms, i.e. in the realms beyond samsara

What is on the opposite end of the spectrum from gold?

[DharmaN00b]

Hmm, the topic seems to confirm my observation that the forum is generally lacking in humor. Taking ourselves too seriously is not a sign of spiritual progress.

I pulled an all-nighter and trawled through 30 pages of 'the lounge' before falling into a stupor (sadface). I also laugh internally 99% of the time so no coffee came back out.

Jokes on me.

[Yavana]

3. People who are still in the in-between state
4. People who have been reborn as gods or devas of the kamaloka heavens, or as gods or devas in the rupaloka or arupaloka heavens
5. People who have been reborn elsewhere in the wheel of becoming
6. People who have been reborn in the purerealms, i.e. in the realms beyond samsara

What is on the opposite end of the spectrum from gold?

[Aemilius]

3. People who are still in the in-between state
4. People who have been reborn as gods or devas of the kamaloka heavens, or as gods or devas in the rupaloka or arupaloka heavens
5. People who have been reborn elsewhere in the wheel of becoming
6. People who have been reborn in the purerealms, i.e. in the realms beyond samsara

Boo.

"In the in-between state you will see those that are similar to you (in consciousness)", Bardo Thödol. Similarly in the in-between state of life you will see and be in contact with those that are similar to you. The psychics are also people in the in-between state of life.

[Queequeg]

3. People who are still in the in-between state
4. People who have been reborn as gods or devas of the kamaloka heavens, or as gods or devas in the rupaloka or arupaloka heavens
5. People who have been reborn elsewhere in the wheel of becoming
6. People who have been reborn in the purerealms, i.e. in the realms beyond samsara

Boo.

"In the in-between state you will see those that are similar to you (in consciousness)", Bardo Thödol. Similarly in the in-between state of life you will see and be in contact with those that are similar to you. The psychics are also people in the in-between state of life.

Uh huh.

[Aemilius]

3. People who are still in the in-between state
4. People who have been reborn as gods or devas of the kamaloka heavens, or as gods or devas in the rupaloka or arupaloka heavens
5. People who have been reborn elsewhere in the wheel of becoming
6. People who have been reborn in the purerealms, i.e. in the realms beyond samsara

What is on the opposite end of the spectrum from gold?

The opposite of matter is antimatter. Gold is one of the elements and its opposite would be antigold. Antigold is mentioned in this video about antimatter (at 2min12s)

[Grigoris]

3. People who are still in the in-between state
4. People who have been reborn as gods or devas of the kamaloka heavens, or as gods or devas in the rupaloka or arupaloka heavens
5. People who have been reborn elsewhere in the wheel of becoming
6. People who have been reborn in the purerealms, i.e. in the realms beyond samsara

What is on the opposite end of the spectrum from gold?

The opposite of matter is antimatter. Gold is one of the elements and its opposite would be antigold. Antigold is mentioned in this video about antimatter (at 2min12s)

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[PeterC]

I get the feeling that this thread isn't really working out as was intended

[Könchok Thrinley]

I get the feeling that this thread isn't really working out as was intended

Dunno, looks like classic Dharma Wheel to me.

[Yavana]

I get the feeling that this thread isn't really working out as was intended

Dunno, looks like classic Dharma Wheel to me.

Of course.

"Life is one continuous mistake." — Dogen / Japanese proverb

[catmoon]

Well isn't this odd. I've devoted way more of my time here to humour than I should, but I didn't make the list. Maybe because a lot of it was Lolcat memes. Just ask Greg, he will testify that most of my many posts here are funny, if not outright laughable...

BTW I think you missed an important source of DW humour.... signatures and taglines.

[Yavana]

BTW I think you missed an important source of DW humour.... signatures and taglines.

Sergeant Schultz knew everything there was to know.—catmoon's signature

"Speaking" of Sergeant Schultz...

Hitler, the Holocaust, and the Tiantai Doctrine of Evil as the Good: A Response to David R. Loy

[Dechen Norbu]

Its the Finger-Wagging Precept. "I shall not stop wagging my finger until all beings have been shamed."