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IMHO Italian Pizzas are more Authentic.........

Pizza was invented in America.

My buddy is actually presently writing his thesis on the Vedic influence upon early Pali Buddhism... it's not finished yet but I can pass along your e-mail to him if you would like an e-copy of it when he's done.

Dhammananda Bhikkhuni will be speaking at the Ban Aree library. According to a recent e-mail, the details are as follows:

Tues 16th Oct, Baan Aree will be lead by Bhikkhuni Dhammananda – We are very happy that she will spare us the time, and we are hoping to draw on her broad experience from 30+ years teaching Buddhism and religion at Mahidol University, and as a Bhikkhuni, meditator, and now international figure in Buddhism.

I'm a big fat food delivery junkie, and must tell you that, unfortunately, BKK sucks for late night food deliv. Best is Subway, which delivers til 2am, but other than that we're <deleted>.

The Sunday Roast at the old Irish Xchange was the best. Wonder if they'll keep it going under the new ownership.

Also O'Reilly's (my second home) is great for certain things, but not others. Best hot-dog in town, hands down.

Recent e-mail from Phra Pandit (guy leading Ban Aree library talks):

Greetings to you all,

We have a few Dhamma events lined up in October, as listed below. One way or another you are on our mailing list, but please, if you are no longer in Thailand, or get the news some other way, do reply to this email and we'll take you off the mailing list.

All the events are detailed at www.littlebang.wordpress.com (click Library Talks), along with other topics. All Events are in English only.

In October then, at Baan Aree on Tuesday 2nd, is the final talk by Phra Cittasamvaro on the topic "Insight to Emptiness" addressing the question what are the insights in Insight Meditation.

On Sunday 7th, Suchitra Onkom is leading the Sunday Workshop at the WFB, Sukhumvit – it is always refreshing to get a different perspective than the Patriarchal Monastic one, and Khun Suchitra has earned a well deserved good reputation over the years. Details

Tues 9th Oct, at Baan Aree is open mic – there will be short and sharp vignettes from some of the regulars who you will have seen about, and chance to find out about the other faces in the crowd. Leading things will be East-West Psychology professor and long time meditator Dr Holly together with Khun Miki who will be helping keep things alive and balance the Thai-Western perspectives. One of the aims of the open mic is to find out what you/we as Bangkok Sangha would like to see organized in terms of best days/times, meditation/workshops/talks etc… so as a wide group we can arrange some of these things in the future.

Tues 16th Oct, Baan Aree will be lead by Bhikkhuni Dhammananda – We are very happy that she will spare us the time, and we are hoping to draw on her broad experience from 30+ years teaching Buddhism and religion at Mahidol University, and as a Bhikkhuni, meditator, and now international figure in Buddhism.

Tues 25th , Baan Aree will be lead by David Holmes – writer of several books on Buddhism from his time at Chulalongkorn University, and now editor of the upcoming Wheel publications for the internet. He is a long time associate of the immensely respected Bhikkhu Bodhi.

At the end of the month Khun Danai will spare us some time to lead a live "Dhamma Moment" – He was the author of the hugely respected 'Dhamma Moments' column in the Bangkok Post for many years, now compiled in a book of the same name. Juggling several businesses and a corporate speaker in high demand, his commitment to Dhamma through articles, practise, and facilitator of a large and regular Thai group of meditators, shows one does not need to be a monastic to commit and contribute to Dhamma. Date and venue to be announced.

Pandit.

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http://littlebang.wordpress.com

Yeah ThaiPauly I have the same deal. Op, you are lucky for being able to sleep, and also for the fact that when drinking you woke up to piss... this is pretty gross but when I was in the real throes of hardcore alcoholism I always had pissed at night but never woke up... nothin more embarrassing than a 25 yr old wetting his bed. That shit happens to a lot of alkies.

Saw actor Willem Dafoe in Bkk all lovey-dovey with a barely-legal Thai boy dressed in cut-offs and a tight white T-shirt.

she is a wonderful person, I knew her at Thammasat

I agree, she's awesome. Just wrote a paper on her, but haven't had the privilege to meet her personally. Props to her for having the balls to stand up for what's right. And to Sara Basit, first Thai bhikkhuni circa 1920.

To anyone who is interested, a number of her books are available in English, under the name Chatsumarn Kabilsingh.

Hey Wyaryan,

LOL that guy is a buddy of mine (the dude at Ban Aree library)... Phra Pandit is his less formal name. He's a wicked nice dude... tell him you know Tyler. You'll probably see a ginger Aussie there helping him out named Mark... he's my best bud so say what's up and he'll tell you all you could ever want to know about Eng speaking sanghas in BKK. We meet up like 5 times a week for a pint or two, and you're welcome to join us.

So you talked to Amphai at MCU? She's a sweetheart but a downright nutter, eh? We probably crossed each other in the halls or something... I'm the big fat white guy, and thus easily discernible from all the orange-clad, skin-headed Asian blokes.

PM me and I'll give you my phone # and/or that of Phra Pandit.

jesus wept. that is a thing of beauty. bens sandwiches and a caesar. i want.

Oh no they let you Ben's pushers into Thailand? I'm a Shwartz's (on St. Larent) man. No comparison.

Must be nice to be rich enough to order from Food by Phone. I ordered their menu book and realized I can't afford a single bloody thing! Sometimes I still look at the menus and fantasize before making my instant ramen.

Yeah because ladyboys are inhuman sideshow freaks to be gawked at and made fun of with your friends....

Sbk, perhaps the two most prestigious Buddhist Universities in Thailand are both in Bangkok-- Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University (MCU) in Wat Mahathat, and Mahamakut University in Wat Bowoniwet.

I can only speak personally about MCU, the university with which I am affiliated. Once only for monks, it is now open to members of the laity as well. It's most well known faculty is, of course, Buddhist Studies, though it offers programs in a number of subjects, primarily in the humanities. It's faculty is composed mostly of monks, all of whom are quite well respected. All are proficient in Pali, if that is of interest to your nephew. It also employs a few world-renown scholars, namely one particular British scholar who has the distinction of having published the most Pali Text Society translations of any living person. Additionally, it occasionally attracts well known guest speakers. For the last three days, Richard Gombrich, THE household name in Buddhist Studies (if there is such a thing), Professor Emeritus from Oxford, has delivered a series of lectures there.

Hotbed of Homosexual Behaviour....really, and no other organised religious groups of men behave in this way?? What is the point of your comment. .?? And do you also believe that some monks engage in heterosexual behaviour? Monks are both homosexual and heterosexual. Most strive to live by the precepts, some fail....I would have thought we could discuss more about dharma than sexuality in this forum...however always a chance to exhibit homophobia whatever the thread....

Dukkha, my apologies if I offended you in some way. I was just sharing some gossip, thought it was interesting that there is one temple in particular that has a reputation for such activity... and this is in NO way a judgement about homosexuality, nor an instance of homophobia. Had I heard that a particular temple had a reputation for sex between monks and mae chees, for example, I would have posted as such. I scoff at the fact that these monks are engaging in sexual behaviour at all, whether it be of the homo- or hetero- kind. I was simply trying to show that our idea of the pious, celibate monk is not always realistic. As one is free to disrobe in Thailand at any time, any monk participating in a so-called 'grave offence', sex of any kind included, should not remain in the Order.

And of course clergy members of other denominations exhibit various sexualities, and break their vows of celibacy. My post was not intended to compare the Sangha to any other religious group. It was intended as a response to the surprise Bellatrix noted at the suggestive comments she had heard a monk making.

At first I could not even pronounce the Pali.

Thais can't pronounce Pali anyway. Just ask the Sri Lankans or the Bangladeshis. whose native languages are a hel_l of a lot closer to Pali than the Thais!

I think I want a Tibetan Sky Funeral. Where they hack you up and let the vultures eat your flesh. Supposedly, if they consume your entire body, including your bones, you were a 'pure person.' I still stand by my earlier post that Terry Jacks' Seasons in the Sun must be playing in the backgrounḍ.

"You scored 29.

Feedback

* You are at the highest level of risk and your drinking appears to be very harmful.

* You are likely to be physically dependent on alcohol and will have experienced significant harm as a result of your drinking.

* Continuing to drink at these levels is very damaging, but you should not stop drinking today as you risk withdrawal symptoms, which can be medically dangerous.

* 96.4% of UK adults drink more safely than you."

Oh, shit.

PS All you guys joking about "Oh, I got a low score gotta step it up a bit" are way off base. I can't even describe what my drinking has done to my life... it's essentially ######ed it up beyond repair. I'm not in university anymore, so it's not cool to be the heaviest drinker around anymore. That is immature shit, and is so sad to people that have a real problem. I would be very proud of the day I couldn't drink as much as my friends. Try waking up every day for a few years with the shakes, which last until you can make it to the kitchen and pour some scotch down your throat, and you'll see what I mean.

I guess that's why I look the way I do, and you.... not so much

Hey I'm practically married, so I can let myself go till my heart's content!

What music would you like played, you know generally and specifically which tune would you like as the coffin goes into the cremator?

Seasons in the Sun. No question about it, I've known that'll be my funeral song since I was 17.

As this topic has been revived, even though the OP is long gone I think I'll respond to his inquiries about his own sexuality. A quote from http://www.reneereyes.com/Webdocs/mtintro.html, NOT a porn site but rather an informative resource about transgender issues, is as follows: "Guess which men are never sexually attracted to tranz-women? You guessed it: gay males."

I second the vote for the Irish Xchange, only 150 baht!

Please place all threads regarding light beer in the 'Ladies in Thailand' or 'Gay People in Thailand' subforums.

Wow thats a pretty amazing story.

My fiance is Japanese, and she works for a Japanese company here. She pays all the bills. And she's ######ing gorgeous. I win!