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I was absolutely mortified at what I witnessed yesterday.
The answer is not a question of law enforcement or increased penalties. The almighty solution is the suppression of the hammered in slavish believe in Karma. It is pumped into every Thai by the teacher, monk or phuyay from a very early age and good luck trying to fight those forces -
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Biden Administration Weighs Preemptive Pardons Amid Trump’s Return
Well, seeing as you dismiss facts from any source on your hero, I am not surprised you make that blanket claim, which to me is imbecilic in itself from you................. But, I reckon you think you look really coooool in your red MAGA cap, eh..........😝............😂 -
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Why Do So Many Foreign Men Still Marry Short-Time Girls?
That's called a blumpkin! -
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Sky TV Host Condemns Greta Thunberg "F*ck Germany and f*ck Israel,”
What do they call those youngin’s on college campuses who have been indoctrinated with anti oppressed ,anti colonialism Marxist propaganda, Useful Idiots! -
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Thailand's Rice Yields Lag Behind Asian Counterparts
Not new Thai yields have been low for decades Others willing to work harder -
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That which was never born can never die, therefore deathless. Is this "awareness"?
Hi Rocky, Your questions require complex answers, so it's not surprising you have had few replies. However, I'll delve into them because I have been thinking about these issues for some time. 1. That which was never born can never die. Basic logic would imply 'that which is never born' doesn't exist. However, the process of being 'born' has many stages. The first stage is the fertilized egg know as the embryo, which travels through the fallopian tube to the uterus. The next stage is the development of the fetus which is the unborn child in the mother's womb. The final stage is the actual birth of the child. As we should all know, the unborn, developing child can die at any time, therefore the statement 'That which was never born can never die' is clearly not true. 2. As our ego is an accumulation of conditioning over our life/lives, it is impermanent. This would appear to be logically true since nothing, in the environment we normally observe, is permanent. Everything is changing or degrading at different rates. However, there might be microscopic things that most people don't normally observe, which are permanent, such as fundamental particles that are subatomic particles which are not composed of other particles. Science is not certain about the permanence of such particles. 3. Death is followed by endless cycles of re birth into future lives, driven by attachment to craving. Rebirth in Buddhism is a rather confusing issue. On the one hand, the Buddha claims that there is no permanent soul and no permanent Creator God, and that what is reborn are just the 'characteristics' of one's behaviour in this life. On the other hand, there is a detailed description in the Pali Canon of the night under the Bodhi tree when the Buddha reached enlightenment, recalling dozens of his previous lives in great detail, including his name and activities. This is more than just characteristics. The questions we should ask ourselves is, 'How can rebirth of behaviour and characteristics be reborn?' 'Is there some magical spirit, outside the realms of science, that floats around, waiting to inject itself into a female's womb at the time of conception?' In Buddhism, karma is the idea that our actions, especially those driven by intention, have consequences that affect us in the present and future. How does this happen? Well, I think it's not too difficult to understand how it happens in the present. If you steal or murder, there will be dire consequences if you are caught. If you over-eat unwholesome food and don't bother exercising, you will likely become obese and suffer from many ailments. However, how our intentional actions affect the future with regard to rebirth, is more complicated. Physical rebirth can only take place through the process of copulation, with regard to animals and humans, and usually through the process of seed germination with regard to plants, although some plants can grow without seeds through a process called 'asexual propagation' which involves a part of the plant, such as a stem or root regenerating into a new plant, with nutrition from the soil. During the times of the Buddha, there was no knowledge of genes. Why apparently good people could somtimes suffer and die unexpectedly, was a puzzle. An explanation was Karma. The apparently good person died prematurely as a result of bad actions in a previous life. This is merely a speculative hypothesis. Modern science reveals not only that genetic defects can be transmitted from the parents to the children, but there is also a process called 'epigentics' which can transmit the 'behaviour' of the parents to their children. Epigenetics is the study of the heritable changes in the genome that are independent of variations in DNA sequences. Another example of how our actions in the present, 'Karma', can affect future generations, are the consequences of War. Even when the war has ended, future generations often feel, and pass on, the hatred towards the enemy. The most obvious examples are the current wars in Ukraine, Palestine, Jordan and Syria. These never-ending conflicts are the effects of Karma, passed down through generations. 4.The cycle of re birth continues, until one is awakened as a result of practice resulting in the quenching of craving. When a living organism dies, the rotting carcass, animal or vegetable, provides nutrients for future growth. Anyone who does not have children achieves Nirvana on their death. There is no rebirth of any characteristics, without successful copulation. -
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Foreigners and Thais Arrested in Underwear at Bangkok Hotel Party
Where are the coup plotters?? -
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Joe Biden Ranked 'Worst President' in Modern History, Poll Reveals
Even when your candidate wins, you still manage to whine! 😆
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