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Gaza Famine Alert Retracted Amid Diplomatic Backlash & Incorrect Data
Why not read the OP, its all in there. Fews claimed 65-70k there. Wrong, that's the facts. Even UNRWA disagreed with them. -
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Frustrated with Thai Immigration - 90 day online report frustrations
Except that CW now specifically stated in their online rejection email that the first report after re-entering Thailand has to be done in person, in person does not include by post unless they mean that but fall short of actually saying it. So they don't have to accept it all, the reason being their requirement that it's done in person. I'm hoping that postal also qualifies but there's no guarantee at all. -
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Motorcyclist Killed in Collision with Turning Pickup Truck in Nonthaburi
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Mother and Daughter Assaulted After Asking Beer-Drinking Men to Quiet Down
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The Unheeded Warnings: How Mass Immigration Is Reshaping Europe
Stupid people. Don't they know that in Britain curtains go on the inside of the window - not the outside. Perhaps they're immigrants and not familiar with our traditions? -
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Who lives on 20k a month ?
Slightly off-topic but have you considered including Phu Quoc in your search for an alternative retirement location? I've heard great things about it. Direct flight from Bangkok to Phu Quoc Distance: 327 miles (526 km) Flight time: 1 hour and 20 minutes -
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Pattaya Police Arrest Teenage Gang After Brutal Attack on Belgian Tourist
I am not sure if I misconstrued your reply. But if you were genuinely interested in MY KNOWLEDGE of Buddhism, instead of simply using Google. But I do use Google to add to my knowledge of many subjects. Some of my knowledge comes from Siddharta, from Herman Hesse. And friends who were also studying the subject. One German lady for example I met on Samui, who was going on a silent retreat for a week, in Koh Panghan if I remember correctly. And German friends in Greece interested in the same way. I have a copy in PDF of the book from Hesse, not sure if I can add it, considering copyrights. Wonderful book. Some info on it: SIDDHARTA from Herman Hesse, Hermann Hesse. Prelude: “What does it mean If you meet the Buddha on the road kill him? In the ninth century, the Buddhist sage Lin Chi told a monk, "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him." He meant that those who think they've found all the answers in any religion need to start questioning.” Excerpt 1 A goal stood before Siddhartha, a single goal: to become empty, empty of thirst, empty of wishing, empty of dreams, empty of joy and sorrow. Excerpt 2 Siddhartha learned a lot when he was with the Samanas, many ways leading away from the self he learned to go. He went the way of self-denial by means of pain, through voluntarily suffering and overcoming pain, hunger, thirst, tiredness. He went the way of self-denial by means of meditation, through imagining the mind to be void of all conceptions. These and other ways he learned to go, a thousand times he left his self, for hours and days he remained in the non-self. But though the ways led away from the self, their end nevertheless always led back to the self. Though Siddhartha fled from the self a thousand times, stayed in nothingness, stayed in the animal, in the stone, the return was inevitable, inescapable was the hour, when he found himself back in the sunshine or in the moonlight, in the shade or in the rain, and was once again his self and Siddhartha, and again felt the agony of the cycle which had been forced upon him. Excerpt 3 But in the evening, when the heat cooled down and everyone in the camp started to bustle about and gathered around, they heard the Buddha teaching. They heard his voice, and it was also perfected, was of perfect calmness, was full of peace. Gotama taught the teachings of suffering, of the origin of suffering, of the way to relieve suffering. Calmly and clearly his quiet speech flowed on. Suffering was life, full of suffering was the world, but salvation from suffering had been found: salvation was obtained by him who would walk the path of the Buddha. Excerpt 4 There is nothing to opinions, they may be beautiful or ugly, smart or foolish, everyone can support them or discard them. But the teachings, you’ve heard from me, are no opinion, and their goal is not to explain the world to those who seek knowledge. They have a different goal; their goal is salvation from suffering. This is what Gotama teaches, nothing else.” Excerpt 5 I saw a man, Siddhartha thought, a single man, before whom I would have to lower my glance. I do not want to lower my glance before any other, not before any other. No teachings will entice me any more, since this man’s teachings have not enticed me. But then, in Thai culture: What does wai mean in Thai? The wai gesture originated in Buddhism and has similar origins as namaste in Hinduism. It was basically a yogic posture of the palms and signifies the equal meeting of the two palms. It means that the other party is treated as an equal human being. But then the culture in Thailand has deviated from that, to a point of signifying something completely opposite. “Greetings are accompanied by the gesture known as a 'wai', which is the placing of two palms together, with fingertips touching the nose. A wai indicates the level of respect for another person and is an acknowledgement of seniority.” Excerpt 6 ….of me being Siddhartha! And there is nothing in this world I know less about than about me, about Siddhartha!” “What does it mean If you meet the Buddha on the road kill him? In the ninth century, the Buddhist sage Lin Chi told a monk, "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him." He meant that those who think they've found all the answers in any religion need to start questioning.” And I remember asking Thai people what was in their minds when they bowed to monks, or Buddha figures, I never got a reply. And afterwards it appeared to me that any links to Buddhism is related to asking for luck. Never found anything related to spirituality. And forcing kids to wai at elders, because the elders would be better than them. At some point, when they reach the level of Phu Yai, hey have had enough of that. And resentment happens, as they no longer want to be treated as inferiors any longer. Might very well be... And the words used to show respect, have become only noise. Where I have seen the most signs of respect, there were no such noise to be heard in the conversation. Buddhism, Oh well, the only thing good about it here, is that it is not a religion.
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