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Three Things

Postby datura on Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:41 am

"Three things cannot be long hidden, the sun, the moon, and the truth." ~Buddha

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Re: Three Things

Postby redspiderlily on Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:13 am

datura wrote:"Three things cannot be long hidden, the sun, the moon, and the truth." ~Buddha



What about during an eclipse?
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Re: Three Things

Postby Gonzo on Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:45 am

Maybe the key word is "long"...I was wondering if Gautama ever played The Shell Game...
Is that so?
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Re: Three Things

Postby datura on Sun Dec 28, 2008 6:25 pm

I heard he was very good at three card monte ;)
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Re: Three Things

Postby datura on Sun Dec 28, 2008 6:25 pm

Argh removing double post lol :beer
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Re: Three Things

Postby Gonzo on Sun Dec 28, 2008 6:35 pm

datura wrote:I heard he was very good at three card monte ;)

Was that the Full three card Monte?
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Re: Three Things

Postby Red Heart on Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:40 am

Truth is tricksy precious...of whos truth do we speak?
Galileo Galilei: "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."
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Re: Three Things

Postby Mornings Sun on Thu Feb 25, 2010 5:06 pm

Truth don't belong to anybody its is complete in it self.
This Truth is beyond... yet it is all around, giving the reader life RIGHT NOW!
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