Turtle

"Imagine that the whole earth was covered with water, and a man was to throw a yoke with a hole in it into the water. Blown by the wind, that yoke would drift north, south, east and west. Now, suppose that once in hundred years a blind turtle would rise to the surface. What do you think? Would that turtle put his head through the hole in the yoke as he rose to the surface once in a hundred years?"

"It is unlikely Lord."

"Well, it is just as unlikely that one will be born as a human being; it is just unlikely that a Tathagata, a Noble One, a fully enlightened Buddha should arise in the world; and it is just as unlikely that the Dhamma and discipline of the Tathagata should be taught. But now you have been born as a human being, a Tathagata has arisen and the Dhamma has been taught. Therefore, strive to realize the Four Noble Truths."

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Facebook is educational

I leveled up for "Superpoke" application and new actions were added to my Superpoke list of actions. I innocently my colleagues asked about what an action means, which seems meaningless to me. They immediately disapproved of me using that action, and we soon went into a series of search on the actions listed in Superpoke. Seems like www.urbandictionary.com covers most of the terms. Well, sometimes it's better to know about things you shouldn't do, rather than not knowing that there is such a thing in the world.

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