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You say you love your girlfriend one hundred percent. Well, turn her inside out and see how many percent of her you still love. Or if you miss your lover so much when she's not with you, then why not ask her to send to you a vial with her faeces in it. In that way, whenever you think of her with longing, you can open the vial and smell it. Disgusting? What is it, then that you love? What is it that makes your heart pound like a rice pounder every time a girl with a really attractive figure comes walking along or you smell her perfume in the air? What is it? What are these forces? They pull and suck you in, but you don’t put up a real fight, do you? There's a price to pay it in the end, know!



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Tisarana Update - 29-7-2010 Update for: Thursday 29th of July 2010

>> Wonderful News:
The latest Wow Jones index shows that the relationally enhanced division of statistical dhamma ratios between pre- and post-meditative experience has extensive increases of mindful in-breaths to mindful out-breaths at 1.375:1.375 - and counting. The release of this news last week has seen significantly more people taking stock and actively leveraging their share. An opportunity not to be missed. [photo]

>> New Stewards:
Kelvin and Tina Stephenson-Chin have taken up residence at the monastery as stewards. Their intention is to stay for a year. They have been involved with monastery activities for quite some time already helping with any number of things and their extended commitment is most welcome.

>> Site Menu Change:
The monastery web site menu has been revised. The two main changes are: 'photos' is now under 'news' (also 'about us') and 'visiting' is a seperate heading. We have been having a lot of guest inquiries and the thought was to make this information more clearly visible. A good many pages have been updated to reflect the changes taking place at Tisarana and if you spot any anomalies please let us know.

>> Shining Summer Sundries:
The site has been cleared for the new kuti [photo] and excavation for the foundations will get underway on Monday. The lawn in front of the office (used to be asphalt) has been awaiting a level finish for some years now. It waits no more. [photo] The latest in the monastic privy range has been unveiled. [photo] A lavish fabrication with exterior artwork done by the families as part of the regular dhamma class (next meet: Aug 8th). Bravo. The clear weather we have been having makes all this work so pleasant.

>> Stupa:
The two photos uploaded a couple of weeks ago were not captioned. Some people have wondered where this is. It is in fact at IMS (Barre, Mass.) and will have a new layer added each year - complete with blessings and little Buddhas and... everything, as part of the annual family retreat there. A nice tradition evolving.