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    From David Dalton@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 4 01:01:30 2023
    XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.religion.buddhism.tibetan, alt.religion.buddhism
    XPost: alt.religion.buddhism.nichiren, alt.religion.buddhism.theravada

    May the Fourth be With You!

    Since it is now 1:01 a.m. NDT (0331 UTC/GMT) May 4,
    Happy Star Wars Day!

    I’m still fumbling along on the thread
    “Full moon closest to Beltane”
    on alt.religion.druid, for any who notice effects.

    Note that that full moon happens to fall on Vesak.

    However that dismays me a bit, since I didn’t expect any
    correlation of my success with an existing religious
    festival, so I expect I will fail again in my latest
    Sisyphean moon rock rolling.

    --
    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)
    "My momma was a waitress; My daddy a truckdriver; The thing
    that kept their power from them; Slowed me down awhile." (Ferron)

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  • From David Dalton@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 4 06:00:28 2023
    XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.religion.buddhism.tibetan, alt.religion.buddhism
    XPost: alt.religion.buddhism.nichiren, alt.religion.buddhism.theravada

    On May 4, 2023, David Dalton wrote
    (in article<0001HW.2A035E9200453A9F700004F7A38F@news.eternal-september.org>):

    May the Fourth be With You!

    Since it is now 1:01 a.m. NDT (0331 UTC/GMT) May 4,
    Happy Star Wars Day!

    I’m still fumbling along on the thread
    “Full moon closest to Beltane”
    on alt.religion.druid, for any who notice effects.

    Note that that full moon happens to fall on Vesak.

    However that dismays me a bit, since I didn’t expect any
    correlation of my success with an existing religious
    festival, so I expect I will fail again in my latest
    Sisyphean moon rock rolling.

    The full moon also falls on Cinco de Mayo.

    The evening of May 4 to the evening of May 5
    is also Pesach Sheni, or Second Passover, which is for
    those who are ritually impure due to contact with a dead body,
    or who have been on a “distant journey” (e.g. a Wild Rover
    or prodigal son away in the wilderness).

    From Wikipedia:
    "One theme commonly expressed for this holiday is second chances."

    --
    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)
    "My momma was a waitress; My daddy a truckdriver; The thing
    that kept their power from them; Slowed me down awhile." (Ferron)

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  • From David Dalton@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 22 23:11:43 2024
    XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.religion.buddhism.tibetan, alt.religion.buddhism
    XPost: uk.religion.buddhist, talk.politics.tibet

    Happy Vesak to any Buddhist readers!

    --
    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) “And the cart is on a wheel; And the wheel is on a hill; And the
    hill is shifting sand; And inside these laws we stand" (Ferron)

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  • From David Dalton@21:1/5 to Go Zen on Sat May 25 16:26:36 2024
    XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy

    On May 23, 2024, Go Zen wrote
    (in article<XnsB17B5E13C39CCpunditstergmailcom@135.181.20.170>):

    David Dalton <dalton@nfld.com> wrote in news:0001HW.2BFED65700A3E37B70000AD0E38F@news.eternal-september.org:

    Happy Vesak to any Buddhist readers!

    Happy Wesak Day, David!

    The most important Buddhist festival which commemorates the birth, enlightenment and passing of Shakya the Muni, Gautama the Buddha, in Buddhism.

    As G. I. Gurdjief said "The world is a school..." and if human life can be said to have an overarching purpose at all, it is to graduate through to
    the Awakening of Wisdom or Knowledge. The main error is Ignorance, which keeps the karmic nexus going. The Muni termed it the Twelvefold Chain of Causation, that is, everything proceeds from causes - one thing leads to another.

    Today is Geek Pride Day, for all us Usenet geeks.

    --
    David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) “And the cart is on a wheel; And the wheel is on a hill; And the
    hill is shifting sand; And inside these laws we stand" (Ferron)

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