Minggu, Juni 28, 2009
Rabu, Juni 24, 2009
1. Coca-cola dulu berwarna hijau
2. Nama yang paling umum digunakan di dunia adalah Mohammed
3. Dalam bahasa inggris, semua nama benua diawali dan diakhiri dengan huruf vokal yang sama
4. Setiap orang di USA punya 2 kartu kredit
5. TYPEWRITER adalah kata terpanjang yang dapat diketik dalam satu baris tuts keyboard anda
6. Menahan nafas tidak akan membuatmu mati
7. Ucapkan "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" beberapa kali. Nanti anda akan mahir berbahasa inggris!
8. Setiap raja dalam kartu remi melambangkan raja-raja besar jaman dahulu kala:
raja sekop - raja daud
raja kriting - alexander agung
raja hati - raja charlemagne
raja wajik - julius caesar
9. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,32110. Kalau ada patung orang naik kuda dan dua kaki depan kuda itu naik di udara, itu tandanya orang itu mati dalam perang
11. Kalau kaki kudanya cuma satu yang diangkat berarti orang itu cuma terluka dalam perang
12. Kalau semua kaki kudanya menjejak tanah, berarti orang itu meninggal karena sakit
13. Apa persamaan rompi anti peluru, printer laser, tangga darurat dan wiper mobil?Jawabannya: semua ditemukan oleh perempuan! ha!
14. Satu-satunya makanan yang tidak bisa busuk?Jawaban : madu
15. American Airlines menghemat $40,000 tahun 1987 dengan cara mengurangi 1 buah olive dari setiap piring salad yang mereka sajikan untuk penumpang kelas 1 16. Selama 4000 tahun belakangan ini, jenis hewan yang dipelihara di rumah cuma itu-itu saja
17. Rata-rata manusia lebih takut pada laba-laba daripada kematian
18. Shakespeare menemukan kata : "assassination" dan "bump"
19. Dengan menggunakan cara mengetik 10 jari, STEWARDESSES adalah kata terpanjang yang bisa diketik hanya dengan jari-jari tangan kiri.
20. Semut selalu jatuh ke kanan setiap kali disemprot cairan anti hama
21. Kursi listrik ditemukan oleh seorang dokter gigi
22. Jantung manusia dapat menyemprotkan darah sejauh 30 kaki
23. Memakai headphone selama satu jam dapat menstimulasi perkembangan bakteri dalam telinga sebanyak 700 kali lipat! (hmmmm awas yang biasa dengerin mp3)
24. Pemantik ditemukan sebelum korek api
25. Setiap lipstik mengandung sisik ikan26. Seperti sidik jari, lidah manusia pun mempunyai kontur yang berbeda-beda9 WORDS WOMEN USE
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Brahmanavagga - The Holy Man
(verses 383-423)
Strive and cut off the stream (of craving). Discard, O Brahmana, sense-desires. Knowing the destruction of conditioned things, be, O Brahmana, a knower of the Unmade (Nibbana).
When in two states (insight and concentration) a Brahmana goes to the Farther Shore, then all the fetters of that ``one who knows'' pass away.
For whom there exists neither the hither nor the farther shore, nor both the hither and the farther shore, he who is undistressed and unbound, - him I call a Brahmana.
He who is meditative, stainless and secluded, he who has done his duty and is free from corruptions, he who has attained the Highest Goal, - him I call a Brahmana.
The sun shines by day; the moon is radiant by night. Armoured shines the warrior king. Meditating the Brahmana shines. But all day and night the Buddha shines in glory.
Because he has discarded evil, he is called a Brahmana; because he lives in peace, he is called a Samana; because he gives up the impurities, he is called a Pabbajita - recluse.
One should not strike a Brahmana, nor should a Brahmana vent (his wrath) on one who has struck him. Shame on him who strikes a Brahmana! More shame on him who gives vent (to his wrath)!
Unto a Brahmana that (non-retaliation) is of no small advantage. When the mind is weaned from things dear, whenever the intent to harm ceases, then and then only doth sorrow subside.
He who does no evil through body, speech, or mind, who is retrained in these three respects, - him I call a Brahmana.
If from anybody one should understand the Doctrine preached by the Fully Enlightened One, a devoutly should one revere him, as a Brahmana reveres the sacrificial fire.
Not by matted hair, nor by family, nor by birth does one become a Brahmana. But in whom there exist both truth and righteousness, pure is he, a Brahmana is he.
What is the use of your matted hair, O witless man? What is the use of your antelope skin garment? Within, you are full of passions; without, you embellish yourself.
The person who wears dust-heap robes, who is lean, whose veins stand out, who meditates alone in the forest, - him I call a Brahmana.
I do not call him a Brahmana merely because he is born of a (Brahmin) womb or sprung from a (Brahmin) mother. He is merely a ``Bhovadi'' (one addressed as ``Sir'') if he is with impediments. He who is free from impediments, free from clinging - him I call a Brahmana.
He who has cut off all fetters, who trembles not, who has gone beyond ties, who is unbound, - him I call a Brahmana.
He who has cut the strap (hatred), the thong (craving), and the rope (heresies), together with the appendages (latent tendencies), who has thrown up the cross-bar (ignorance), who is enlightened (Buddha), - him I call a Brahmana.
He who, without anger, endures reproach, flogging and punishments, whose power and the potent army is patience, - him I call a Brahmana.
He who is not wrathful, but is dutiful, virtuous, free from craving, self-controlled and bears his final body, - him I call a Brahmana.
Like water on a lotus leaf, like a mustard seed on the point of a needle, he who clings not to sensual pleasures, - him I call a Brahmana.
He who realizes here in this world the destruction of his sorrow, who has laid the burden aside and is emancipated, - him I call a Brahmana.
He whose knowledge is deep, who is wise, who is skilled in the right and wrong way, who has reached the highest goal, - him I call a Brahmana.
He who is not intimate either with householders or with the homeless ones, who wanders without an abode, who is without desires, - him I call a Brahmana.
He who has laid aside the cudgel in his dealings with beings, whether feeble or strong who neither harms nor kills, - him I call a Brahmana.
He who is friendly amongst the hostile, who is peaceful amongst the violent, who is unattached amongst the attached, - him I call a Brahmana.
In whom lust, hatred, pride, detraction are fallen off like a mustard seed from the point of a needle, - him I call a Brahmana.
He who utters gentle, instructive, true words, who by his speech gives offence to none, - him I call a Brahmana.
He who in this world takes nothing that is not given, be it long or short, small or great, fair or foul, - him I call a Brahmana.
He who has no desires, whether pertaining to this world or to the next, who is desireless and emancipated, - him I call a Brahmana.
He who has no longings, who, through knowledge, is free from doubts, who has gained a firm footing in the Deathless (Nibbana), - him I call a Brahmana.
Herein he who has transcended both good and bad and the ties as well, who is sorrowless, stainless, and pure, - him I call a Brahmana.
He who is spotless as the moon, who is pure, serene, and unperturbed, who has destroyed craving for becoming, - him I call a Brahmana.
He who has passed beyong this quagmire, this difficult path, the ocean of life (samsara), and delusion, who has crossed and gone beyond, who is meditative, free from craving and doubts, who clinging to naught, has attained Nibbana, - him I call a Brahmana.
He who in this world giving up sense-desires, would renounce worldly life and become a homeless one, he who has destroyed sense-desires and becoming, - him I call a Brahmana.
He who in this world giving up craving, would renounce worldly life and become a homeless one, he who has destroyed craving and becoming, - him I call a Brahmana.
He who, discarding human ties and transcending celestial ties, is completely delivered from all ties, - him I call a Brahmana.
He who has given up likes and dislikes, who is cooled and is without defilements, who has conquered the world, and is strenuous, - him I call a Brahmana.
He who in every way knows the death and rebirth of beings, who is non-attached, well-gone, and enlightened, - him I call a Brahmana.
He whose destiny neither gods nor Gandhabbas nor men know, who has destroyed all corruptions, and is far removed from passions (Arahant), - him I call a Brahmana.
He who has no clinging to aggregates that are past, future, or present, who is without clinging and grasping, - him I call a Brahmana.
The fearless, the noble, the hero, the great sage, the conqueror, the desireless, the cleanser (of defilements), the enlightened, - him I call a Brahmana.
That sage who knows his former abodes, who sees the blissful and the woeful states, who has reached the end of births, who, with superior wisdom, has perfected himself, who has completed (the holy life), and reached the end of all passions, - him I call a Brahmana.
Bhikkhuvagga - The Monk
(verses 360-382)
Good is restraint of the eye; good is restraint of the ear; good is restraint of the nose; good is the restraint of the tongue.
Good is restraint in deed; good is restraint in speech; good is restraint in mind; good is restraint in everything. The Bhikkhu, restrained at all points, is freed from sorrow.
He who is controlled in hand, in foot, in speech, and in the highest (i.e. the head); he who delights in meditation, and is composed; he who is alone, and is contented, - him they call a Bhikkhu.
The Bhikkhu who is controlled in tongue, who speaks wisely, who is not puffed up, who explains the meaning and the text, - sweet, indeed, is his speech.
That Bhikkhu who dwells in the Dhamma, who delights in the Dhamma, who meditates on the Dhamma, who well remembers the Dhamma, does not fall away from the sublime Dhamma.
Let him not despise what he has received, nor should he live envying (the gains of) others. The Bhikkhu who envies (the gains of) others does not attain concentration.
Though receiving but little, if a Bhikkhu does not despise his own gains, even the gods praise such a one who is pure in livelihood and is not slothful.
He who has no thought of ``I'' and ``mine'' whatever towards mind and body, he who grieves not for that which he has not, he is, indeed, called a Bhikkhu.
The Bhikkhu who abides in loving-kindness, who is pleased with the Buddha's Teaching, attains to that state of peace and happiness, the stilling of conditioned things.
Empty this boat, O Bhikkhu! Emptied by you it will move swiftly. Cutting off lust and hatred, to Nibbana you will thereby go.
Cut off the five fetters and pertaining to this shore (self-illusion, doubt, indulgence in wrongful rites and ceremonies, sense-desires and hatred), throw off the five fetters that pertain to the Further Shore (attachment to the realm of form, attachment to formless realms, conceit, restlessness and ignorance), cultivate further five faculties (confidence, energy, mindfulness, concentration and wisdom). He who has destroyed the five fetters (lust, hatred, delusion, pride and false views) is called a ``Flood Crosser''.
Monks, meditate! Do not be heedless, pursue not the pleasure of sense to sway your heart lest the passions will toss you about and you will suffer.
There is no concentration in one who lacks wisdom, nor is there wisdom in him who lacks concentration. In whom are both concentration and wisdom, he, indeed, is in the presence of Nibbana.
The Bhikkhu who has retired to a lonely abode, who has calmed his mind, who perceives the doctrine clearly, experiences a joy transcdending that of men.
Whenever he reflects on the rise and fall of the Aggregates, he experiences joy and happiness. To ``those who know'' that (reflection) is Deathless.
And this becomes the beginning here for a wise Bhikkhu: sense-control, contentment, restraint with regard to the Fundamental Code (patimokkha), association with beneficent and energetic friends whose livelihood is pure.
Let him be cordial in his ways and refined in conduct; filled thereby with joy he will make an end of ill.
As the jasmine creeper sheds its withered flowers, even so, O Bhikkhu, should you totally cast off lust and hatred.
The Bhikkhu who is calm in body, calm in speech, calm in mind, who is well-composed, who has spewed out worldly things is truly called a ``peaceful one''.
By self do you censure yourself. By self do you examine yourself. Self-guarded and mindful, O Bhikkhu, you will live happily.
Self, indeed, is the protector of self. Self, indeed, is one's refuge. Control, therefore, your own self as a merchant controls a noble steed.
Full of joy, full of confidence in the Buddha's Teaching, the Bhikkhu will attain the Peaceful State, the stilling of conditioned things, the bliss (supreme).
The Bhikkhu who, while still young, devotes himself to the Buddha's Teaching, illuminates this world like the moon freed from a cloud.
