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Sanctuary S
Sanctuary May 3, 2017 14:02:26
Replying to Littlestone

Littlestone wrote:
Ethericat wrote:
Om Mani Padme Hum.

I love this saying of the great Tibetan yogi saint Milrepa:

Aye. If you don’t have a copy check out the The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa. Also, Tibet’s Great Yogi Milarepa (edited by Evans-Wentz). First read them nearly fifty years ago. Jeez... don’t think I could manage it now. Drifting more-and-more towards a Jittoku-like lifestyle. :-)
Never mind about all that - does he have candles on his cake :-)

L Littlestone
Littlestone May 3, 2017 14:23:59
Replying to Sanctuary

No, but in Japan if you visit a Buddhist temple on his birthday you get free cups of amacha.

"Amacha means sweet tea. This tea contains tannin and phyllodulcin, a sweetener 400–800 times sweeter than table sugar (sucrose) or 2 times sweeter than saccharin. It does not contain caffeine. The beverage is credited with antiallergic properties. It is also used in the prevention of periodontitis." (Wiki).

:-)