The Chinese were the inventors of the abacus and the lemon juice battery.

It was entirely accidental.

They were going for rectal stimulation toys.

Quote from: Reggie Essent on February 26, 2025, 10:44:09 PM   That's just because you chinks are racist as fuck.

Guilty as charged.    

Quote from: Shen Li on February 26, 2025, 10:41:57 PMI remember as a little girl in China being told by my teacher that Hinduism came from Chinese Buddhism.

    That's just because you chinks are racist as fuck.

Quote from: Reggie Essent on February 26, 2025, 10:37:00 PMBuddhism derives from Hinduism and the Bhagavad Gita is one of the primary Vedic texts.  It's a bit of a slog, but of interest just the same.

I remember as a little girl in China being told by my teacher that Hinduism came from Chinese Buddhism.

You can all have texts.

I just want a bitchin' vimana with death rays and all the bells and whistles including the cup holder. 

Quote from: Shen Li on February 26, 2025, 10:28:08 PMI haven't read it, but I have an interest in Hinduism. I have a strong interest in India. I will go there. What a contrast that will be to super orderly Singapore.

Buddhism derives from Hinduism and the Bhagavad Gita is one of the primary Vedic texts.  It's a bit of a slog, but of interest just the same.

Quote from: Reggie Essent on February 26, 2025, 10:20:32 PMTry reading the Bhagavad Gita.

I'll add it to the list.
I'm overdue a visit to Barnes&Noble anyway.

Quote from: Reggie Essent on February 26, 2025, 10:20:32 PMTry reading the Bhagavad Gita.  I've found that it helps provide a coherent background structure to help place this piece of one thing over here and that bit of another thing from over there in various traditions into some semblance of something that starts to make sense when you put all the pieces together.

Or not.

Ain't been no Druids in a while now.

I haven't read it, but I have an interest in Hinduism. I have a strong interest in India. I will go there. What a contrast that will be to super orderly Singapore.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on February 26, 2025, 10:10:29 PMBuddha's not a bad sort, really.
The closest I've ever come to adopting a spiritual philosophy is when I read up on Tao and if I remember correctly they share many of the same principles?

Take a bit of Tao, a smidgen of the native americans' Great Spirit, spice it with the Wiccan rede "an' it harm none do as thou will", then wrap the whole thing in Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle and you might have a vague idea where I'm coming from.

Try reading the Bhagavad Gita.  I've found that it helps provide a coherent background structure to help place this piece of one thing over here and that bit of another thing from over there in various traditions into some semblance of something that starts to make sense when you put all the pieces together.

Or not.

Ain't been no Druids in a while now.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on February 26, 2025, 10:10:29 PMBuddha's not a bad sort, really.
The closest I've ever come to adopting a spiritual philosophy is when I read up on Tao and if I remember correctly they share many of the same principles?

Take a bit of Tao, a smidgen of the native americans' Great Spirit, spice it with the Wiccan rede "an' it harm none do as thou will", then wrap the whole thing in Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle and you might have a vague idea where I'm coming from.

Buddha and Lao Tzu had similarities. Neither believed in a personal God that controls all. They are both teachers and not prophets or Gods like the 3 Abrhamic religions have.

Quote from: Shen Li on February 26, 2025, 09:11:50 PMI'm not into fat bald guys, but I like Buddha.

Buddha's not a bad sort, really.
The closest I've ever come to adopting a spiritual philosophy is when I read up on Tao and if I remember correctly they share many of the same principles?

Take a bit of Tao, a smidgen of the native americans' Great Spirit, spice it with the Wiccan rede "an' it harm none do as thou will", then wrap the whole thing in Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle and you might have a vague idea where I'm coming from.

Quote from: Frood on February 26, 2025, 08:57:47 PMbe'nI'puqwI' DaDalaHchu', be'nI'puqwI'.

My Klingon translator's batteries must be low because it tells me that says:

"My nice must you can do my nice, my nice"

Erm...

...

Shaka, when the walls fell.

Quote from: Garraty_47 on February 26, 2025, 11:37:09 AMI'd rather praise Zaphod Beeblebrox, president and the worst dressed sentient being of the galaxy.

It's way more fun and just as relevant.

I'm not into fat bald guys, but I like Buddha.

be'nI'puqwI' DaDalaHchu', be'nI'puqwI'.

Quote from: Prof Emeritus at Fawk U on February 26, 2025, 08:07:49 PMNext time you stop at Milliways, I'll treat you to a pan galactic gargle blaster.   

You're on, you zarkin' frood!