The Fruits of the Contemplative Life, Sāmaññaphala Sutta, DN 2. This contains the list of games the Buddha would not play, some basic rules of conduct for monks (though not the whole vinaya), supernatural powers, the first four jhanas, and forbidding holier-than-thou arguments. #Buddhism #religion
short sutta on how he who lives by the sword dies by the sword. #Buddhism #religion
脱裤子放屁 (“take off your pants and fart”) #Chinese
#AaronSw “broke the law because he believed that scholarly knowledge was a common good. This nonacademic gave his life for an academic cause” #history #USA #politics
wonderful #Chinese proverbs or clichés. Break pots, sink boats. Call a deer a horse. Morning three, evening four.