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Let's ridicule Buddhists! (Original Post) eridani Jan 2015 OP
So? newfie11 Jan 2015 #1
Reminds me of this quote about Rumi: kentauros Jan 2015 #2
. JI7 Jan 2015 #3
I love this one! cwydro Jan 2015 #5
Zen highway patrol, while clobbering a motorist with a bamboo stick-- eridani Jan 2015 #12
That is satire, because it is funny. Where is the insult? Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #4
Keep in mind, if you did that in Sri Lanka or Myanmar you might get killed (nt) Recursion Jan 2015 #6
Buddha wearing headphones could get you in jail. Warren Stupidity Jan 2015 #7
Even Buddhism has its batshit violent fundies. backscatter712 Jan 2015 #9
When the Buddhist asked for his change from the hot dog vendor... backscatter712 Jan 2015 #8
Excellent! n/t eridani Jan 2015 #11
"Let them burn and we shall clap our hands" --Mme. Nhu MisterP Jan 2015 #10

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
2. Reminds me of this quote about Rumi:
Thu Jan 8, 2015, 06:26 AM
Jan 2015
Rumi met many of the great Sufi poets. For example, as a young boy he met the Sufi Master, Attar. Attar is said to have commented about Rumi:

“There goes a river dragging an ocean behind it.”


I laughed out loud for a long time when I read that!

eridani

(51,907 posts)
12. Zen highway patrol, while clobbering a motorist with a bamboo stick--
Thu Jan 8, 2015, 03:24 PM
Jan 2015

"You see! You don't need to get there fast if you are there already!"

 

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
7. Buddha wearing headphones could get you in jail.
Thu Jan 8, 2015, 09:00 AM
Jan 2015

YANGON, Myanmar – A New Zealand bar manager in Myanmar has been arrested for allegedly insulting Buddhism after posting an online advertisement showing a psychedelic image of Buddha wearing headphones, police said Friday.

The offense carries a penalty of up to two years in prison.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/12/12/myanmar-bar-manager-accused-insulting-buddhism/

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
9. Even Buddhism has its batshit violent fundies.
Thu Jan 8, 2015, 09:47 AM
Jan 2015

Though to be fair, it has less of them than the Abrahamic religions.

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
8. When the Buddhist asked for his change from the hot dog vendor...
Thu Jan 8, 2015, 09:47 AM
Jan 2015

...the vendor said "Change must come from within."

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