And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
To endure. In Korea we were out and about. The US troopers were freezing and doing jumping jacks and running in place. The Korean Marines just sat there. They performed well when we moved out. Some of my guys not so much. I asked my interpreter and he just shrugged and said it's winter. Same mindset as these monks. Accept what is.
Yes. The training is to endure suffering, both mental an physical. If you are going to reach nirvana (someday, some lifetime) you must be able to ignore all the distractions of the physical world.
everythingz zen
ReplyDeleteOK guys, coffee break is over... back on your heads.
ReplyDeleteBuddhist pledges?
ReplyDeleteBuddhist pledges for the win.
ReplyDeleteTo endure. In Korea we were out and about. The US troopers were freezing and doing jumping jacks and running in place. The Korean Marines just sat there. They performed well when we moved out. Some of my guys not so much. I asked my interpreter and he just shrugged and said it's winter. Same mindset as these monks. Accept what is.
ReplyDeleteYes. The training is to endure suffering, both mental an physical. If you are going to reach nirvana (someday, some lifetime) you must be able to ignore all the distractions of the physical world.
ReplyDeleteThank you, on point.
DeleteNeck bridge for insanely strong neck muscles. I used to do them. Hard to choke
ReplyDeleteThey are not wet, humans are capable of a great many things..
ReplyDeleteI think the one in the far back is Grasshopper from the old Kung Fu series
ReplyDeleteDiscipline. Mind over matter.
ReplyDeleteawaiting the 4:59 dual pee fountain.
ReplyDeleteI love the authentic Buddhist monk trainers they're wearing. Very traditional.
ReplyDelete"Concentrate.
ReplyDeleteYou are not holding your body up, grasshopper. You are holding the earth down."