Those who came before me lived through their vocations

_content/av/new-order-blue-monday_song-exploder.md

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+---
+title: "Blue Monday (Exploded)"
+authors:
+ - "New Order"
+ - "Hrishikesh Hirway"
+subcat: music
+year: 2023
+month: may
+external_url: "https://songexploder.net/new-order"
+course: media
+tags:
+  - groups
+series: song-exploder
+number: 252
+minutes: 23
+---
+
+> Tell me how does it feel
+
+How changes in technology precipitated a change in music.

_content/canon/an8.69.md

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+---
+title: "AN 8.69 Parisā Sutta: Assemblies"
+translator: sujato
+slug: "an.008.069"
+external_url: "https://suttacentral.net/an8.69/en/sujato"
+drive_links:
+  - "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cWqZWgxmwuDRcJVuwy3mdZSYsFlUsmcW/view?usp=drivesdk"
+course: buddha
+tags:
+  - speech
+  - an
+year: 2018
+pages: 1
+parallels:
+  - avs40
+  - avs100
+  - dn16
+  - gf20
+  - sf245
+  - sht-sutta5
+  - t1451.35
+# Partial parallels from SC
+#  - ea42.7
+---
+
+Eight kinds of assemblies: aristocrats, brahmins, householders, ascetics, and various deities. The Buddha taught each.

_content/canon/ud5.2.md

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+---
+title: "Ud 5.2 Appāyuka Sutta: Short-lived"
+translator: anandajoti
+slug: "ud5.2"
+subcat: poetry
+external_url: "https://ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Texts-and-Translations/Udana/5-Sonavaggo-02.htm"
+hidden_links:
+  - "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eiCepmvr1q52_Qlnj-L3m7Fo0tVBJhDv/view?usp=drivesdk"
+course: bodhisatta
+tags:
+  - buddha
+  - ud
+year: 2008
+pages: 2
+parallels: []
+# Partial parallels from SC
+#  - ne37
+#  - pe2
+#  - t213.1
+#  - uv1
+#  - uv-kg1
+---
+
+Ven. Ānanda comments on how the Buddha’s mother died shortly after his birth and the Buddha says this is true of all Bodhisattas.

_content/monographs/bell-hooks-spiritual-vision_nittle-nadra.md

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 ---
-title: "bell hooks Spiritual Vision: Buddhist, Christian, and Feminist"
+title: "bell hooks’ Spiritual Vision: Buddhist, Christian, and Feminist"
 authors:
   - "Nadra Nittle"
 tags:

_content/monographs/quest-for-a-just-society_sivaraksa.md

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+---
+title: "The Quest for a Just Society: The Legacy and Challenge of Buddhadasa Bhikkhu"
+authors:
+  - "Sulak Sivaraksa"
+external_url: "https://pagoda.or.th/ebook-english-books/download/11032/11015/52.html"
+drive_links:
+  - "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FRHp-mqkoUJd_88zezpXGq0ilW7Yrw4-/view?usp=drivesdk"
+tags:
+  - modern
+  - thai
+year: 1994
+olid: OL960970M
+publisher: "Santi Pracha"
+address: "Bangkok"
+pages: 119
+---
+
+A collection of papers presented on the first anniversary of Ajahn Buddhadasa's passing, reflecting on his contributions to Thai and world culture.

_content/papers/buddhadasas-contribution_santikaro.md

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+---
+title: "Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu's Contribution to the World"
+authors:
+  - "Santikaro Bhikkhu"
+drive_links:
+  - "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j2Q-dv0ZhSvD9jRxDU6sSUN8mmvBnnkq/view?usp=drivesdk"
+tags:
+  - ethics
+  - becon
+year: 1994
+month: jul
+from_book: quest-for-a-just-society_sivaraksa
+pages: "71--106"
+chapter: 4
+---
+
+> The question, then, is whether we desire and are able to organize society according to higher principles or whether we will surrender to the lowest common denominator approach of capitalism.
+

_content/papers/buddhadasas-contributions_gaboude-louis.md

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+---
+title: "Buddhadasa's Contribution as a Human Being, as a Thai, as a Buddhist"
+authors:
+  - "Louis Gaboude"
+external_url: "https://www.suanmokkh.org/articles/14"
+drive_links:
+  - "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jA4Ai_fE54B48ayGBxj8JQSNPM4NoxwM/view?usp=drivesdk"
+course: modern
+tags:
+  - thai
+year: 1994
+month: jul
+from_book: quest-for-a-just-society_sivaraksa
+pages: "27--59"
+chapter: 2
+---
+
+> Anyone who tries to emulate Buddhadasa, whichever life one has decided to lead, should first remember the authenticity in his life. Authenticity engenders humility because aspiring to any ideal can never be perfectly achieved.
+
+A fascinating look at how Buddhadasa Bhikkhu responded to the challenges and opportunities of modernity in 20th century Thailand and provided an example able to inspire a new generation of Buddhists.

_courses/buddha.md

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 1. [L] End of the First Twenty Years
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 1. [Teacher] Teaching the Devas
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 1. [R] Locavidū
 
 1. [L] The Middle Period