Castor_Troy

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title in c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
Greg Bovino Loses His Job in c/news@hexbear.net
"Why is your phone in airplane mode?" in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
8 hour shift of shoveling and it's still snowing and won't stop until midnight. Granted I took 2 hour breaks to warm up and hydrate, but looking back out the window and the driveway is covered again. in c/chat@hexbear.net
:christ-on-a-bike: in c/emoji@hexbear.net
[–] Castor_Troy@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

That's Jared Leto.

So I just saw the slowed down footage on CNN of the Alex Pretti execution, that one of the pigs clearly reaches into Pretti's holster and yanks out the handgun and runs off with it. Then the other two in c/chat@hexbear.net
[–] Castor_Troy@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

When they burned down the police department in Minneapolis in 2020? That was the last time I felt bloomer

The New York Times's two cents after the news broke. in c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
I don't remember what Sean Penn movie are they talking about in c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
[–] Castor_Troy@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Plus DiCaprio is building a luxury hotel in Israel. I refuse to watch it. visible-disgust

White people are at it again, white Jesus wasn't enough in c/slop@hexbear.net
[–] Castor_Troy@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I know more about Theravada than the other schools so someone feel free to add to this or correct it

It's basically exactly what QinShi was saying. Budai is considered to be an emanation of Maitreya. Maitreya is a tenth stage bodhisattva, which is very close to being a Buddha. And in particular, since Maitreya is the next Buddha of this world system, he's even more closely associated with being a Buddha, and if I understand correctly, is literally referred to as a Buddha in Chinese literature. So, yes, Budai is basically a Buddha.

Haven't had alcohol for THREE WEEKS in c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
2026 BINGO in c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
[–] Castor_Troy@hexbear.net 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wouldn't that be Iraq 3?

So is the US at war with Venezuela now, or what's going on? in c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
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