SofiaMaria

The world largest private sailing yacht is currently in Auckland. AWE INSPIRING! I would reccomend all you Aucklanders go check Athena out, at the end of Princes wharf. I have been more than once. She is a three masted Schooner (which refers to her gaff riging set-up as below)

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Actually the Maltese Flacon might be the worlds largest, and cost 10mil more than Athena at a whopping 100M! Exciting Rig also but not nearly as elegant!

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Buddhists are cool!!

Saturday, March 3, 2007 4:17:11 AM

I felt someone had to say it,
so instead of making my first ever post on the genius of Post it notes (they are cool 2) I will simply say the Buddhist way of life is awesome. Some of my reasoning include:

Vegetarianism
Meditation
Their views on the environment

Their views on life generally are pretty parallel to what I think. And without going and doing more research thats all I have to say.
I am a bad Christian!

The Noble Eightfold Path
Blatantly copied from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Eightfold_Path

Sila is morality—abstaining from unwholesome deeds of body and speech. Within the division of sila are three parts of the Noble Eightfold Path:

Right Speech - One speaks in a non hurtful, not exaggerated, truthful way (samyag-vāc, sammā-vācā)
Right Actions - Wholesome action, avoiding action that would do harm (samyak-karmānta, sammā-kammanta)
Right Livelihood - One's way of livelihood does not harm in any way oneself or others; directly or indirectly (samyag-ājīva, sammā-ājīva)

Samadhi is developing mastery over one’s own mind. Within this division are another three parts of the Noble Eightfold Path:

Right Effort/Exercise - One makes an effort to improve (samyag-vyāyāma, sammā-vāyāma)
Right Mindfulness/Awareness - Mental ability to see things for what they are with clear consciousness (samyak-smṛti, sammā-sati)
Right Concentration - Being aware of the present reality within oneself, without any craving or aversion. (samyak-samādhi, sammā-samādhi)

Prajñā is the wisdom which purifies the mind. Within this division fall two more parts of the Noble Eightfold Path:

Right Thoughts - Change in the pattern of thinking. (samyak-saṃkalpa, sammā-saṅkappa)
Right Understanding - Understanding reality as it is, not just as it appears to be. (samyag-dṛṣṭi, sammā-diṭṭhi)

The word samyak means "perfect". There are a number of ways to interpret the Eightfold Path. On one hand, the Eightfold Path is spoken of as being a progressive series of stages through which the practitioner moves, the culmination of one leading to the beginning of another, whereas others see the states of the 'Path' as requiring simultaneous development. It is also common to categorize the Eightfold Path into prajñā (Pāli paññā, wisdom), śīla (Pāli sīla, virtuous behavior) and samādhi (concentration).

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