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A FUNNY, AT LEAST I THINK SO!

Love my grandkids — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 23:43:36 GMT

Saw this on a FB page:

A zen Buddhist says to the hot dog vendor: Make me one with everything.

hee hee

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Goldengate8361 — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 00:26:53 GMT

A very nice sentiment! I confess....I had to read it twice to get it. LOL....its been a long day, I guess.

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fthunt — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 01:00:59 GMT

@Goldengate8361 I read 3 times and no smarter than round #1

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Lucky Charm — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 01:05:09 GMT

Cute, but I don't think Buddhists eat meat.

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Love my grandkids — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 01:19:20 GMT

@Lucky Charm I did a net search and you are mistaken, sorry. Many do and are allowed to eat meat. It's interesting if you look it up.

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Lucky Charm — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 01:23:25 GMT

@Love my grandkids wrote:
@Lucky Charm I did a net search and you are mistaken, sorry. Many do and are allowed to eat meat. It's interesting if you look it up.

Well,....boo on that then.

And now he's gonna lose 35 mins at the back end of his life. lol

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Anonymous032819 — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 01:30:21 GMT

@Lucky Charm wrote:
Cute, but I don't think Buddhists eat meat.

Maybe it was a tofu hotdog.

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phoenixbrd — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 04:12:14 GMT

@Love my grandkids Love this....

@Lucky Charm Yes, I was going to respond to the meat-eating Buddhists situation....years ago when I discovered this it was difficult to understand. Now I realize everyone has to make this decision for themselves and I don't let other's choices destroy my "zen".

@Anonymous032819 Haha

Just for fun and if interested here are my Tofu dogs.....my husband loves them...it's not the dog (a nonevent) but the fixings that make this dog!.

This is his favorite:

boil Lightlife (TJ's) dog with sauerkraut

toast Dave's bread

spread the toast with Vegenaise

place a piece of cheddar cheese (vegan/plant based...Trader Joe's has a good cashew based one at a good price) on the toast

drain the sauerkraut & dog... place the hot sauerkraut then the dog on top of the cheese

top with chopped onion

(sometimes I vary with bean chili/plant cheese/chopped onion instead of the sauerkraut)

This is one of his favorite meals...usually serve with corn on the cob and baked beans (if interested ask me how I quickly turn canned beans into great beans!) or home-made potato salad. We eat primarily whole foods and this is a treat for him when ever the mood for picnic food calls.

Easy to make...and you might enjoy it! I'll bet those Buddhists would be delighted!

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shaggygirl — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 14:23:18 GMT

@Love my grandkids wrote:
Saw this on a FB page:

A zen Buddhist says to the hot dog vendor: Make me one with everything.

hee hee

OMG I actually got it on the 2nd reading. Normally I'm slow with stuff like this.

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Sage04 — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 14:29:57 GMT

I'm usually good at this but for some reason I'm lost.

Read it yesterday, today maybe tomorrow I'll get it. I'll blame it on the rain.

Maybe someone can explain it lol

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Bhvbum — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:51:13 GMT

@Sage04 wrote:
I'm usually good at this but for some reason I'm lost.

Read it yesterday, today maybe tomorrow I'll get it. I'll blame it on the rain.

Maybe someone can explain it lol

This is a play on the idea some Buddhists have about life being a journey whose end game is to become one with the Universe. They live lives, steadily progressing to that state, or at least aiming for it.

ps. I had to Google it to figure it out

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VanSleepy — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:58:31 GMT

I even had to read @Bhvbum 's explanation a few times before I got it.