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		<title>The Last Frontier for Objective Science</title>
		<link>http://littlebang.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/the-last-frontier-for-objective-science/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;The last great mystery of science&#8217;; &#8216;the most baffling problem in the science of the mind&#8217;; this is how scientists talk about consciousness, but what if our conscious experience is all a grand illusion?
Like most people, I used to think of my conscious life as like a stream of experiences, passing through my mind, one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=littlebang.wordpress.com&blog=1218837&post=2945&subd=littlebang&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Missing Black Box</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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The Missing Black Box
Since we will be looking at consciousness on Wednesday and again on Saturday 28th, it seems an opportune moment to bring this older post up to the front again : How are brain and consciousness connected? Did you know that our brains have actually shrunk in size over the last 100 000 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=littlebang.wordpress.com&blog=1218837&post=1363&subd=littlebang&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>YBAT International Weekend Retreat with Phra P. Cittasamvaro</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[YBAT &#8211; 2010
First International Retreat of the decade!
Friday January 8th &#8211; Sunday January 1oth 2010
YBAT International Vipassana Retreat
At the new purpose-built Retreat Centre
(not far from Don Muang Airport)
Vipassana (Insight) Meditation weekend Thai style, for International meditators, with clear instructions, and a systematic approach at one of Thailand&#8217;s most active meditation organisations. If you have been thinking to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=littlebang.wordpress.com&blog=1218837&post=2927&subd=littlebang&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Right Speech is more than no Wrong Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cittasamvaro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is easier &#8211; to keep precepts or to break them ?
This is a question Abhidhamma teacher Phra Maha Pangsak asked his students recently. Most people feel it is easier to break them. He disagreed. To break a precept you have to actually do something. To keep them, you don&#8217;t have to do anything. Well known Thai scholar and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=littlebang.wordpress.com&blog=1218837&post=2908&subd=littlebang&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>World Buddhist University Forum Dec &#8216;09</title>
		<link>http://littlebang.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/world-buddhist-university-forum-dec-09/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cittasamvaro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Buddhist University is announcing their monthly open forum speaker as follows :
Programme : WBU SUNDAY FORUM
Topic : The Earliest Texts Of The Pali Canon
Date &#38; Time : December 6, 2552(2009), 12:00 – 13.30 : P.M.
Speaker : Dr. Peter Dennis Masefield
About the Topic :
The Earliest Texts Of The Pali Canon
The earliest texts of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=littlebang.wordpress.com&blog=1218837&post=2923&subd=littlebang&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Life of Brian&#8217; &#8211; Still relevant?</title>
		<link>http://littlebang.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/life-of-brian-still-relevant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cittasamvaro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In October &#8216;09 our Little Bangkok Sangha watched the Monty Python classic The Life of Brian. Nearly 30 of us joined for lunch and a good few more came just for the movie. Despite being frequently listed as in the top 10 funniest movies of all time, quite a few people had never seen it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=littlebang.wordpress.com&blog=1218837&post=2906&subd=littlebang&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Look</title>
		<link>http://littlebang.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/new-look/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cittasamvaro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new look Littlebang, just to keep it interesting. There are still some adjustments to come; some fine tuing.
The advantage of this look is the pages are wider. Not so good on old computers with crt monitors, but much better for lcd screens. And the pages are more easily visible being underneath the main header [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=littlebang.wordpress.com&blog=1218837&post=2896&subd=littlebang&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Addressing Monks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cittasamvaro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the topic arises frequently, this post is skipping its way to the top&#8230; (especially as someone called me &#8216;Vulnerable&#8217; recently)
Addressing Monks:
a quick guide to speaking to, about and calling monks:
This is a question that arises frequently so it is worth writing up in full. People are afraid of being impolite or doing things the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=littlebang.wordpress.com&blog=1218837&post=1308&subd=littlebang&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Report on A. Jayasaro&#8217;s Talk</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Report on the talk by Marcus:
Ajahn Jayasaro started his talk last night, to over 200 people in the Baan Aree Library, with the story of a scholar willing to go through any hardship to find the perfect teaching. Eventually he&#8217;s directed to a great Master and he bows before him. &#8220;Tell me&#8221; he asks, &#8220;the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=littlebang.wordpress.com&blog=1218837&post=2871&subd=littlebang&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bhikkhuni Issue:</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cittasamvaro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last week has seen a spate of controversy coming from Australia, and the ordination of 4 Bhikkhunis. Hoping to stay out of it &#8230;. too many people have sent comments to leave the topic unmentioned here.
What Happened
4 practicing lay women 10 precept nuns  from Ajahn Brahm&#8217;s temple in Perth took ordination with several Bhikkhunis. According [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=littlebang.wordpress.com&blog=1218837&post=2860&subd=littlebang&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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