A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....

[rogruth]

Rufus,
You could be right with the identity of the three in the picture. Thank you. I had no idea who they might be.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Back on the TVRR with the J M Blair

[HONDO74]

Rufus,
You could be right with the identity of the three in the picture. Thank you. I had no idea who they might be.

Its Larry, Darryl and Darryl.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yyB06HvAjI

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Allenwood, Pa

[Mitch]

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn


WTF???? Is that Klingon or what?

[HONDO74]

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn


WTF???? Is that Klingon or what?

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

A fictional occult phrase from H. P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu, said to mean "In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming".

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (/ˈlʌvkræft, -ˌkrɑːft/;[1] August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. He was virtually unknown and published only in pulp magazines before he died in poverty, but he is now regarded as one of the most significant 20th-century authors in his genre.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn


WTF???? Is that Klingon or what?

"Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!" is Klingon,

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Nam myoho renge kyo.

[rogruth]

The name of the town pictured above seems to be written in a strange language. What town is it?

Rufus and Murph,
Interpretation of your Klingon(?) comments please.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The name of the town pictured above seems to be written in a strange language. What town is it?

Sorry. Cammal, Pa

Rufus and Murph,
Interpretation of your Klingon(?) comments please.

The Klingon I posted translates roughly into, "It is a good day to die."

Murph did not post Klingon - a Buddist mantra, I think.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

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Rufus and Murph,
Interpretation of your Klingon(?) comments please.

The Klingon I posted translates roughly into, "It is a good day to die."

Murph did not post Klingon - a Buddhist mantra, I think.

Yes, indeed, Rufus. I have been occasionally chanting it (quietly inside; not during Mass , for example , nor while traipsing suburban streets at 8am ) since I first was advised about it back in the questioning 70's .The chant expresses a devotion to the Mystic Law of the Lotus Sutra or "Glory to the Sutra of the Lotus of the Supreme Law," which is a central mantra chanted in all forms of Nichiren Buddhism. (Don't be impressed, anyone, with all that terminology out of me. I just yesterday looked the chant up on Google and got all those details, anticipating somebody might inquire.)

As my own version of a "good Catholic boy," I began chanting Nam myoho renge kyo in the early 70's when I heard it was another way of being in contact with/in harmony with oneself and with the Universe, whatever that means, because I try to keep my mind open, at least, as far AS I CAN STRETCH IT. I figured, that many people devoted to Buddhism, worldwide, should not be summarily/parochially dismissed as wrong. The way I further figure it, each pathway finds a bit of the truth, and I give ear and value to each (don't tell my pastor I said so ), so long as one group doesn't proselytize at the expense of others.
P.S. I believe Buddhism does not consider itself a religion; rather, as a way of thinking, which is something I heard decades ago, too.
Murph

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I believe Buddhism does not consider itself a religion; rather, as a way of thinking, which is something I heard decades ago, too.

Perhaps, but other define it as a religion of eastern and central Asia growing out of the teaching of Siddhārtha Gautama that suffering is inherent in life and that one can be liberated from it by cultivating wisdom, virtue, and concentration.

Goes hand in hand with "life is pain; anyone who says differently is selling something."

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Thank you , Rufus.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Thank you , Rufus.

Don't take any wooden nickels, Murph, and watch out for flim-flam men,