I think it just refers to SN 42.8 that was quoted in the post.
Like the sound of a conch trumpet can spread to all four directions, so should one develop the brahmaviharas everywhere.
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Thank you very much! Why didnât I see it??? 
Love this doodle! 
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Must have been Mara fooling you 
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Ha, ha⊠no itâs okayâŠIâve got all the information I would like to have at this point. 
SorryâŠ
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The Brahma Vihara should be projected to all directions (eventually) simultaneously, as per SN42.8
@sabbamitta do you practice it in this manner, or in a different way? 
âThus above, below, & all around, everywhere, in its entirety, he keeps pervading the all-encompassing cosmos with an awareness imbued with equanimity â abundant, expansive, immeasurable,â. SN42.8
The conch makes a loud sound that is heard everywhere simultaneously, too.
It should be ideally practiced in all postures (allways) too, as mentioned in the Metta Sutta, at least when meeting someone or at the very absolute minimum- for a moment (anytime).
With metta
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Remember this post? The Compassionate Refuge of the Triple Gem
And this one (with video of Galadriel):
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Oooooooook, lets see if we can get this thread back on track. Maybe we should start a self-help thread for people with fantasy and scifi deficiency. 
Thanks for sending this one, too! Turns out the Hallisay translation is much nicer than Normanâs!
Lol, this is the first time I hear of it. But thanks for broadening my horizon. Weâll see if I can come up with an idea for a deva realm. Unfortunately the general picture in the suttas of one guy with 500 ladies isnât that inspiring nowadays for either guys or girls⊠Sounds like a pretty tiresome gender imbalance.
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Yourself as your own island
SN 47.9
Dwell with yourselves as your own island, with yourselves as your own refuge, with no other refuge; dwell with the Dhamma as your island, with the Dhamma as your refuge, with no other refuge.
Those bhikkhus, Änanda, either now or after I am gone, who dwell with themselves as their own island, with themselves as their own refuge, with no other refuge; with the Dhamma as their island, with the Dhamma as their refuge, with no other refugeâit is these bhikkhus, Änanda, who will be for me topmost of those keen on the training.
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How sweet! 
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My metta practise started with teachings by Bhante Sujato about the technique taught by Ajahn Maha Chatchai. This includes developing metta to oneself, a loved person, a neutral person, and a disliked person, and from there go to the radiation of metta to all directions, developing the metta nimitta and eventually the jhanas. I did this practise quite intensely for some time, and now am more varying with other types of meditation. But the feeling of metta as I learned to develop with this particular technique is usually pervading whatever kind of meditation I am doing.
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Sure, I remember the posts you mention here. This is about Galadriel and Lothlorien which to my understanding are not part of star wars.
From the context I understood LOTR being a star wars figure, therefore my perplexity.
But probably thatâs just another deficiency of knowledge on my part⊠apologies for my humble stupidity! 
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No worries, it will be part of your training at Tilorien!
There will be a terrifying exam before your samaneri ordination⊠
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Looking forward to that one⊠
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All this discussion about LOTR on the thread⊠I couldnât get it out of my head! I had to do some doodle therapy, and the outcome is:
The fellowship and the mountain ring of Magadha!
featuring counterclockwise: Bhikkhunis Khema, Uppalavanna, Mahapajapati, Bhikkhus Moggallana, Sariputta, Ananda and the Buddha. And Mara on the left side 
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Sorry for the confusion @sabbamitta I was just illustrating my lack of scifi and fantasy knowledge. A rather confusing change of subject.
Ven. @yodha I havenât had a chance to share your doodles with kids yet but I check this thread every morning at 4.30am before puja and meditation for my happy Dhamma doodle boost. 
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(in reference to peopled out doodle in msg 126)
viveka nissitam, / seclusion is necessary!
viraga nissitam, / dis-passion is necessary
nirodha nissitam / cessation is necessary
vossagga-parinamim / release (it ) culminates in
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People are attached to people;
People are dependent on people;
People are hurt by people;
And people hurt people.Whatâs the point of people,
Or the things people make?
Go, leave these people,
Whoâve hurt so many people.
Thag 2.15
I love this translation by Bhante Sujato!
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Did you pick your name from that gatha?
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