Vimala
March 15, 2018, 4:28pm
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The first 4 Easter Eggs have been found. We are still missing one with the hint: Who is Yodha? Sofar I have not seen anything that comes anywhere close. The PTS Dictionary entry is a genuine entry from the PTS Dictionary and is not a joke.
Following on from the Easter Egg thread , I will give a few hints here. The first one is not really a hint but a dead give-away because otherwise you would never find it.
Easter Egg 1:
Go to any page in pali in latin script and press ALT-M.
Thatâs it. See what happens.
This will be extremely exciting for some and very boring for others
Explanation: In the beginning, áč was more widely available in many fontsets and hence became more widely used. When it came to usage on SuttaCentral, BhâŠ
@Sabbamitta found the second and third Easter Eggs! Well done! Here is your trophy
Easter Egg 2: The Buddha's Words
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Well, he might have said that at some occasion. But maybe it was not recorded. âŠ
Background: On Tuesday 6th February, myself and our whole Dev-team was glued to the screen to watch the live broadcast of Elon Muskâs Falcon Heavy Test Flight, which put his Tesla Roadster into orbit with Starman behind the wheel. It was one of tâŠ
And another for @Sabbamitta for finding this one!
Easter Egg 3: Metta Sutta
What more beautiful language to translate the Metta Sutta in than Sindarin. Sindarin was the Elvish language most commonly spoken in Middle-earth during in the Third Age, usually referred to as âElvenâ.
In order for the Tengwar font to be loaded properly, go to https://suttacentral.net/kp9 and find the translation by Galadriel in the menu.
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It was the language of âŠ
And another for @sabbamitta , whose insomnia led her to do some midnight sleuthing and find 3 of the 5 Easter Eggs on the site.
Easter Egg 4: Why do you read?
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When George Lucas met this Tibetan Buddhist rinpoche, he used him as the model for Yoda , the wise Jedi master in Star Wars .
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This is one of the famous quotes from Yoda from the iconic scene where Yoda and the Jedi council consider young Anakin Skywalkerâs ââŠ
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