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So I’m flying from Singapore to Sydney tonight. Per usual, I’ll catch a train back to Harris Park, it’s a nice simple way to get home.
The train of course goes past Olympic stadium, near enough. Which will be busy tonight!
Good news is, the flight arrives a bit earlier than the concert ends, so I should be good.
But now my flight is delayed, so I’ll be there right in the middle of the mayhem.
Pray for me!
Anyway if there are any issues I guess I’ll just have to … shake it off. 
Here’s hoping you make it back … swiftly.
Not bad too. Let people be exposed to a Buddhist monk.
Maṅgala sutta has it that seeing venerated seekers of the truth is one of the highest blessings.
“Karma is a cat.”-Taylor Swift
“Karma is a cat” lyrical analysis/discussion
https://www.reddit.com/r/TaylorSwift/comments/yns26i/karma_is_a_cat_lyrical_analysisdiscussion/
All the best Bhante.
May so called ‘karma shield’ protect you Bhante! 
If you survive, please let us know how it went. 
Thank you Bhante @sujato for taking time off your busy schedule to come here to Singapore, for the wonderful retreat and for creating the opportunity to practice. Wishing you a safe, uneventful train ride back.
Lol, so this article mentions that Anna halafoff is presenting at the swiftposium on this topic. I was literally just messaging her when I saw this.
I guess karma is real!
Meanwhile, status update: 10.55 arrive at central, still on schedule for a swiftvasion as they’re leaving the gig at 11 I think.
Sorry, to clarify, I was messaging Anna not Taylor.
Ok well emergency averted. Pleased to say we have just a modest incursion of swifties on the train. They look happy!
It seems Sydney put on a bunch of special trains and buses, so congrats to Sydney Govt for getting everyone home.
Anyway I’m happy I got to experience a moment in cultural history!
Just sayin’, but I’ll take Peggy Van Zalm’s voice over Taylor’s any day.
I’m actually so bummed that I missed their talk! 
“Vibing with karma: Buddhist teachings on life and death in Western popular culture” sounds AMAZING.
Not a fair comparison! What is human beauty next to the divine?
I worked with Peggy for years and I think that in that whole time I never heard her sing a bum note, or get the phrasing wrong, or be out of time, or bring less than 100% the right feel to a song.
Ha ha yes, Anna said it was a great experience. (BTWs I was just down in Woolloongong and did a seminar launching Nadine’s new course. She’s doing great—very pregnant!)
That’s so lovely to hear! Glad she’s doing well - I’ll have to send her a message!