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emptychair @innertalks (23556) • Australia 13h

Every morning, in the Zen monastery, the bell would ring twice. Nothing was ever said about why this was being done, but the students thought that it was a call for them to get up for the day, and to do their morning...

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snowy Sounds very zen

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jaishankar @Shivram59 (47694) • India 5 Mar

We all have heard the famous line, " Justice delayed is justice denied." Would you like to live in a world where you get rewarded or punished by God immediately after doing something good or bad??

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Jimbo45 This question cropped up on something else I read recently. I was quite interested in how people answered. So many people would only be rewarded as they had never done anything bad And then one guy pipes up with he won the lottery because he had done some...

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jaishankar @Shivram59 (47694) • India 5 Mar

We all have heard the famous line, " Justice delayed is justice denied." Would you like to live in a world where you get rewarded or punished by God immediately after doing something good or bad??

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jaishankar It depends on how heinous is the crime or how good w ki rk you have done.

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jaishankar @Shivram59 (47694) • India 5 Mar

We all have heard the famous line, " Justice delayed is justice denied." Would you like to live in a world where you get rewarded or punished by God immediately after doing something good or bad??

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Traceyjayne What rewards or punishments are you thinking ?

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jaishankar @Shivram59 (47694) • India 5 Mar

We all have heard the famous line, " Justice delayed is justice denied." Would you like to live in a world where you get rewarded or punished by God immediately after doing something good or bad??

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jaishankar Evil thoughts are not only thoughts. They are our karma. Before doing anything, we think of it. We think and decide to do it. That's why thoughts are also karma and are punished or rewarded according to their nature. I hope you got it. Thoughts are seeds....

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jaishankar @Shivram59 (47694) • India 5 Mar

We all have heard the famous line, " Justice delayed is justice denied." Would you like to live in a world where you get rewarded or punished by God immediately after doing something good or bad??

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Amber I guess it depends. Am I getting punished immediately for an unkind thought? Or are we only having God punish people for murder or assault? Because I’d be all for the latter. At least, I think. Because God knows everything there is no way He’d punish the wrong...

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jaishankar @Shivram59 (47694) • India 5 Mar

We all have heard the famous line, " Justice delayed is justice denied." Would you like to live in a world where you get rewarded or punished by God immediately after doing something good or bad??

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jaishankar If immediate Justice is delivered, our lives would become much easy and we will fear doing wrong or cheating others.

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jaishankar @Shivram59 (47694) • India 5 Mar

We all have heard the famous line, " Justice delayed is justice denied." Would you like to live in a world where you get rewarded or punished by God immediately after doing something good or bad??

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Sanjeev No, I don't want to overload work of God.

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jaishankar @Shivram59 (47694) • India 5 Mar

We all have heard the famous line, " Justice delayed is justice denied." Would you like to live in a world where you get rewarded or punished by God immediately after doing something good or bad??

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George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (118892) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 20h

New York Police Department (NYPD) officer Joseph Wetzel who was off duty in Hauppauge New York recently when he took action to pull a driver out of his vehicle that was involved in an auto accident that was overturned on Wednesday...

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George B Vieto I hope so as well that Officer Wetzel makes a full recovery from his illness.

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George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (118892) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 20h

New York Police Department (NYPD) officer Joseph Wetzel who was off duty in Hauppauge New York recently when he took action to pull a driver out of his vehicle that was involved in an auto accident that was overturned on Wednesday...

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George B Vieto I am in agreement with you. Right place at the right time.

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George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (118892) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 20h

New York Police Department (NYPD) officer Joseph Wetzel who was off duty in Hauppauge New York recently when he took action to pull a driver out of his vehicle that was involved in an auto accident that was overturned on Wednesday...

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RasmaSandra Glad he was there to help and got the person out safely.

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George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (118892) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 20h

New York Police Department (NYPD) officer Joseph Wetzel who was off duty in Hauppauge New York recently when he took action to pull a driver out of his vehicle that was involved in an auto accident that was overturned on Wednesday...

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Amber Bless his sweet heart.

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George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (118892) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 20h

New York Police Department (NYPD) officer Joseph Wetzel who was off duty in Hauppauge New York recently when he took action to pull a driver out of his vehicle that was involved in an auto accident that was overturned on Wednesday...

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George B Vieto I am in agreement with you that Officer Wetzel has a heart of gold.

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George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (118892) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 20h

New York Police Department (NYPD) officer Joseph Wetzel who was off duty in Hauppauge New York recently when he took action to pull a driver out of his vehicle that was involved in an auto accident that was overturned on Wednesday...

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George B Vieto I am in agreement with you that Officer Wetzel is a hero with a heart of gold,

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George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (118892) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 20h

New York Police Department (NYPD) officer Joseph Wetzel who was off duty in Hauppauge New York recently when he took action to pull a driver out of his vehicle that was involved in an auto accident that was overturned on Wednesday...

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George B Vieto You are right.

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George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (118892) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 20h

New York Police Department (NYPD) officer Joseph Wetzel who was off duty in Hauppauge New York recently when he took action to pull a driver out of his vehicle that was involved in an auto accident that was overturned on Wednesday...

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Jimbo45 Well done Office Wetzel I sincerely hope his battle with Cancer is a battle he wins

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George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (118892) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 20h

New York Police Department (NYPD) officer Joseph Wetzel who was off duty in Hauppauge New York recently when he took action to pull a driver out of his vehicle that was involved in an auto accident that was overturned on Wednesday...

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DianneN Officer Wetzel is definitely a true hero in so many ways. Poor guy.

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George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (118892) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 20h

New York Police Department (NYPD) officer Joseph Wetzel who was off duty in Hauppauge New York recently when he took action to pull a driver out of his vehicle that was involved in an auto accident that was overturned on Wednesday...

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emptychair @innertalks (23556) • Australia 1 Mar

The Zen monastery had both cherry trees, and cherry blossom trees, in its courtyard. Cherry blossom trees are ornamental, and cherry trees produce fruit. Reaching up to grab a branch of the vine, the Zen master picked a...

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Shiva @innertalks Despite swearing by whatever God they believe in, wars are rampant with leaders having no place to hide even deep inside the bowels of the earth. One can run but cannot hide is the maxim. I am sure it is becoming a new reality with country...

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