#Tarantis

[oldschoolfrp]

There are great piles of treasure in the crypts below the city, waiting to be plundered (Wes Crum, Tarantis, campaign supplement detailing a port city of pirates and merchants in the Wilderlands of High Fantasy setting for D&D or other fantasy RPGs, Judges Guild, 1983)

#D&D #Wes Crum #Dungeons & Dragons #Tarantis #Wilderlands of High Fantasy #Judges Guild #skeletons #undead #skeleton #dungeon #dnd #Wilderlands #City State campaign #campaign setting #treasure #treasure chest #treasure hoard #gp #Dungeons and Dragons #1980s

[gotankgo]

from 10 Dec. 2022

#pam grier

[the-firebird69]

Those are big evacuation last night too and ships left with stuff they're probably 400 half mile ships each River and 100 1 mile ships each River there are about 10 3-mile ships in each river that came out and one or two four Mile ships each river that have yet to come out actually the three mile ships have not come out yet it is a business and made and they're fighting each other over it but it is coming out on that amount of stuff equals about 12% of the original hole it was stored and there's probably about 65% left so really they didn't take that much out lately just trying to take a lot more today they're going to come back and it will cost some rain and they're going to go in and start loading up another roughly 10 to 12%. It is a huge venture huge. What's going on today and they will begin doing it a lot more they might use bigger ships but they tend to make more weather and they use them only for large objects we might see one or two thousand one mile of ships each River a day and that would get probably 17% no about 25% should only take two trips but that would be tarantial rains but if those were half-mile ships it wouldn't be that bad but it's still mightflood.

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[kapilagita]

కపిల గీత - 229 / Kapila Gita - 229

🌹. కపిల గీత - 229 / Kapila Gita - 229 🌹 🍀. కపిల దేవహూతి సంవాదం 🍀 ✍️. ప్రసాద్‌ భరధ్వాజ 🌴 5. భక్తి స్వరూపము - కాలమహిమ - 39 🌴 39. న చాస్య కశ్చిద్దయితో న ద్వేష్యో న చ బాంధవః| ఆవిశత్యప్రమత్తోఽసౌ ప్రమత్తం జనమంతకృత్॥

తాత్పర్యము : ఈ కాలఫురుషునకు మిత్రుడుగాని, శత్రువుగాని, ఆత్మీయుడుగాని ఎవ్వరును లేరు. అనగా ఆయనకు అందరును సమానులే. ఆయన సర్వదా జాగరూకుడై యుండును. ఆత్మరూపుడైన భగవానుని మరచి, భోగభాగ్యములలో ప్రమత్తులైన ప్రాణులను, ఆక్రమించి, అతడు వారిని సంహరించును

వ్యాఖ్య : భగవంతుడైన విష్ణువుతో ఒక వ్యక్తి తన యొక్క సంబంధాన్ని మరచిపోవడమే వ్యక్తి యొక్క పునరావృతమైన జన్మకి మరియు మరణానికి కారణం. జీవుడు కూడా పరమాత్మ వలె శాశ్వతుడు, కానీ అతని మతిమరుపు కారణంగా అతను ఈ భౌతిక ప్రకృతిలో ఉన్నాడు మరియు ఒక శరీరం నుండి మరొక శరీరానికి బదిలీ అవుతున్నాడు మరియు శరీరం నాశనం అయినప్పుడు, అతను కూడా నాశనమైనట్లు భావిస్తాడు. నిజానికి, భగవంతుడైన విష్ణువుతో అతని సంబంధాన్ని మరచిపోవడమే అతని నాశనానికి కారణం. ఆ అసలు సంబంధం గురించి తన స్పృహను పునరుద్ధరించుకునే ప్రకియలో అందరూ భగవంతుని నుండే ప్రేరణ పొందుతారు. ప్రభువు ఒకరికి శత్రువు మరియు మరొకరికి స్నేహితుడు అని దీని అర్థం కాదు. అతను అందరికీ సహాయం చేస్తాడు; భౌతిక శక్తి ప్రభావంతో కలవరపడని వ్యక్తి రక్షింప బడతాడు మరియు కలవరపడ్డ వాడు నాశనం అవుతాడు. హరిం వినా మృతిం తరంతి అని చెప్పబడింది: భగవంతుని సహాయం లేకుండా జనన మరణాల పునరావృతం నుండి ఎవరూ రక్షించబడరు. అందువల్ల విష్ణువు యొక్క పాద పద్మాలను ఆశ్రయించడం మరియు తద్వారా జనన మరణ చక్రం నుండి తమను తాము రక్షించుకోవడం అందరి జీవుల కర్తవ్యం.

సశేషం..

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🌹 Kapila Gita - 229 🌹 🍀 Conversation of Kapila and Devahuti 🍀 📚 Prasad Bharadwaj 🌴 5. Form of Bhakti - Glory of Time - 39 🌴 39. na cāsya kaścid dayito na dveṣyo na ca bāndhavaḥ āviśaty apramatto 'sau pramattaṁ janam anta-kṛt

MEANING : No one is dear to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, nor is anyone His enemy or friend. But He gives inspiration to those who have not forgotten Him and destroys those who have.

PURPORT : Forgetfulness of one's relationship with Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the cause of one's repeated birth and death. A living entity is as eternal as the Supreme Lord, but due to his forgetfulness he is put into this material nature and transmigrates from one body to another, and when the body is destroyed, he thinks that he is also destroyed. Actually, this forgetfulness of his relationship with Lord Viṣṇu is the cause of his destruction. Anyone who revives his consciousness of the original relationship receives inspiration from the Lord. This does not mean that the Lord is someone's enemy and someone else's friend. He helps everyone; one who is not bewildered by the influence of material energy is saved, and one who is bewildered is destroyed. It is said, therefore, hariṁ vinā na mṛtim taranti: no one can be saved from the repetition of birth and death without the help of the Supreme Lord. It is therefore the duty of all living entities to take shelter of the lotus feet of Viṣṇu and thus save themselves from the cycle of birth and death.

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#kapila gita #కపిల గీత #prasad bharadwaj

[chaitanyavijnanam]

కపిల గీత - 229 / Kapila Gita - 229

🌹. కపిల గీత - 229 / Kapila Gita - 229 🌹 🍀. కపిల దేవహూతి సంవాదం 🍀 ✍️. ప్రసాద్‌ భరధ్వాజ 🌴 5. భక్తి స్వరూపము - కాలమహిమ - 39 🌴 39. న చాస్య కశ్చిద్దయితో న ద్వేష్యో న చ బాంధవః| ఆవిశత్యప్రమత్తోఽసౌ ప్రమత్తం జనమంతకృత్॥

తాత్పర్యము : ఈ కాలఫురుషునకు మిత్రుడుగాని, శత్రువుగాని, ఆత్మీయుడుగాని ఎవ్వరును లేరు. అనగా ఆయనకు అందరును సమానులే. ఆయన సర్వదా జాగరూకుడై యుండును. ఆత్మరూపుడైన భగవానుని మరచి, భోగభాగ్యములలో ప్రమత్తులైన ప్రాణులను, ఆక్రమించి, అతడు వారిని సంహరించును

వ్యాఖ్య : భగవంతుడైన విష్ణువుతో ఒక వ్యక్తి తన యొక్క సంబంధాన్ని మరచిపోవడమే వ్యక్తి యొక్క పునరావృతమైన జన్మకి మరియు మరణానికి కారణం. జీవు��ు కూడా పరమాత్మ వలె శాశ్వతుడు, కానీ అతని మతిమరుపు కారణంగా అతను ఈ భౌతిక ప్రకృతిలో ఉన్నాడు మరియు ఒక శరీరం నుండి మరొక శరీరానికి బదిలీ అవుతున్నాడు మరియు శరీరం నాశనం అయినప్పుడు, అతను కూడా నాశనమైనట్లు భావిస్తాడు. నిజానికి, భగవంతుడైన విష్ణువుతో అతని సంబంధాన్ని మరచిపోవడమే అతని నాశనానికి కారణం. ఆ అసలు సంబంధం గురించి తన స్పృహను పునరుద్ధరించుకునే ప్రకియలో అందరూ భగవంతుని నుండే ప్రేరణ పొందుతారు. ప్రభువు ఒకరికి శత్రువు మరియు మరొకరికి స్నేహితుడు అని దీని అర్థం కాదు. అతను అందరికీ సహాయం చేస్తాడు; భౌతిక శక్తి ప్రభావంతో కలవరపడని వ్యక్తి రక్షింప బడతాడు మరియు కలవరపడ్డ వాడు నాశనం అవుతాడు. హరిం వినా మృతిం తరంతి అని చెప్పబడింది: భగవంతుని సహాయం లేకుండా జనన మరణాల పునరావృతం నుండి ఎవరూ రక్షించబడరు. అందువల్ల విష్ణువు యొక్క పాద పద్మాలను ఆశ్రయించడం మరియు తద్వారా జనన మరణ చక్రం నుండి తమను తాము రక్షించుకోవడం అందరి జీవుల కర్తవ్యం.

సశేషం..

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🌹 Kapila Gita - 229 🌹 🍀 Conversation of Kapila and Devahuti 🍀 📚 Prasad Bharadwaj 🌴 5. Form of Bhakti - Glory of Time - 39 🌴 39. na cāsya kaścid dayito na dveṣyo na ca bāndhavaḥ āviśaty apramatto 'sau pramattaṁ janam anta-kṛt

MEANING : No one is dear to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, nor is anyone His enemy or friend. But He gives inspiration to those who have not forgotten Him and destroys those who have.

PURPORT : Forgetfulness of one's relationship with Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the cause of one's repeated birth and death. A living entity is as eternal as the Supreme Lord, but due to his forgetfulness he is put into this material nature and transmigrates from one body to another, and when the body is destroyed, he thinks that he is also destroyed. Actually, this forgetfulness of his relationship with Lord Viṣṇu is the cause of his destruction. Anyone who revives his consciousness of the original relationship receives inspiration from the Lord. This does not mean that the Lord is someone's enemy and someone else's friend. He helps everyone; one who is not bewildered by the influence of material energy is saved, and one who is bewildered is destroyed. It is said, therefore, hariṁ vinā na mṛtim taranti: no one can be saved from the repetition of birth and death without the help of the Supreme Lord. It is therefore the duty of all living entities to take shelter of the lotus feet of Viṣṇu and thus save themselves from the cycle of birth and death.

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#prasad bharadwaj #kapia gita #కపిల గీత

[sankirtan]

“Godhead is Light, Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no Nescience.” (Srila Prabhupada’s original Back to Godhead logo) “Kṛṣṇa is compared to sunshine, and māyā is compared to darkness. Wherever there is sunshine, there cannot be darkness. As soon as one takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the darkness of illusion (the influence of the external energy) will immediately vanish.” (Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya 22.31) “Kṛṣṇa is like the sun, and māyā, or the illusory energy of Kṛṣṇa, is like darkness. Darkness means absence of light; similarly, māyā means absence of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Kṛṣṇa consciousness and māyā are always there, side by side. As soon as there is awakening of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, all the illusory pains and pleasures of material existence are vanquished. Māyām etāṁ taranti te: (BG 7.14) constant chanting of the mahā-mantra will keep us always aloof from the illusory energy of māyā.” (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.11.2, Purport)

#dandavats

[prabhupadanugas]

दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया | मामेव ये प्रपद्यन्ते मायामेतां तरन्ति ते || १४ || daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it. The Supreme Personality of Godhead has innumerable energies, and all these energies are divine. Although the living entities are part of His energies and are therefore divine, due to contact with material energy, their original superior power is covered. Being thus covered by material energy, one cannot possibly overcome its influence. As previously stated, both the material and spiritual natures, being emanations from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, are eternal. https://gloriousgita.com/verse/en/7/14 https://bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-07-14.html https://youtube.com/c/HearSrilaPrabhupada https://www.bhagavad-gita.us/famous-reflections-on-the-bhagavad-gita/ #bhagavatam #srimadbhagavatam #vishnu #vishnupuran #harekrishna #harekrsna #harekrishna #harekrisna #prabhupada #bhagavadgita #bhagavadgitaasitis #bhagavadgītā #srilaprabhupada #srilaprabhupad #srilaprabhupadaquotes #asitis #india #indian #wayoflife #religion #goals #goaloflife #spiritual #bhakti #bhaktiyoga #chant #prasadam #picoftheday #photo #beautiful #usa https://sites.google.com/view/sanatan-dharma https://m.facebook.com/HDG.A.C.Bhaktivedanta.Svami.Srila.Prabhupada.Uvaca/ https://www.instagram.com/p/ClX6_4DsDn-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#bhagavatam #srimadbhagavatam #vishnu #vishnupuran #harekrishna #harekrsna #harekrisna #prabhupada #bhagavadgita #bhagavadgitaasitis #bhagavadgītā #srilaprabhupada #srilaprabhupad #srilaprabhupadaquotes #asitis #india #indian #wayoflife #religion #goals #goaloflife #spiritual #bhakti #bhaktiyoga #chant #prasadam #picoftheday #photo #beautiful #usa

[ironsaguaro]

Alan Moore Returns to Superheroes - IMAGE Comics Style + Quentin Taranti...

#youtube

[theinfinitesmile]

daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī

mama māyā duratyayā

mām eva ye prapadyante

māyām etāṁ taranti te

Bg. 7.14

Translation

This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it.

[fabuloussatan]

I didn't really want to sleep, so I drew headcanon Frank.

First - pre-animation series version. Well in this version he is just sad drunk surfer daddy lok

Second - post-animation series, because... I can

And bonus - @toastraccoon ver. because I love it!

#subway surfers frank #subway surfers the animated series #subway surf #subsurface #subway surfers #taranty good child #my art

[oldschoolfrp]

When you roll randomly for your new character's starting gold sometimes you cant afford all the gear you want at 1st level (Kevin Siembieda, Tarantis, D&D campaign supplement in the Wilderlands of High Fantasy, Judges Guild, 1983)

#D&D #Dungeons & Dragons #Kevin Siembieda #skeleton #dnd #Tarantis #Wilderlands of High Fantasy #Wilderlands #City State campaign #undead #ruins #loincloth #Dungeons and Dragons #1980s

[accidentalharrie]

Were you standing in the hallway/meet me in the hallway. Only tragic thing is people never see they're still writing about each other. Gold rush and other golden reference/golden. Fine Line/Thin line. I could go on and on. They're obviously still not in love, but people need to acknowledge HS1 is clearly haylor and Fine Line still has some songs about her. While Taylor still writes about Harry obviously as part of their unspoken dialogue.

With spoken dialogue like this, who needs unspoken?

She won’t go into personal details about any of her relationships—it’s one of her rules—but she does authorize someone who knows her well to discuss them with me.

Swift’s friend said that the Styles situation is completely misrepresented in the media. This young woman claimed that Styles “chased” Swift for a year: “He wore her down.” And then, last spring, she said, there was a weekend “where they got really close, and he was all, like, ‘You’re amazing—I want to be with you. I want to do this.’” Soon after that, when Styles was on tour in Australia with One Direction, he allegedly texted Swift to alert her to a picture of himself on the Internet “kissing a friend good-bye,” but said, “It’s no big deal.” When Swift searched online for the picture, however, she found that they were “making out like with their hands all up in each other’s hair.”

A rep for Styles, Benny Taranti at Columbia Records, called all of Swift’s friend’s claims “undeniably false.”

Swift ended the relationship, continued her friend, after which Styles allegedly pursued her for the better part of a year, professing his devotion and promising never to stray again. “So then they got back together, but the whole time she says she feels like he’s looking at every girl and thinking about hooking up with every girl.” And then, when they were in London sometime in the last few months, the boy-band balladeer allegedly “disappears one night and after that it was like he just didn’t want to keep going.” Now, said the friend, he is allegedly texting Swift “again nonstop, like ‘Where are you? Call me. Are you back?’”

#since blocking you doesn't seem to be working #really seems like a romance for the ages #and/or the definition of why you don't date 18-year-old boys #haylor #asks #Anonymous

[chaitanyavijnanam]

శ్రీమద్భగవద్గీత - 294: 07వ అధ్., శ్లో 14 / Bhagavad-Gita - 294: Chap. 07, Ver. 14

🌹. శ్రీమద్భగవద్గీత - 294 / Bhagavad-Gita - 294 🌹 ✍️. శ్రీ ప్రభుపాద, 📚. ప్రసాద్ భరద్వాజ 🌴. 7 వ అధ్యాయము - జ్ఞానయోగం - 14 🌴 14. దైవీహ్యేషా గుణమయాయి మమ మాయా దురత్యయా | మామేవ యే ప్రపద్యన్తే మాయామేతాం తరన్తి తే ||

🌷. తాత్పర్యం :

త్రిగుణాత్మకమైన నా ఈ దైవీమాయ నిశ్చయముగా దాటశక్యము కానిది. కాని నన్ను శరణుజొచ్చినవారు దీనిని సులభముగా దాట గలుగులుగుదురు.

🌷. భాష్యము :

దేవదేవుడైన శ్రీకృష్ణునకు అసంఖ్యాకములైన శక్తులు కలవు. అవన్నియును దివ్యమైనవి. జీవులు అతని శక్తిలో భాగములై కారణముగా దివ్యులైనను మయాశక్తి సంపర్కముచే వారి ఆదియైన ఉన్నతశక్తి కప్పబడియుండును. ஆఆ విధముగా మాయాశక్తిచే కప్పబడినప్పుడు ఎవ్వరును దాని ప్రభావము నుండి తప్పించుకొనలేరు.

పూర్వమే తెలుపబడినట్లు భౌతికములు, ఆధ్యాత్మికములు అగు ప్రకృతులు శ్రీకృష్ణభగవానుని నుండియే ఉత్పన్నమగుచున్నందున నిత్యములై యున్నవి. జీవులు భగవానుని నిత్యమైన ఉన్నతప్రకృతికి చెందినవారు.

కాని గౌణప్రకృతి సంపర్కము వలన (భౌతికపదార్థ సంపర్కము) వారి మోహము సైతము నిత్యమగుచున్నది. కనుకనే బద్ధజీవుడు “నిత్యబద్ధుడు” అని పిలువబడుచున్నాడు. ఏ సమయమున అతడు బద్ధుడైనాడన్న చరిత్రను కనుగొనుట ఎవ్వరికినీ సాధ్యము కాదు. కనుకనే భౌతికప్రకృతి గౌణశక్తియైనను ప్రకృతిబంధము నుండి జీవుని ముక్తి అత్యంత కఠినమై యున్నది. జీవుడు అతిక్రమింపలేనటువంటి భగవత్సంకల్పము చేతనే భౌతికప్రకృతియు నడుచుటయే అందులకు కారణము. భౌతికప్రకృతి గౌణమైనను శ్రీకృష్ణభగవానునితో సంబంధమును కలిగి అతని సంకల్పము చేతనే నడుచుచున్నందున భౌతికప్రకృతి విశ్వము యొక్క సృష్టి, లయములందు అద్భుతముగా పనిచేయుచుండును.

“మాయం తు ప్రకృతిం విద్యాన్ మాయినం తు మహేశ్వరమ్ (శ్వేతాశ్వతరోపనిషత్తు 4.10) – మాయ అసత్యము లేదా తాత్కాలికమైనను దాని వెనుక ఘన ఇంద్రజాలకుడైన దేవదేవుడు కలడు. అతడే మహేశ్వరుడు మరియు దివ్యనియామకుడు” అని వేదములు సైతము ఈ విషయమును నిర్ధారించుచున్నవి. “గుణము” అను దానికి వేరొక అర్థము త్రాడు. అనగా బద్ధజీవుడు మొహమనెడి త్రాళ్ళతో గట్టిగా బంధింపబడియున్నాడని అవగతము చేసికొనవలెను. చేతులు, కాళ్ళు బంధింపబడిన వ్యక్తి తనను తాను బంధముక్తుని గావించుకొనలేడు. బంధరహితుడైన వాడే అతనికి సహాయము చేయవలసి యుండును. బంధింపబడి యున్నవాడు బంధింపబడిన వానిచే సహాయము నొందలేడు గనుక రక్షించువాడు ముక్తుడై యుండవలెను. కనుక కేవలము శ్రీకృష్ణభగవానుడు లేదా అతని ప్రతినిధియైన ఆధ్యాత్మికగురువు మాత్రమే బద్ధజీవునికి బంధము నుండి ముక్తిని గూర్చవలదు. అట్టి ఉన్నతమైన సహాయము లేనిదే ఎవ్వరును ప్రకృతిబంధము నుండి విడివడలేరు.

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🌹 Bhagavad-Gita as It is - 294 🌹 ✍️ Sri Prabhupada, 📚 Prasad Bharadwaj 🌴 Chapter 7 - Jnana Yoga - 14 🌴 14. daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te 🌷 Translation :

This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it.

🌹 Purport :

The Supreme Personality of Godhead has innumerable energies, and all these energies are divine. Although the living entities are part of His energies and are therefore divine, due to contact with material energy their original superior power is covered. Being thus covered by material energy, one cannot possibly overcome its influence. As previously stated, both the material and spiritual natures, being emanations from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, are eternal. The living entities belong to the eternal superior nature of the Lord, but due to contamination by the inferior nature, matter, their illusion is also eternal.

The conditioned soul is therefore called nitya-baddha, or eternally conditioned. No one can trace out the history of his becoming conditioned at a certain date in material history. Consequently, his release from the clutches of material nature is very difficult, even though that material nature is an inferior energy, because material energy is ultimately conducted by the supreme will, which the living entity cannot overcome. Inferior, material nature is defined herein as divine nature due to its divine connection and movement by the divine will.

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[howtofightwrite]

Q&A: Bruce Lee & ESPN

espn published an article ‘could bruce lee win a real fight’ that left me somewhat confused but not sure if I was just vastly out of my depth. the writer draws a line between ‘martial arts’ and ‘real fighting’–the latter referring to UFC/public sport matches seemingly–that seemed unclarified, and referring broadly to a unified principle of ‘martial arts’ being about conquering yourself not an opponent. am i just confused bcs of inexperience?

So, a couple things floating through here. The short answer is, no, this doesn’t reflect on you. Dotun Akintoye, the author, makes a common mistake among prize fighters, and their fans, classifying prize fights as, “real fighting,” without remembering that violence exists in the real world as well.

We’ve talked about this before, but there is a divide between traditional martial artists, sport martial artists, and combat training. When you live inside the competitive sports martial arts bubble, it’s easy to forget that real combat exists. When you train for competitive fighting, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that you’re not training for combat.

Similarly, if you’re training for a different purpose, you’re not going to excel in competitive martial arts. This an observation that Mr. Akintoye gets from Mike Moh (who played Lee in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), when Moh states that he’d need need months of specialized training before going into MMA. He has a fifth degree black belt in Taekwondo, but that’s not competitive MMA. He’s very well trained… to do something else.

In that sense, Akintoye may have a point, even if he’s correct for entirely the wrong reasons. It’s difficult to track down the details, but Lee was involved in street fights growing up. This what led to his eventual martial arts training. So, if we’re talking about, “real fighting,” as experiencing combat, Lee did that. Additionally, it seems to have affected his view of how to train with, and use martial arts. This is someone who saw a three minute fight as lasting too long.

According to Akintoye, it was a specific three minute fight against another martial artist that caused Lee to abandon many of the tenets of Wing Chung, and develop Jeet Kune Do into a full martial art.

That three minutes is a problem for competitive fighters. You can’t have a three minute prize fight. It’s way too short. For competitive sports fighting, you need to draw out the action. People paid a lot of money to come and see the bout, and if it’s over in seconds, they’re going to leave disappointed. This is the fundamental problem with “real” violence and entertainment. Violence is over quickly. Mr. Akintoye even reports a fight between Lee and Yoichi Nakachi where Lee defeated him in 11 seconds.

So, could Lee have been a professional prize fighter if the organization existed during his life? I’m inclined to say, “yes,” but I doubt it would have appealed to him. We’re talking about someone who looked at Wing Chung, and decided the martial art was too slow, before retooling it into something more efficient, while also pulling in techniques from other martial arts. That’s the behavior of someone with a practical combat focus, not what we associate with traditional martial arts, or competitive sports fighting.

Additionally, Akintoye even recounts Lee’s flirting with competitive fighting in the day, and how Lee didn’t enjoy it. Specifically citing the padding on boxing gloves as something Lee disliked. In case it needs to be said, the purpose of boxing gloves is to draw out the fight by weakening the strikes each participant receives.

Mr. Akintoye puts a lot of emphasis on Mike Moh’s appearance in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but, I’m sorry, that’s not evidence of anything. There are many positive things you can say about Quentin Tarantino, and I have in the past, however his relation to historical authenticity is, “extremely flexible.” Weirdly accurate in some respects, and completely missing the mark in others.

Tarantino chose to draw from the fight between Lee and Gene Labell. The real history is that Lee had, apparently, been rough with the stunt actors while shooting The Green Hornet, and the stunt coordinator told Labell (who was already a heavyweight Judo champion) to restrain him. Labell picked up Lee in a fireman’s carry and started running around the set with him. Observing that Lee didn’t even try to counter him, probably due to surprise.

If you wanted historical accuracy from Tarantino, you might have missed Inglorious Basterds. In OUATiH, the audience is offered a fever dream that barely relates to reality, and involves a prolonged fight which never occured.

As Akintoye mentions, it was the beginning of a friendship between between Lee and Labell. Both taught each other, and it’s extremely likely that the grappling techniques that Lee incorporated into Jeet Kune Do came from Labell.

It’s also very important to remember that Labell was not just, “some guy,” he has two separate tenth degree belts, and a ninth. While he wasn’t that advanced in ’66, he was already a world class martial artist. This guy is one of those singular examples who have mastered multiple martial arts.

The article on ESPN’s site leads with a snippet from an interview with Stephen Thompson, who suggests Lee was a pioneer in mixing martial arts together. I don’t usually think about it, but I suspect he’s correct. We probably wouldn’t have modern MMA without Bruce Lee. It’s a very interesting observation that’s easy to miss.

While it’s petty and unrelated to anything else, I’ve got a hard time taking Mr. Akintoye seriously after he puts Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme’s names next to each other as examples. I understand why, but the inclusion of Seagal betrays how little he knows about martial arts beyond The Octagon. This is even more significant, when you remember that Van Damme was a competitive kick boxer before breaking into acting. I don’t hold it against him, but it did affect my perception of the article, and I need to acknowledge that.

I didn’t see what you said about Kung Fu, so I’m not 100% sure where that’s coming from. However, there’s a real reason why we almost never use the term on the blog. Kung Fu is not martial arts.

Okay, that’s not true, Kung Fu can be a martial art, but it can be a lot of other things as well.

Before I go further, it’s important to understand, I don’t speak any Chinese languages.

So, here’s what I’m sure of: Kung Fu can be any art which demands dedication, and persistence from the practitioner. This means it does include martial arts, but also includes many other activities. If you dedicate a chunk of your life to a skill which required focus and dedication, that’s “Kung Fu.”

The extreme end of this would be the idea that a concert pianist would be an example of, “kung fu.” They spent time, energy, dedication, and in the end, mastered their skill.

This where you can find the philosophy that, “kung fu,” is making yourself a better person. You’ve taken this time and energy to focus a skill into excellence. Now, I don’t know how accurate that is, and I’ve never seen it discussed outside of fictional contexts. So, either this a cultural norm, or it’s incorrect, and I don’t know which. As I mentioned, I don’t have the lingual background to make that assessment.

You can look at self-improvement as a struggle against yourself. You don’t need to be perfect, but you do need to be better than you were the day before. Is that, “Kung Fu?” I don’t know. Maybe?

Martial arts is a way you can seek self improvement. So, the idea that you’re facing yourself and pushing on has merit.

The short version is that you’re not out of your depth. Mr. Akintoye has a very specific perspective on what constitutes, “real fights.” That idea is not real world violence. His perspective then distorts his presentation of the facts. He’s pulled some very specific examples, sometimes without context, and constructed a narrative from that. I can’t blame him for that, every one of us will sometimes let our perspective distort our presentation of the facts. That’s just dealing with human beings.

There’s some interesting stuff in the article, but, Akintoye is working from the idea that Bruce Lee wasn’t good enough to be an MMA fighter, which doesn’t mesh with what we know about the man.

-Starke

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Q&A: Bruce Lee & ESPN was originally published on How to Fight Write.

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[prabhupadanugas]

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7, Verse 14: दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया । मामेव ये प्रपद्यन्ते मायामेतां तरन्ति ते ॥ १४ ॥ daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it. https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/7/14/ https://vanisource.org/wiki/760308_-_Morning_Walk_-_Mayapur https://prabhupadavani.org/transcriptions/?audio=Has+audio&type=Bhagavad-gita&chapter=7 https://prabhupada.io https://prabhupada.io/books/bg/7 https://bookchanges.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Bg-Chapter-7-diff.htm http://www.govindadasi.com https://www.facebook.com/govinda.dasi.9 https://vaniquotes.org/wiki/Main_Page https://youtube.com/user/AmritanandadasRPS https://sites.google.com/view/sanatan-dharma https://m.facebook.com/HDG.A.C.Bhaktivedanta.Svami.Srila.Prabhupada.Uvaca/ https://www.bhagavad-gita.us/famous-reflections-on-the-bhagavad-gita/ #bhagavatam #srimadbhagavatam #vishnu #vishnupuran #harekrishna #harekrsna #harekrishna #harekrisna #prabhupada #bhagavadgita #bhagavadgitaasitis #bhagavadgītā #srilaprabhupada #srilaprabhupad #srilaprabhupadaquotes #asitis #india #indian #wayoflife #religion #goals #goaloflife #spiritual #bhakti #bhaktiyoga #chant #prasadam #picoftheday #photo #beautiful #usa https://www.instagram.com/p/ClX6j5QIPiD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[vedic-tales]

Kṛṣṇa is everywhere. You cannot avoid Kṛṣṇa. Simply on account of your foolishness, māyā is covering your eyes to see Kṛṣṇa. So mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te [Bg. 7.14]. If you surrender to Kṛṣṇa, then māyā's curtain will be taken away and you will see Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa. That's all. This is required. Then you become perfect as soon as you learn how to see Kṛṣṇa everywhere. This is the art, transcendental art, spiritual art, how to see Kṛṣṇa. Then you become perfect. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.42, *Srila Prabhupada July 23, 1975 — Los Angeles* #krishna #ram #harekrishna #Radhakrishna #radha #radhe #radheradhe #prabhupada #iskcon #srilaprabhupada #iskcontemple #radhakrishn #vrindavan #mathura #barsana #kanha #lordkrishna #chanting #haribol #vishnu #RadhaRani #Krsna #Jagannath #VedicTales #bhagavadgita #jaishriram #hanuman #ramayana #rama #shriram https://www.instagram.com/p/CSTgINkMy-n/?utm_medium=tumblr

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