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[slightly later] buddha: *sambhogakayically manifests emanation body, appears at Terrence’s public teaching at his mystery school in Calabria to see what fuss is about, folds his illusory arms skeptically* t-how: *says nothing, holds up flower of life, properly unfolded* 1/

Before I get inundated with comments and possibly ratioed, let me say that I know “sambhogakayically manifests an emanation body” is poorly phrased In this little scenario buddha is •not• going to show up as a nirmanakaya figure in space and time, because at outset of joke 1/

He’s still skeptical about T-How and doesn’t want to be pinned down. So natural choice is to get to southern Italy in sambhogakaya form, the better to make a quick exit But I crossed the wires and wrote “emanation” which is nirmanakaya, don’t @ me #doyouevenDharmabro?

love the idea that dharma twitter is big enough that you could get ratio'd for this

getting blocked by Big Dharma bluechecks and roasted in the replies for my spicy takes

Literally cannot tell if Terrence • is trolling that particular entertainment reporter • elaborately meta-trolling the whole concept of red carpet interviews • is in an altered state of consciousness (viz tripping balls, or tipsy) • in need of self-care/professional care