Huh?
I wonder if there's been a mis-perception here. In case what I said had been taken wrongly, let me say that it wasn't meant to be a joke, much less ridicule. Please read again.
Really, if you like, submit "second sun" on YouTube to 'verify' the sutta.
kb
Ong Yong Peng wrote thus at 23:39 14/11/2009:
>Dear Kumara Bhikkhu,
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>bhante, unless I put my initial YP: before the text, the English translations come from the book by Ven. Buddhadatta.
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>However, we go through the text for Pali study, if you spot any mistake, please kindly point out. Thank you.
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>metta,
>Yong Peng.
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>--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Kum�ra Bhikkhu wrote:
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>>"Hoti so, bhikkhave, samayo ya.m kadaaci karahaci diighassa addhuno accayena dutiyo suriyo paatubhavati." [A.iv,100] "Monks, there comes a time, when in some age, at the end of some vast period, a second sun appears."
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>Wow! Would you consider that we could be living in that "end of some vast period"? Search YouTube with the keywords "second sun". (You can also try "Nibiru" or "Planet X".)
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