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*  Name   : nechung database format sample                                    *
*  Author : Chris Koeritz                                                     *
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*  Purpose:                                                                   *
*                                                                             *
*    Describes the database format.  The "fields" can be any kind of text,    *
*  including special characters.  The one reserved term is a line containing  *
*  a single tilde character ('~') followed by the appropriate line ending.    *
*  That marks the beginning of the next record.  Nechung will automatically   *
*  index the file based on these separators whenever the database changes.    *
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* Copyright (c) 1991-$now By Author.  This program is free software; you can  *
* redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public  *
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of   *
* the License or (at your option) any later version.  This is online at:      *
*     http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.html                                    *
* Please send any updates to: fred@gruntose.com                               *
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~
Om Muni Muni Maha Muni Yea Swaha
~
Gun dro nga tang yul nge nga
Gewa ju jik dza nyon druk
Nye nyon nyi shu shen gyur shi
Sem chung nga jik di dak o.
~
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
~
Om Mani Padme Hum
~
Om Shanthi Om
~
Om A Ra Ba Tsa Na Di
~
The man in whom Tao
Acts without impediment
Harms no other being
By his actions
Yet he does not know himself
To be "kind," to be "gentle"
~
When an archer is shooting for nothing
He has all his skill.
If he shoots for a brass buckle
He is already nervous.
If he shoots for a prize of gold
He goes blind
Or sees two targets--
He is out of his mind!

His skill has not changed.  But the prize
Divides him.  He cares.
He thinks more of winning
Than of shooting--
And the need to win
Drains him of power.
~
By giving, resources; by ethics, bliss
~
what you don't see is what you get when you don't look
~
this bell's knelling is never quelled,
   while service is rendered,
tin staccato splattered over cupric strands,
   spraying crazed meaning to distant lands.
what is it?
~
To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others
~
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~
liquid ball of fur
dances with a beam of light,
never catches it.
  -- fred t. hamster