hubble_discovers_100_new_planets mp21k 2 July, 2004, 00:36 GMT 01:36 UK The Hubble Space Telescope may have discovered as many as 100 new planets orbiting stars in our galaxy. The discovery will lend support to the idea that almost every sunlike star in our galaxy, and probably the Universe, is accompanied by planets. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3856401.stm 040702 ... andru235 but we all still have to live on this one 050629 ... jane intergalactic_blather? 050630 ... Thus Have I Read / Heard. ... 050701 ... which the_surangama_sutra\ http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/surangama.pdf Meditation on the organ of hearing Thereupon Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva rose from his seat, prostrated himself with his head at the feet of the Buddha and declared: ‚I still remember that long before numbers of aeons countless as the sand grains in the Ganges, a Buddha called Avalokitesvara appeared in the world. When I was with Him, I developed the Bodhi Mind and, for my entry into Samàdhi, I was instructed by Him to practise meditation by means of the organ of hearing. "...14. ‚In this great chiliocosm contains a hundred lacs of suns and moons, 050701 ... I there are now Bodhisattvas countless as sand grains in sixty-two Ganges rivers. They practise the Dharma to set a good example to all living beings by befriending, teaching and converting them; in their wisdom their expedient methods differ. Because I used one penetrating organ which led to my realization through the faculty of hearing, my body and mind embrace the whole Dharma realm in which I teach all living beings to concentrate their minds on calling my name. The merits that follow are the same as those derived from calling on the names of all these Bodhisattvas. World_Honoured_One, my single name does not differ from those uncountable ones, because of my practice and training which led to my true enlightenment. These are the fourteen fearless (powers) which (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva) bestow upon living beings." 050701 what's it to you? who go blather from