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happy thanksgiving, frens

what are you thankful for? (pls keep it /lit related so the jannies dont delete this thread)

>> No.16879776

Tom Pynchon

>> No.16879786

I'm not thankful for anything. I hate everyone in my family and I have no one.

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>>16879771
We do not celebrate it here, but it is my sister's birthday, so I get to be with my family and have dinner anyway.

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>>16879771
I'm thankful to have a long winter break where I can just read in the quiet cold.

>> No.16879821

>>16879800
I can’t wait until winter break. I’m on the verge of a breakdown.

>> No.16879826

>>16879771
Having hundreds of literary masterpieces out there, waiting to be discovered

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>>16879771
I am thankful for the Bhagavad Gita. I have been reading from it regularly again and it truly is wonderful.
What are you thankful for?

>>16879786
>>16879821
Try the Bhagavad Gita

>> No.16879852

>>16879771
I'm thankful for having picked up reading again recently
I'm also thankful for getting the urge to write a bit again

>> No.16879863

>>16879844
based Gitaposter
wish I could feel the unmanifested desu

>> No.16879925

Thanks to /lit/ for being the impetus for me to turn from a porn-addicted vidya junkie into a porn-addicted reading junkie.
And for all the anons who recommended me great books this year; you know who you are.

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>>16879863
Me too, my friend, me too. But reading the Gita and doing japamala brings joy of its own.

>>16879925
>porn-addicted
Try the Bhagavad Gita

>> No.16879982

Thankful for the people who try.

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>>16879771
I'm thankful for (YOU), OP!

>> No.16880053

>>16879977
I'm this anon >>16879863
You won't believe me, but after I first read the Gita I just cut out porn and cooming from my life for like three months desu. IDK how it happened but it's the truth. Then one day I was sleepy and horny so I cranked one out and since then I've relapsed hard. Feels super bad desu.

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>>16879771
I’m thankful for the brand new pocket edition NRSV Bible with the Apocrypha from my mom. I had my name imprinted on the front cover just to make it more personal. I’m also thankful for my new (to me) NRSV concordance edited by Bruce Metzger. He was a bro.

>> No.16880209

>>16879771
I'm thankful for my books, for my kindle and I'm especially thankful for b-ok.
I'm thankful for living in a place with universal healthcare, because holy shit, I'd be fucked if I didn't. I'm glad for the friends I have, and the family I have.

>> No.16880501

>>16880209
Based

>> No.16880561

>>16879771
>what are you thankful for?
Literature.

>> No.16880585

I am thankful that somebody here posted a thread about NYRB Classics flash sale a few days ago and I asked my mom to buy me 4 books for Christmas and she said yes

>> No.16881888

>>16880053
I made a very similar experience. The answer is to keep rereading. You can also try the Bhagavata Purana. Don't give up!

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>> No.16881922

>>16879771
No burger but I'm thankful for my cat. She's always there being chill and relaxed although a bit grumpy and I feel like I'm caring for something good on this planet, doing at least one thing right.

>> No.16881944

>>16879771
today i am thankful for amazon sending out two books for free without any proof that they are actually missing from my order

>> No.16881980

>>16881888
Thanks for the encouragement anon. Can you give me some background on the Purana? I don't know much about the other Hinduist texts.

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>>16881922
That sounds nice!

>>16881980
>This Purana has arisen now, in Kali yuga, when all learning has been destroyed, after Krishna returned to his own abode. It is like the sun and is full of knowledge about dharma.
>This illustrious Bhagavata was composed by the great sage. It is about supreme dharma iand is completely free from deceit. It is for the virtuous who are devoid of envy. Knowledge exists here about true reality and bliss and about uprooting the three kinds of misery. What else is needed to obtain the lord? If a person has cleansed his soul and is faithful, through this, he instantly establishes him in his heart. The sacred texts are like trees that yield all the objects of desire and this represents their ripened fruit. It emerged from Shuka's mouth, with the pulp and juice of amrita. Drink the Bhagavata, the store of juices. O those who possess taste! Savour it repeatedly and become happy on earth.
From the first part. It's a lot longer than the Gita, but roughly speaking it also tells stories of Krishna, with philosophical parts and an emphasis on devotion to Krishna as a means to liberation.

>> No.16882070

>>16879771
I'm thankful I'm not illiterate. I'm thankful I'm not a farmer, hoeing the ground by hand. I'm thankful I don't live in a mud hut. I'm thankful I don't live in a country where I constantly have to be afraid of armed thugs kicking down my door.

>> No.16882156

>>16882051
Thanks anon!

>> No.16882330

>>16879977
Which English translation is the best?