# Buddhist Jokes You Want to Share

**URL:** <https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhist-jokes-you-want-to-share/161>\
**Category:** Lounge\
**Created:** [April 14, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhist-jokes-you-want-to-share/161 "2022-04-14T14:57:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![ekocare](https://classicaltheravada.org/user_avatar/classicaltheravada.org/ekocare/32/1116_2.png) [@ekocare](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/ekocare)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 5:37am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhist-jokes-you-want-to-share/161/24 "2022-05-07T05:37:26Z")

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## Internet Sattigumba

 ![modern-sattigumba](https://classicaltheravada.org/uploads/default/original/1X/a0979696e683f33e19c0aea0c5973be69a89bda6.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![bksubhuti](https://classicaltheravada.org/user_avatar/classicaltheravada.org/bksubhuti/32/19_2.png) [@bksubhuti](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/bksubhuti)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhist-jokes-you-want-to-share/161/25 "2022-05-07T13:56:57Z")

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What does wheel/central mean … 🤣 🤣 🤣

(no need to say…haha…)

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**Author:** ![ekocare](https://classicaltheravada.org/user_avatar/classicaltheravada.org/ekocare/32/1116_2.png) [@ekocare](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/ekocare)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhist-jokes-you-want-to-share/161/26 "2022-05-08T17:58:02Z")

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**Why Western monks won’t attain Nibbana.**

![justbyname](https://classicaltheravada.org/uploads/default/original/1X/2b1c3723c97476fdc79f383d0b7650a0d6e0d7f5.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![RobertK](https://classicaltheravada.org/user_avatar/classicaltheravada.org/robertk/32/1498_2.png) [@RobertK](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/RobertK)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhist-jokes-you-want-to-share/161/28 "2022-05-10T02:56:31Z")

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Admin note: please use this thread only for genuine jokes.

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**Author:** ![RobertK](https://classicaltheravada.org/user_avatar/classicaltheravada.org/robertk/32/1498_2.png) [@RobertK](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/RobertK)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 3:38am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhist-jokes-you-want-to-share/161/29 "2022-05-10T03:38:03Z")

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![_)](https://classicaltheravada.org/uploads/default/original/1X/eba5c1c19863b4f851fb1db03c204b83248ca380.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![bksubhuti](https://classicaltheravada.org/user_avatar/classicaltheravada.org/bksubhuti/32/19_2.png) [@bksubhuti](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/bksubhuti)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhist-jokes-you-want-to-share/161/30 "2022-07-24T13:14:21Z")

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A good response to an nihilist!

An atheist was seated next to a dusty old cowboy on an airplane and he turned to him and said, “Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.”  
The old cowboy, who had just started to read his book, replied to the total stranger, “What would you want to talk about?”  
“Oh, I don’t know,” said the atheist. “How about why there is no God, or no Heaven or Hell, or no life after death?” as he smiled smugly.  
“Okay,” he said. “Those could be interesting topics but let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff – grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, but a horse produces clumps. Why do you suppose that is?”  
The atheist, visibly surprised by the old cowboy’s intelligence, thinks about it and says, “Hmmm, I have no idea.”  
To which the cowboy replies, “Do you really feel qualified to discuss God, Heaven and Hell, or life after death, when you don’t know shit?”…

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**Author:** ![bksubhuti](https://classicaltheravada.org/user_avatar/classicaltheravada.org/bksubhuti/32/19_2.png) [@bksubhuti](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/bksubhuti)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 1:25pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhist-jokes-you-want-to-share/161/31 "2022-08-24T13:25:12Z")

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# My karma ran over my dogma!

I forgot about this funny phrase until I recently changed the description of this website to _include_ dogmatic beliefs. Load up a private browser to this website and see the intro screen.

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**Author:** ![DhammaWiki](https://classicaltheravada.org/user_avatar/classicaltheravada.org/dhammawiki/32/447_2.png) [@DhammaWiki](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/DhammaWiki)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhist-jokes-you-want-to-share/161/32 "2022-08-24T19:29:12Z")

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## _Those who argue against rebirth, continue to do so, in their next life._

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**Author:** ![bksubhuti](https://classicaltheravada.org/user_avatar/classicaltheravada.org/bksubhuti/32/19_2.png) [@bksubhuti](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/bksubhuti)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhist-jokes-you-want-to-share/161/33 "2022-08-25T00:58:20Z")

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# I’m a Born-Again Buddhist

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**Author:** ![bksubhuti](https://classicaltheravada.org/user_avatar/classicaltheravada.org/bksubhuti/32/19_2.png) [@bksubhuti](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/bksubhuti)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhist-jokes-you-want-to-share/161/34 "2022-10-13T11:39:12Z")

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![](https://classicaltheravada.org/uploads/default/original/1X/8e32569bc0cb89374076595b93cd726f41d88ad3.jpeg)  
(This is a remote image… just paste the link on its own line and it saves the server from MB)

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**Author:** ![Trobinson465](https://classicaltheravada.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@Trobinson465](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/Trobinson465)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhist-jokes-you-want-to-share/161/35 "2022-10-30T23:00:06Z")

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![FB_IMG_1667167533004](https://classicaltheravada.org/uploads/default/original/1X/814b3d9e9e2bb681625d933f7466a783c47b0d5c.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![bksubhuti](https://classicaltheravada.org/user_avatar/classicaltheravada.org/bksubhuti/32/19_2.png) [@bksubhuti](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/bksubhuti)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhist-jokes-you-want-to-share/161/36 "2022-11-17T09:43:29Z")

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**Author:** ![DhammaWiki](https://classicaltheravada.org/user_avatar/classicaltheravada.org/dhammawiki/32/447_2.png) [@DhammaWiki](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/DhammaWiki)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhist-jokes-you-want-to-share/161/37 "2022-11-19T17:06:43Z")

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“Singing is regarded as wailing in the training of the Noble One. _ **Dancing is regarded as madness.** _ Too much laughter, showing the teeth, is regarded as childish. _ **So break off singing and dancing** _; and when you’re appropriately pleased, it’s enough to simply smile.” AN 3.107

![emmagoldman](https://classicaltheravada.org/uploads/default/original/1X/78952a60d776bedc2e105b7f85441f836dfbd20a.jpeg)

![happymonksmeme1](https://classicaltheravada.org/uploads/default/original/1X/b5d812910ab208ab26b6a13bede746e3c1de8e35.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![bksubhuti](https://classicaltheravada.org/user_avatar/classicaltheravada.org/bksubhuti/32/19_2.png) [@bksubhuti](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/bksubhuti)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2022, 6:58am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhist-jokes-you-want-to-share/161/38 "2022-11-20T06:58:22Z")

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thread posted to wrong group here.

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**Author:** ![DhammaWiki](https://classicaltheravada.org/user_avatar/classicaltheravada.org/dhammawiki/32/447_2.png) [@DhammaWiki](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/DhammaWiki)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhist-jokes-you-want-to-share/161/39 "2022-11-20T16:33:08Z")

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Here is the English link on Sutta Central:

[https://suttacentral.net/an3.107/en/sujato?layout=plain&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin](https://suttacentral.net/an3.107/en/sujato?layout=plain&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin)

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**Author:** ![DhammaWiki](https://classicaltheravada.org/user_avatar/classicaltheravada.org/dhammawiki/32/447_2.png) [@DhammaWiki](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/DhammaWiki)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhist-jokes-you-want-to-share/161/40 "2022-11-20T16:34:56Z")

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Is this the Pali?

[https://suttacentral.net/an3.107/pli/ms?layout=plain&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin](https://suttacentral.net/an3.107/pli/ms?layout=plain&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin)

“Ruṇṇamidaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyassa vinaye yadidaṁ gītaṁ. Ummattakamidaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyassa vinaye yadidaṁ naccaṁ. Komārakamidaṁ, bhikkhave, ariyassa vinaye yadidaṁ ativelaṁ dantavidaṁsakahasitaṁ. Variant: dantavidaṁsakahasitaṁ → dantavidaṁsakaṁ hasitaṁ (bj, pts1ed)Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, setughāto gīte, setughāto nacce, alaṁ vo dhammappamoditānaṁ sataṁ sitaṁ sitamattāyā”ti.

Pañcamaṁ.

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**Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhist-jokes-you-want-to-share/161/41 "2022-11-23T20:15:36Z")

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![FB_IMG_1667169699776](https://classicaltheravada.org/uploads/default/original/1X/a238bf6c2ccbbab0d39b3a91004d8755ffdb19c5.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Trobinson465](https://classicaltheravada.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@Trobinson465](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/Trobinson465)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 7:01am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhist-jokes-you-want-to-share/161/42 "2022-12-28T07:01:05Z")

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![FB_IMG_1672210728532](https://classicaltheravada.org/uploads/default/original/1X/da2ccdf765ca7fa33d741e3dc7fccb54c8f00d94.jpeg)

Not canonical I know but still a neat joke.

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**Author:** ![RobertK](https://classicaltheravada.org/user_avatar/classicaltheravada.org/robertk/32/1498_2.png) [@RobertK](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/RobertK)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 8:51am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhist-jokes-you-want-to-share/161/43 "2022-12-31T08:51:18Z")

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**Author:** ![bksubhuti](https://classicaltheravada.org/user_avatar/classicaltheravada.org/bksubhuti/32/19_2.png) [@bksubhuti](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/bksubhuti)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/buddhist-jokes-you-want-to-share/161/44 "2022-12-31T12:24:31Z")

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Have to click on this to see remote Far Side comic strip image… (no preview)  
A joke of Peter Pan and Wendy leaving the Neverland  
It reminds me of monks disrobing.

[https://img.ifunny.co/images/fe6d8460175d8d5125dcddf8d8f1d9b075b8124e4e60562455ae10be25e31a87\_1.webp](https://img.ifunny.co/images/fe6d8460175d8d5125dcddf8d8f1d9b075b8124e4e60562455ae10be25e31a87_1.webp)

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