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I found this site because of retrofuturist and decided to join to learn more. I am a practicing lay Theravadan living in America. Hallo everyone!
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:hello:

Welcome to Dhamma Wheel!

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TheDhamma wrote::hello:

Welcome to Dhamma Wheel!

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Thank you!! :anjali:
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Hi & Welcome
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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
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Welcome!

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Liberation is the inevitable fruit of the path and is bound to blossom forth when there is steady and persistent practice. The only requirements for reaching the final goal are two: to start and to continue. If these requirements are met there is no doubt the goal will be attained. This is the Dhamma, the undeviating law.

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Hi Thaibebop
Nice to see you here at last!
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in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
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Greetings Thaibebop,
Ben wrote:Nice to see you here at last!
My thoughts too!

I'm sure you'll recognise quite a few people from your previous online discussions.

Metta,
Retro. :)
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Thanks everyone! This looks like it will be a fun place. I really need a good place to have productive discussions. Being married with two kids as well as a job and full time college student leaves me very little time to study the Dhamma. I was able to read the condensed Pali Cannon by Bhikku Bodhi but have not had a chance to explore the other translations. So, I am looking forward to what I might be able to learn here.
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