Greetings All,
I see many names here that I associate with wisdom and experience and I've always done best when surrounded by smart people!
Anybody mind if a Dhamma rookie hangs out an avatar here?
AdvaitaJ
Got room for a neophyte?
Got room for a neophyte?
The birds have vanished down the sky. Now the last cloud drains away.
We sit together, the mountain and me, until only the mountain remains. Li Bai
We sit together, the mountain and me, until only the mountain remains. Li Bai
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Re: Got room for a neophyte?
Greetings and welcome AdvaitaJ.
Good to see you here.
Metta,
Retro.
Good to see you here.
Metta,
Retro.
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
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Re: Got room for a neophyte?
Hi AdvaitaJ,
Welcome to Dhamma Wheel.
Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu
Welcome to Dhamma Wheel.
Not in the least.AdvaitaJ wrote:Anybody mind if a Dhamma rookie hangs out an avatar here?
Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu
Yena yena hi maññanti,
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
Re: Got room for a neophyte?
Welcome AdvaitaJ
I'm happy you have joined us!
Most of the 'old gang' is here!
Cheers
Ben
I'm happy you have joined us!
Most of the 'old gang' is here!
Cheers
Ben
“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.”
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
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- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR
e: [email protected]..
Re: Got room for a neophyte?
Welcome AdvaitaJ. Hope you find something useful here.
Don't worry ... I think they only do the goldfish-swallowing ritual on Tuesday nights.
Don't worry ... I think they only do the goldfish-swallowing ritual on Tuesday nights.
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Re: Got room for a neophyte?
สัพเพ สัตตา สุขีตา โหนตุ
the mountain may be heavy in and of itself, but if you're not trying to carry it it's not heavy to you- Ajaan Suwat
the mountain may be heavy in and of itself, but if you're not trying to carry it it's not heavy to you- Ajaan Suwat
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hello
Blog, Suttas, Aj Chah, Facebook.
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 …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
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 …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
Re: Got room for a neophyte?
Welcome!
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.
- BB
- BB