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Postby Ordinaryperson » Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:32 pm

Greetings to All,

I have just arrived at this website through thornbush from another site so pop in to say hello to everyone.

I only found this site when I started to wonder where Bhante Dhammanando has gone so asked around and here I am.

I am pleased to see many familiar names around so I am going to hang around to learn.

A quick intro, I belong to Theravada Buddhism and our linkage to Theravada Buddhism (father side) stretches back a very very long time but my knowledge is limited only to what I have been taught by my father so I can only talk about experience I know.

Will upload my avatar later ...

:anjali:
~Actively trying to destroy the Three Unwholesome Roots of Greed, Hatred and Ignorance~
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Re: Greetings to All.

Postby sukhamanveti » Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:43 pm

Hi Ordinaryperson,

Welcome! :smile:
Sīlaṃ balaṃ appaṭimaṃ.
Sīlaṃ āvudhamuttamaṃ.
Sīlamābharaṇaṃ seṭṭhaṃ.
Sīlaṃ kavacamabbhutaṃ.

Virtue is a matchless power.
Virtue is the greatest weapon.
Virtue is the best adornment.
Virtue is a wonderful armor.

Theragatha 614


Sabbapāpassa akaraṇaṃ,
kusalassa upasampadā,
Sacittapariyodapanaṃ,
etaṃ buddhāna sāsanaṃ.

Refraining from all wrong-doing,
Undertaking the good,
Purifying the mind,
This is the teaching of the buddhas.

Dhammapada v. 183/14.5
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Re: Greetings to All.

Postby phil » Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:03 pm

Welcome aboard, Ordinary Person. :smile:

Metta,

Phil
I hope that every time I post it will be accompanied by a wish for the wellbeing of everyone in this sangha and all beings.
(so I don't have to write "metta" every time!)

Kammalakkhano , bhikkhave, bālo, kammalakkhano pandito, apadānasobhanī paññāti
(The fool is characterized by his/her actions/the wise one is characterized by his/her actions/Wisdom shines forth in behaviour.)
(AN 3.2 Lakkhana Sutta)
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Re: Greetings to All.

Postby Fede » Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:05 pm

I don't believe there is any such thing as an "Ordinary person"..... all are extraordinary, in their own, unique, 'not-self' kind of way..... ;)

Welcome!! :clap:
"Samsara: The human condition's heartbreaking inability to sustain contentment." Elizabeth Gilbert, 'Eat, Pray, Love'.

Simplify: 17 into 1 WILL go: Mindfulness!

Quieta movere magna merces videbatur. (Sallust, c.86-c.35 BC)
Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself. ;)

I am sooooo happy - How on earth could I be otherwise?! :D


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Postby genkaku » Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:07 pm

Welcome OP. Hope you find something useful here.
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Postby thornbush » Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:35 pm

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Re: Greetings to All.

Postby Ngawang Drolma. » Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:13 pm

Welcome! :anjali:
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Re: Greetings to All.

Postby Cittasanto » Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:26 pm

Welcome
This offering maybe right, or wrong, but it is one, the other, both, or neither!
With Metta
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Blog - Some Suttas Translated.
"Others will misconstrue reality due to their personal perspectives, doggedly holding onto and not easily discarding them; We shall not misconstrue reality due to our own personal perspectives, nor doggedly holding onto them, but will discard them easily. This effacement shall be done."
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Re: Greetings to All.

Postby SeerObserver » Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:42 pm

Glad to see you here, Ordinaryperson. I'm pleased to see another familiar joining up over here, especially one whose posts I have enjoyed.
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Re: Greetings to All.

Postby retrofuturist » Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:59 pm

Greetings Ordinary Person,

Excellent to see you join us here at Dhamma Wheel... I was wondering when you would arrive!

:hello:

Metta,
Retro. :)
If you have asked me of the origination of unease, then I shall explain it to you in accordance with my understanding:
Whatever various forms of unease there are in the world, They originate founded in encumbering accumulation. (Pārāyanavagga)

'We should not congratulate someone on the success of their misdeeds, but on the contrary should endeavour to advise him or her to lead a more skilful and wholesome life. If such advice is ignored then we can only give up and let go' - Phra Panyapatipo

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Re: Greetings to All.

Postby Ordinaryperson » Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:29 pm

Thanks all for the welcome everyone.

Nice website Retro. :twothumbsup:

I have been very busy for a while now (doing this :reading: for work ... ) so was unable to do the things I like and only managed to occasionally drop by the other site. The other site is good too so I guess I will be visiting both whenever I can.

I will continue to be very busy until at least August 09 as I need to jump over the final hurdle ( well ... second last major hurdle) in my life, but I will try to read as much if not to learn as much as I can while visiting Dhamma Wheel and the other site.

Anyway, glad that I find everyone here again.

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