With both you, Paul and Cittasanto now bald, I feel like the pressure is on!
However, I think it would cause a bit of marital disharmony in my household.
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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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Greetings David,
Nice look - reminds me a bit of Devin Townsend!
Metta,
Retro.
Nice look - reminds me a bit of Devin Townsend!
Metta,
Retro.
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Greetings,
Dan74 (left) and me (right) after meditation and cumquat tea at the Fo Guang Shan temple in Melbourne.
Metta,
Retro.
Dan74 (left) and me (right) after meditation and cumquat tea at the Fo Guang Shan temple in Melbourne.
Metta,
Retro.
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The increasing of baldheads here is enormous, seems like being moderator on Dhammawheel or Member has good effects. Much mudita!
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hanzze_ wrote:The increasing of baldheads here is enormous, seems like being moderator on Dhammawheel or Member has good effects. Much mudita!
Correction: "free cumquat tea" courtesy Paul. I say these Buddhists are so gullible!Greetings,
Dan74 (left) and me (right) after meditation and cumquat tea at the Fo Guang Shan temple in Melbourne.
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Lol! It really does look like him!retrofuturist wrote:Greetings David,
Nice look - reminds me a bit of Devin Townsend!
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Thanks retro and bodom. Glad that I look like (the celebrity) Devin Townsend; better him than Mick Jagger or Steven Tyler.bodom wrote:Lol! It really does look like him!retrofuturist wrote:Greetings David,
Nice look - reminds me a bit of Devin Townsend!
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Dear David,David N. Snyder wrote:This morning my wife and I had the honor of meeting Ayya Phalañani. She is visiting the U.S. from Thailand and a member of Dhamma Wheel here too. So here is a photo of the meeting of 3 Dhamma Wheel members:
At Wat Thai Los Angeles, March 17, 2010
Left to right: Ayya Phalañani, Woini, David
May I ask , is Ayya Phalanani a nun or bhikkhuni? Could you please ask her to write about herself why she chose to follow the Buddha's Order. I would love to read her story.
And please say 'hi' to your wife for me. The picture of 3 Dhamma Wheel members in front of the big beautiful Buddha statue is very nice.
Sincerely,
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Hi Yawares,
She is a fully-ordained Theravada bhikkhuni. She was an 8 precept mae chee for years and then became fully ordained in Northern California a couple of years ago. This was her blog, which she no longer maintains:
http://mitrasunya.blogspot.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It gives some of the background leading up to the ordination and her life. Now she is focusing on her practice and travels from country to country to different monasteries.
That meeting was with 3 Dhamma Wheel members, but no one has made any meeting yet that has broken the record in the OP yet! In the OP there is a photo of 4 Dhamma Wheel members!
She is a fully-ordained Theravada bhikkhuni. She was an 8 precept mae chee for years and then became fully ordained in Northern California a couple of years ago. This was her blog, which she no longer maintains:
http://mitrasunya.blogspot.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It gives some of the background leading up to the ordination and her life. Now she is focusing on her practice and travels from country to country to different monasteries.
That meeting was with 3 Dhamma Wheel members, but no one has made any meeting yet that has broken the record in the OP yet! In the OP there is a photo of 4 Dhamma Wheel members!
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Dear David,David N. Snyder wrote:Hi Yawares,
She is a fully-ordained Theravada bhikkhuni. She was an 8 precept mae chee for years and then became fully ordained in Northern California a couple of years ago. This was her blog, which she no longer maintains:
http://mitrasunya.blogspot.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It gives some of the background leading up to the ordination and her life. Now she is focusing on her practice and travels from country to country to different monasteries.
That meeting was with 3 Dhamma Wheel members, but no one has made any meeting yet that has broken the record in the OP yet! In the OP there is a photo of 4 Dhamma Wheel members!
Thank you very much. I'll read her story.
My husband and I used to know 2 tall/very handsome monks, Bhikkhu Dick(an engineer,USA), Bhikkhu Martin(from Germany) at Wat Paa Barn Taad, Udonthani, Thailand. We interviewed them, they both were very very nice/serene. My husband( Tep Sastri) stayed in a small kuti near these 2 monks for 3 days as upasaka, while I stayed in a big house with others upasikas far from Bhikkhus' place. We loved that temple very much, the youngest princess of Thailand, many rich people went there to give clean gourmet foods/desserts everyday while we were there, lucky us!
yawares
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I would like to say that she now has another blog where she is active:David N. Snyder wrote: She is a fully-ordained Theravada bhikkhuni. She was an 8 precept mae chee for years and then became fully ordained in Northern California a couple of years ago. This was her blog, which she no longer maintains:
http://mitrasunya.blogspot.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://phalanyani.sirimangalo.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Mike and Robert, Peninsular, Bangkok
Mike, Jon, Sarah, Robert, Sukinder [scroll right!] (of Dhamma Study Group). Afternoon tea and Dhamma Discussion at the Peninsular (Bangkok, not Hong Kong!).
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Yes, it was a meeting of the mods. Two from dhammastudygroup and two from dhammawheel.
And very enjoyable and interesting. I could have stayed all day discussing more and more points of Dhamma .
And very enjoyable and interesting. I could have stayed all day discussing more and more points of Dhamma .
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Great photo! Looks like a great time with discussion, snacks, and tea.
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David N. Snyder wrote:Great photo! Looks like a great time with discussion, snacks, and tea.
Dear David,
They should do Thai dance too..to complete the happy day. When I was with Tep at Engineering Conference in Hua-Hin(Beach Hotel), Thailand , not only great foods/desserts..Thai Classical Dance included...everybody enjoyed the show !
You're DhammaWheel ...Why are you not there??
yawares