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Greetings from the road

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Hi there,

Excited to finally get involved with this website, I've heard a lot about it. I've been on a 21 month road trip all around America in an attempt to discover what the Buddha actually taught and how best to express it to Americans. I've been visiting with every meditation teacher I can find in an attempt to get to the heart of this stuff. I'm a firm believer that the best gift you can give is the dhamma and this is what I'd like to help give to this and upcoming generations, especially if I can dispel a lot of them misconceptions and confusion about what the historical Buddha taught.

I am putting together a documentary film on this, but I hope the moderators won't prevent me from posting because I'm not here to promote that, and besides, it's a long ways away from being finished. I'm still out interviewing, meditating, and visiting temples, meditation groups, and monasteries. I'm only here to have an outlet to mull over a lot of what I've experienced within a good community. And hopefully people will suggest places/teachers that mean a lot to them so I can visit them.

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Adam
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Welcome Adam! It looks like pretty interesting stuff! Too bad you didn't make it out here to the East Coast. I'll be checking in to your blog and look forward to your posts! Mettaya.

Mike
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Welcome Adam!

:anjali:
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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Thanks for the welcome guys.

>Mike, I actually have been out to the East coast quite a bit. I've been to about 35 states all over the country at this point. I just didn't start the blog util about 4 months ago, once I was headed from Texas to Cali.

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Greetings Adam,

Welcome to Dhamma Wheel.

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Metta,
Retro. :)
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Hey adam! I am new here too ! hope to see you around :)
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Welcome Adam! :group:

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Thanks for signing on here; intertesting website.
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Welcome Adam :smile:
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Welcome to Dhamma Wheel!

Great photos!

Have you already been through Las Vegas?
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David,

Unfortunately I haven't been out to Las Vegas yet but I've heard there's a lot of Buddhism there. I'm in the LA area though, so not to far and need to get out there soon. I've got the Buddhist Geeks Conference coming up next, so maybe after that I can head out to Vegas.

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Great! Hopefully you can come by my place and get some photos? Here are some other Buddhist centers in Vegas too:

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And there is also the big statue of Brahma in front of Caesers Palace.
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Welcome :)

Btw: Geek conferences are good, so I imagine Buddhist geek conferences are awesome :buddha1: :ugeek:
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