What is the use of his knowledge pertaining to the number of insects in the whole world? Rather, inquire into his knowledge of that which is to be practised by us -- Dharmakirti
This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. SN I, 38.
Níl sa saol seo ach ceo There is naught in this life but mist Is ní bheimid beo ach seal beag gearr. And we will not be alive but a short hard time.
Greetings, InfiniteSummer-- I am also in Champaign, Illinois. You might not know about the Prairie Sangha, a group which meets on Monday evenings for meditation. It's the only Theravada-related group around. I can tell you more about it, or you can see http://www.prairiesangha.org. Or perhaps I already know you there? At any rate, welcome to this forum, which I look at nearly every day. Richard