Just starting to study Buddhism. For years I've had my own beliefs about religions and the space around us. I've been carefully approaching Buddhism as a rational way of putting things in context over the last few years. I'm very sure now and ready to learn all I can. I hope to find good guidance here.
Currently, I'm about half way through "The Tibetan Book of Life and Death". Listened to many web casts by the Dalai Lama and now I find myself with a tremendous thirst for more knowledge.
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Hello from Ohio
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Hello from Ohio
by Carpenter » Mon Jan 07, 2013 3:27 am
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Re: Hello from Ohio
by Ben » Mon Jan 07, 2013 4:00 am
Greetings Carpenter and welcome to Dhamma Wheel.
You may also wish to check out our sister site: www.dharmawheel.net which has a Mahayana/Vajrayana focus.
kind regards,
Ben
You may also wish to check out our sister site: www.dharmawheel.net which has a Mahayana/Vajrayana focus.
kind regards,
Ben
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Re: Hello from Ohio
by Benjamin » Mon Jan 07, 2013 4:02 am
Hey Carpenter,
I'm also in Ohio, near the Kent/Akron area. Welcome to DhammaWheel!
I'm also in Ohio, near the Kent/Akron area. Welcome to DhammaWheel!
"The point of meditation is to essentially push the ego into a corner so that it has nowhere else to go. The ego is based on attachment—our attachment to the body and to ideas. When the ego is cornered and has nowhere to go, the only thing one can do is to put it down. And when one puts down the ego, then that is enlightenment."
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Re: Hello from Ohio
by cooran » Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:42 am
Welcome! 
with metta
Chris
with metta
Chris
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Re: Hello from Ohio
by bodom » Mon Jan 07, 2013 8:57 am
Welcome Carpenter!
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Re: Hello from Ohio
by Khalil Bodhi » Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:11 am
Welcome to DW Carpenter!
To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
-Dhp. 183
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Re: Hello from Ohio
by Cittasanto » Mon Jan 07, 2013 6:19 pm
Welcome Aboard
This offering maybe right, or wrong, but it is one, the other, both, or neither!
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"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."
With Metta
Upāsaka Cittasanto
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: Hello from Ohio
by Roland » Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:18 pm
Welcome, fellow Ohioan!
"No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley."
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