Hello

Introduce yourself to others at Dhamma Wheel.
Forum rules
Post Reply
User avatar
Buliwo
Posts: 9
Joined: Thu Nov 14, 2013 10:55 pm
Location: United Kingdom

Hello

Post by Buliwo »

I'm not a Buddhist or anything, at least not yet.

I'm here to look around and mostly lurk and post where I feel I am needed. I'm a bit cynical for now, and a bit of a smart arse. I'm sure you'll get used to me. I am not here to troll/cause trouble in any way. I'm here to broaden my horizons.

Basically I have a very big internet addiction problem (So I signed up on this internet website to cure it!) And are looking for ways to help me help me. Perhaps some meaning in my life would help me get there, you know? Having trouble focusing on my studies and more due to it. Managed to go cold turkey for 2 months before I cracked. I'm not overweight or unhealthy in the physical sense, I used to be underweight but I am now normal and healthy weight. I have a full sports centre membership, but I barely use it as I'm always here on the internet damn it! :embarassed: I'm 20 years old. You may call me Buliwo. British.

There, that's my life story.

Cool emoticons by the way.

:bow:
Top
User avatar
retrofuturist
Posts: 27858
Joined: Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:52 pm
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Contact:
Contact retrofuturist

Re: Hello

Post by retrofuturist »

Greetings Buliwo,

Welcome to Dhamma Wheel.

:buddha1:

Given your cynical disposition, you might find this of interest...

Buddhism for the Modern Skeptic
http://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?tit ... rn_Skeptic

Something to read if you're stuck on the Internet perhaps? ;)

Metta,
Retro. :)
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
Top
User avatar
reflection
Posts: 1116
Joined: Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:27 pm

Re: Hello

Post by reflection »

Hi welcome!

Many people who do not consider themselves Buddhist in any way do get a lot out of some Buddhist teachings, so that's totally fine. You may want to shy away from some discussions, though. But admittedly I often also do. :jumping:

Reflection
Top
User avatar
Buliwo
Posts: 9
Joined: Thu Nov 14, 2013 10:55 pm
Location: United Kingdom

Re: Hello

Post by Buliwo »

Yeah I'm going to try really hard not to climb "Mount stupid" here and rush into topics with my opinions, over issues I know nothing about!

Thanks for the links, need to know where to start with all this. :thanks:
Top
User avatar
Ben
Posts: 18438
Joined: Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:49 am
Location: kanamaluka

Re: Hello

Post by Ben »

Hi Buliwo and welcome to Dhammawheel!
Kind regards,
Ben
“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.”
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road

Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725

Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR

e: [email protected]..
Top
User avatar
DNS
Site Admin
Posts: 17231
Joined: Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:15 am
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, Estados Unidos de América
Contact:
Contact DNS

Re: Hello

Post by DNS »

Buliwo wrote: Basically I have a very big internet addiction problem (So I signed up on this internet website to cure it!)
:toast:

Welcome to Dhamma Wheel!
Top
SarathW
Posts: 21305
Joined: Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:49 am

Re: Hello

Post by SarathW »

:hello:
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
Top
User avatar
Hickersonia
Posts: 264
Joined: Fri Jan 06, 2012 1:40 pm
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Contact:
Contact Hickersonia

Re: Hello

Post by Hickersonia »

Hello, friend.

May you find something here that benefits you, whether you are "Buddhist" or not.

Please be well! :anjali:
Hickersonia
http://hickersonia.wordpress.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of
throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned."
Top
User avatar
Khalil Bodhi
Posts: 2250
Joined: Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:32 pm
Location: NYC
Contact:
Contact Khalil Bodhi

Re: Hello

Post by Khalil Bodhi »

Welcome to Dhamma Wheel Buliwo!
To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
-Dhp. 183

The Stoic Buddhist: https://www.quora.com/q/dwxmcndlgmobmeu ... pOR2p0uAdH
My Practice Blog:
http://khalilbodhi.wordpress.com
Top
dagon
Posts: 526
Joined: Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:45 am

Re: Hello

Post by dagon »

Greetings Buliwo

I hope you enjoy your journey where ever it takes you.

you may get something out of this talk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPog5GHvTbc

metta
paul
Top
User avatar
bodom
Posts: 7219
Joined: Fri Jan 09, 2009 6:18 pm
Location: San Antonio, Texas

Re: Hello

Post by bodom »

Welcome!

: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.

- BB
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Introductions”