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Odd, I thought I'd introduced myself a while back, but I looked at my post count and... :shrug:

Despite my name, I'm a practitioner of Theravada; the Japanese simply make the best pillows. Some familiarity with general Buddhist teachings has helped me along the path, no doubt, but because my local sangha was Tibetan and most attendees to online forums are some flavor of Mahayana, I grew a little weary dealing in discussions of a philosophy that wasn't mine. Then I remembered this place. :D

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Greetings and welcome back Dustyzafu!

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Retro. :)
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Greetings DZ and I hope DW is a place that you enjoy hanging out at and also provides you with support for your practice.
If there's a problem with your post count - try raising it with TheDhamma or Retrofuturist, our site administrators.
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dustyzafu wrote:Odd, I thought I'd introduced myself a while back, but I looked at my post count and... :shrug:

Despite my name, I'm a practitioner of Theravada; the Japanese simply make the best pillows. Some familiarity with general Buddhist teachings has helped me along the path, no doubt, but because my local sangha was Tibetan and most attendees to online forums are some flavor of Mahayana, I grew a little weary dealing in discussions of a philosophy that wasn't mine. Then I remembered this place. :D

Thanks.
Good to see you dusty zafu! I don't know if you remember me, but I remember you from chat.
I'm glad you found your way over! :twothumbsup:

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Greetings,

Along those lines, the only thing I can think of is that we did have a server crash around Easter which corrupted the database and had to be restored... we may have lost half a day or so of posts in the process (as well as being offline for a period of time).

Metta,
Retro. :)
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dustyzafu wrote: Despite my name, I'm a practitioner of Theravada; the Japanese simply make the best pillows.
I agree, that is what I use too.

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Welcome to Dhamma Wheel!

Or apparently, it might be: Welcome Back!

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Welcome my friend

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TheDhamma wrote:
dustyzafu wrote: Despite my name, I'm a practitioner of Theravada; the Japanese simply make the best pillows.
I agree, that is what I use too.
That makes the three of us! *pats cushion*

Hi!
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zavk wrote:That makes the three of us! *pats cushion*
Oh dear, I just sit on the floor, sometimes with a blanket for my ankles, maybe I should look to invest...

Good to see you, dustyzafu :)
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