Hi folks,
My name is Justin, I'm a twenty-year-old lay Theravadin Buddhist from Anchorage, AK. I'm sa frequent participant over at E-Sangha, and I think I will find this forum an incredible resource as well!
I am a member of Wat Alaska Yanna Vararam, a Dhammayut Thai Temple in Anchorage, I've been practicing and studying Buddhism for a bit over four years now...definitely no expert!
Outside of the Dhamma, my interests are music (majoring in opera at university), cooking, foreign languages, theatre, law/history...main hobbies (outside of constant rehearsals and performances) are road-tripping all over Alaska and cigars (my vice).
"Dhamma is the best thing for people, both in this life and in the next!" -The Buddha, from the Agganna Sutta
Alaskan Buddhist Says Hello!
Alaskan Buddhist Says Hello!
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Greetings Justin,
Lovely to see you here and thanks for the intro!
If I'm counting correctly, you're our 3rd Alaskan member.
Yes, there's certainly no reason people can't be involved in and gain benefit from multiple fora... I still pop into E-Sangha for a look when I get a chance every now and then.
Welcome to Dhamma Wheel.
Metta,
Retro.
Lovely to see you here and thanks for the intro!
If I'm counting correctly, you're our 3rd Alaskan member.
Yes, there's certainly no reason people can't be involved in and gain benefit from multiple fora... I still pop into E-Sangha for a look when I get a chance every now and then.
Welcome to Dhamma Wheel.
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."
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Oh and if I may, I'd like to shamelessly advertise my blog, which is an account of my attempts to drive every single Alaskan highway by August 31st, 2010.
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Read and enjoy!
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Read and enjoy!
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If the scenery is all like that, I can understand the motivation!
Metta,
Retro.
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."
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Welcome Raga Mala
Its about time you found us!
Ben
Its about time you found us!
Ben
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- 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]..
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Greetings. I hope you said "Thanks but No Thanks to that bridge to nowhere"!
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Hi And welcome,
I will not be here for a few weeks but hope to converse when I get back
I will not be here for a few weeks but hope to converse when I get back
Blog, Suttas, Aj Chah, Facebook.
He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
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He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
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now you can join in the study group yippie!
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the mountain may be heavy in and of itself, but if you're not trying to carry it it's not heavy to you- Ajaan Suwat
the mountain may be heavy in and of itself, but if you're not trying to carry it it's not heavy to you- Ajaan Suwat
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Welcome friend
"For a disciple who has conviction in the Teacher's message & lives to penetrate it, what accords with the Dhamma is this:
'The Blessed One is the Teacher, I am a disciple. He is the one who knows, not I." - MN. 70 Kitagiri Sutta
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'The Blessed One is the Teacher, I am a disciple. He is the one who knows, not I." - MN. 70 Kitagiri Sutta
Path Press - Ñāṇavīra Thera Dhamma Page - Ajahn Nyanamoli's Dhamma talks
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Welcome to Dhamma Wheel!
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