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dumb bonbu
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hi folks, jon here.

i'm Mahayana but this year am really looking to ground myself in the Pali Canon and take it steady with Abhidhamma. i may lurk more than i post but i'm sure i'll have plenty to learn from everyone here.

thanks for having me :smile:
Monks, even if bandits were to carve you up savagely, limb by limb, with a two-handled saw, he among you who let his heart get angered even at that would not be doing my bidding.
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Welcome!

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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.

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thankyou! :smile:
Monks, even if bandits were to carve you up savagely, limb by limb, with a two-handled saw, he among you who let his heart get angered even at that would not be doing my bidding.
MN 21
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Hello Dumb Bonbu,

Welcome to Dhamma Wheel! :smile:

Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu
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tato taṃ hoti aññathā.


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Welcome DB. Hope you find something useful here.
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Welcome Dumb Bonbu
I'm glad you've come across to Dhamma Wheel.
I hope you find Dhamma Wheel beneficial for your study and practice.
Metta

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in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
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Hi and Welcome :hello:
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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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Greetings and welcome Jon!

:D

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Retro. :)
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"Big Wheel keeps on toinin'...."

Welcome to Dhamma Wheel.... Nice to meet you!
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Translation: Just to stir things up seemed a good reward in itself. ;)

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thanks for the warm welcome everyone. nice to see some familiar faces here...and of course some new ones too!
I hope you find Dhamma Wheel beneficial for your study and practice.
thankyou, i'm sure i will!
Monks, even if bandits were to carve you up savagely, limb by limb, with a two-handled saw, he among you who let his heart get angered even at that would not be doing my bidding.
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:hello:

is that a rothko?
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is that a rothko?
sure is! :smile:
Monks, even if bandits were to carve you up savagely, limb by limb, with a two-handled saw, he among you who let his heart get angered even at that would not be doing my bidding.
MN 21
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