I think we have reached the stage where we can start to mention this publicly. Others are already starting to mention this, on other forums. A group of current and former E-sangha members has been working together over the last week, attempting to construct a global Zen Forum. The Dhamma Wheel was a direct inspiration for us, and the Dhamma Wheel admin/mod team has been very very very helpful, providing encouragement, assistance and advice.
Our name will be Zen Forum International. The focus will be Zen traditions, however we hope very much to be like the Dhamma Wheel, as well as Drolma's Buddha Lounge, in that people from all traditions (as well as non-Buddhists) feel comfortable and welcome.
Again, I want to thank you all here. I also want to thank Leo and the E-sangha community, cause without them none of us would ever have met one another, or learned all that we have learned. We bow to everyone, our dharma sisters and brothers, for your support, input, assistance and inspiration.
Christopher
Zen Forum International: Coming soon!
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"As Buddhists, we should aim to develop relationships that are not predominated by grasping and clinging. Our relationships should be characterised by the brahmaviharas of metta (loving kindness), mudita (sympathetic joy), karuna (compassion), and upekkha (equanimity)."
~post by Ben, Jul 02, 2009
~post by Ben, Jul 02, 2009
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Good luck with that endeavor! May it be successful!
Maybe I'll check-in from time to time once it is up and find some answers to some koans that stumped me when I practiced Zen some 20 years ago or so.
Maybe I'll check-in from time to time once it is up and find some answers to some koans that stumped me when I practiced Zen some 20 years ago or so.
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Yeah. Send us a link when you make it!TheDhamma wrote:Good luck with that endeavor! May it be successful!
Re: Zen Forum International: Coming soon!
Congratulations Chris!
It is indeed fantastic news!
Metta
Ben
It is indeed fantastic news!
Metta
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]..
Re: Zen Forum International: Coming soon!
Good luck.
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Greetings,
I'm really looking forward to this. I think it's an excellent initiative with great potential.
Metta,
Retro.
I'm really looking forward to this. I think it's an excellent initiative with great potential.
Metta,
Retro.
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I wish you all the best on this, can't wait to see the finished product.
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Congratulations! I hope it will be of benefit to many.
(that's apple juice, btw, not beer)
Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu
(that's apple juice, btw, not beer)
Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu
Yena yena hi maññanti,
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
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Re: Zen Forum International: Coming soon!
pssht, youre in thailand, it should be that green drink.. whatever that stuff is.. and in baggies not cupsDhammanando wrote:Congratulations! I hope it will be of benefit to many.
(that's apple juice, btw, not beer)
Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu
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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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Hi JC,
Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu
If you insist.jcsuperstar wrote:pssht, youre in thailand, it should be that green drink.. whatever that stuff is..Dhammanando wrote:Congratulations! I hope it will be of benefit to many.
(that's apple juice, btw, not beer)
Pfft, you can't propose a toast with baggies.and in baggies not cups
Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu
Yena yena hi maññanti,
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
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Re: Zen Forum International: Coming soon!
congrats!
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well done, didn't know a new forum was starting
Maybe I'll pop over from time to time.
Maybe I'll pop over from time to time.
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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 …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
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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.
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Thank you all, for your kind wishes!!
We purchased our url address yesterday, with nothing to put up yet...
We purchased our url address yesterday, with nothing to put up yet...
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"As Buddhists, we should aim to develop relationships that are not predominated by grasping and clinging. Our relationships should be characterised by the brahmaviharas of metta (loving kindness), mudita (sympathetic joy), karuna (compassion), and upekkha (equanimity)."
~post by Ben, Jul 02, 2009
~post by Ben, Jul 02, 2009
Re: Zen Forum International: Coming soon!
Oh Boy! Thank you and good luck with it. I'm looking forward to itchristopher::: wrote:I think we have reached the stage where we can start to mention this publicly. Others are already starting to mention this, on other forums. A group of current and former E-sangha members has been working together over the last week, attempting to construct a global Zen Forum. The Dhamma Wheel was a direct inspiration for us, and the Dhamma Wheel admin/mod team has been very very very helpful, providing encouragement, assistance and advice.
Our name will be Zen Forum International. The focus will be Zen traditions, however we hope very much to be like the Dhamma Wheel, as well as Drolma's Buddha Lounge, in that people from all traditions (as well as non-Buddhists) feel comfortable and welcome.
Again, I want to thank you all here. I also want to thank Leo and the E-sangha community, cause without them none of us would ever have met one another, or learned all that we have learned. We bow to everyone, our dharma sisters and brothers, for your support, input, assistance and inspiration.
Christopher
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