HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEN O'LOUGHLIN ! !

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Hi everyone,

I've just finished my morning meditation and I';m enjoying the pre-dawn quiet with a cup of tea.
Its a beautiful time of day.
In a few minutes, everyone will be up and it'll be the usual morning catastrophe until everyone is off to work and school.
Manapa - I'll check that video out a little later, perhaps when Quinn is up and about. If its anything like the other one, it'll definitely make his day (and mine)!
Thank you all for your kind wishes.
Much metta to you all!

Ben
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Dear Ben,

Have a good one, my friend! Remember it is YOUR Day!

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Great foto!
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Happy Birthday Ben!
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Happy birthday Ben! :smile:
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Happy birthday, Ben!

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Greetings Ben,

Happy birthday, and thanks as always for your efforts here.

Metta,
Retro. :)
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Happy birthday Ben.

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Happy Birthday, Ben!
With metta,
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Happy Birthday, dear Ben!

Your compassion and insight are major pillars of this forum! May you find liberation in this very life!!
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Sorry if I'm a bit late to the party Ben, but Happy Birthday. You're a real asset to this place and to Buddhism in general.

Hope you have a good one.
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***Happy Birthday, Ben!***

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Sīlaṃ balaṃ appaṭimaṃ.
Sīlaṃ āvudhamuttamaṃ.
Sīlamābharaṇaṃ seṭṭhaṃ.
Sīlaṃ kavacamabbhutaṃ.

Virtue is a matchless power.
Virtue is the greatest weapon.
Virtue is the best adornment.
Virtue is a wonderful armor.

Theragatha 614


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Refraining from all wrong-doing,
Undertaking the good,
Purifying the mind,
This is the teaching of the buddhas.

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HAPPPPPPPPPPPY BIRRRRRRTHHHHHHH DAAAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!
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:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
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Happy Birthday Ben!

I am very grateful for all the help and support you have given me answering my beginnerish questions in the short time I have been visiting DhammaWheel. May you live a long time so that you can help out lots of new people finding their legs in the Dhamma.
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Happy birthday Ben.... :clap:
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