Greeting Robert,

That's a great thing to do.

It would be nice if you can post the audio recordings of the meetings for those who missed it, like me

Many thanks & best regards,

D.F

Hi No-mind, I think you skipped over the bit where it said Current Events and Politics sub forum :smile: .. it is the only sort of non-Buddhist part of this forum (and the only one you can opt out of). Could you please show me where it is this part in the introduction of this sub forum? I don't see...

Hi No-mind, I think you skipped over the bit where it said Current Events and Politics sub forum :smile: .. it is the only sort of non-Buddhist part of this forum (and the only one you can opt out of). Could you please show me where it is this part in the introduction of this sub forum? I don't see ...

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Article starts with naming 13 Leading Buddhist teachers, i think this is wrong, they are not even in the top 100 probably. These are lay people mostly and i dont think Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi teaches meditation or meditates much from what i heard. Had they not included Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi in th...

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