Howdy,
I read Siddhartha by Herman Hesse about 12 years ago because my high school English teacher was trying to save me from a downward spiral. It seems to have worked, because since then I searched lots of religions, settled on Buddhism a while back, and then practiced at a Zen temple for about six months before moving back to Sacramento, California and now I attend a multi-disciplined Buddhist sangha. I have since fallen in love with the Thai Forest tradition as espoused on Access to Insight.
I came to Dhamma Wheel because I have a long range goal of teaching the Dhamma, and I figured this would be good practice for understanding where a person is coming from, helping where I can, and sharing my own path with others. More than anything, I hope to learn some things that I can take to the cushion and turn into calm, wise, love. I'm excited to find this new venue to explore!!
Thanks,
Scott
Hello all.
Hello all.
Sotthī hontu nirantaraṃ - May you forever be well.
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Re: Hello all.
Greetings Scott,
Welcome to Dhamma Wheel.
Metta,
Retro.
Welcome to Dhamma Wheel.
Metta,
Retro.
"The uprooting of identity is seen by the noble ones as pleasurable; but this contradicts what the whole world sees." (Snp 3.12)
"It is natural that one who knows and sees things as they really are is disenchanted and dispassionate." (AN 10.2)
"Overcome the liar by truth." (Dhp 223)
"It is natural that one who knows and sees things as they really are is disenchanted and dispassionate." (AN 10.2)
"Overcome the liar by truth." (Dhp 223)
Re: Hello all.
Welcome Scott!
This is our foundation: to have sati, recollection, and sampajañña, self-awareness, whether standing, walking, sitting, or reclining. Whatever arises, just leave it be, don’t cling to it. Whether it’s like or dislike, happiness or suffering, doubt or certainty... Don’t try to label everything, just know it. See that all the things that arise in the mind are simply sensations. They are transient. They arise, exist and cease. That’s all there is to them, they have no self or being, they are neither ‘us’ nor ‘them’. None of them are worthy of clinging to.
- Ajahn Chah
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Re: Hello all.
Welcome to Dhamma Wheel!
Re: Hello all.
Welcome Scott 
with metta
Chris
with metta
Chris
---The trouble is that you think you have time---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
Re: Hello all.
welcome to the forum
nice to know you
with metta,
laurence
nice to know you
with metta,
laurence
Re: Hello all.
Hi Scott, and welcome!
metta
I can relate to that, as that particular site has helped me more than any other (apart from here, of course).Buckwheat wrote: I have since fallen in love with the Thai Forest tradition as espoused on Access to Insight.
metta
To the Buddha-refuge i go; to the Dhamma-refuge i go; to the Sangha-refuge i go.
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Thanks, everybody. I am really enjoying this forum. Seems like a great vibe, and all participants should take pride in it.
Sotthī hontu nirantaraṃ - May you forever be well.