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now that i've essentially given up on hookups, according to my recent post, but i'm not committed to full celibacy and i don't know what i could have in common enough with any puthujjanas to start dating them i wondered if there was anything like a buddhist dating site. i didn't actually really wonder that more of a joke but btw is there anything like that
anyway this thread is supposed to be a joke but also there could be a good discussion here
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Sovatthika wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2017 10:58 pm now that i've essentially given up on hookups, according to my recent post, but i'm not committed to full celibacy and i don't know what i could have in common enough with any puthujjanas to start dating them i wondered if there was anything like a buddhist dating site. i didn't actually really wonder that more of a joke but btw is there anything like that
anyway this thread is supposed to be a joke but also there could be a good discussion here
I think people sometimes meet at meditation groups - but you probably shouldn't go there with that kind of single minded purpose...but there are people out there around your age in the same boat (obviously).
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but btw is there anything like that
anyway this thread is supposed to be a joke
I think this is a great idea to attract more members.
Perhaps we should have a separate sub-index for singles to mingle.
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Lots of single buddhists in thailand....hard to meet a single who is not buddhist. In thailand the christians are wondering how to meet single christians.
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There are lot of single Buddhist in Sri Lanka too.
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Just use a dating website and filter by religion or search for keyword Buddhist. As long as you're in a large enough city there is almost definitely other meditators/Buddhists about.
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Singles, shingles ...
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You'll likely be able to find some Buddhist singles here: https://www.meetmindful.com/
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I don't see anything wrong with match.com even. Its got a ton of people on there, I am sure you can specify your religious interests there. I met my wife there :)
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Whenever you feel lonely, just meditate to end that desire!

Also, I would not hunt for relationships. In my experience, any relationship that I have forced ultimately crumbles. Desire has no use.

My most succesful romantic relationships happened out of spontaneity!
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Sovatthika wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2017 10:58 pmi don't know what i could have in common enough with any puthujjanas
Kindness?
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Try walking in the opposite direction: practice celibacy in body and mind, and women seem to come to YOU. It sucks but this is how it happened for me, the last two times.
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Try walking in the opposite direction: practice celibacy in body and mind, and women seem to come to YOU.
This is my experience too.
This is all Mara's trick I suppose.
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if i'm going to be rid of lust then it has to be done the right way
currently i am not ready just to let it go i don't think but aspects of it i really detest
aspects of it are extremely stressful
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manas wrote: Mon Nov 13, 2017 12:31 am Try walking in the opposite direction: practice celibacy in body and mind, and women seem to come to YOU. It sucks but this is how it happened for me, the last two times.
In a similar vein, when I first started going to a Thai Wat, I already had a Thai girlfriend, but she was in another country. I went to learn more about Thai culture and language, but got sucked into the Dhamma... :buddha2:

The fact that I was interested in Dhamma, didn't smoke, drink, etc, and wasn't hitting on anyone (since I had a remote relationship) was then quite a powerful magnet...

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