Hi all!
Just wanting to say hi. I was a long time atheist, until the loss of my dad last year. Dealing with the suffering of losing him, the drinking and depression that came along with it, lead me to finding more skillful ways of dealing with it so I looked into meditation. Looking into meditation lead me to Buddhism.
A digital sangha is my best bet at the moment. The nearest temples are over an hour away and while I plan on making a trip to a Theravada temples weekly English night, I can't afford to make it a regular thing. Thank goodness for the internet!
Howdy from Texas!
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Re: Howdy from Texas!
Welcome to DW!
I'm a UT-Dallas Alumnus, 1989 (Ph.D.)
I'm a UT-Dallas Alumnus, 1989 (Ph.D.)
Re: Howdy from Texas!
Welcome to DhammaWheel! 
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 ---
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Re: Howdy from Texas!
Thank you David and Chris!
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Welcome from San Antonio!
Liberation is the inevitable fruit of the path and is bound to blossom forth when there is steady and persistent practice. The only requirements for reaching the final goal are two: to start and to continue. If these requirements are met there is no doubt the goal will be attained. This is the Dhamma, the undeviating law.
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Re: Howdy from Texas!
Greetings from Austin!
"To reach beyond fear and danger we must sharpen and widen our vision. We have to pierce through the deceptions that lull us into a comfortable complacency, to take a straight look down into the depths of our existence, without turning away uneasily or running after distractions." -- Bhikkhu Bodhi
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." -- Heraclitus
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." -- Heraclitus
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Re: Howdy from Texas!
Greetings,
Welcome to Dhamma Wheel.
Metta,
Paul.
Welcome to Dhamma Wheel.
Metta,
Paul.
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
Re: Howdy from Texas!
In my home town, my neighbour is a monk but I hardly go there.The nearest temples are over an hour away
Dhamma Wheel is my virtual temple now days.
I do not visit many temples but I help them.
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
Re: Howdy from Texas!
Welcome!
DW is my virtual sangha too.
DW is my virtual sangha too.
The Buddha's path is simple and meant for ordinary people; anyone with goodwill and determination can follow its steps toward freedom of heart and mind
-- Ven. Ayya Khema
-- Ven. Ayya Khema
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Re: Howdy from Texas!
This is true for most of us. With dhamma PDFs and audios, there really is no need to go to a temple either.CrowTRobot wrote: A digital sangha is my best bet at the moment.
We are neither atheists nor theists. We know what we know. We don't let concepts and assumptions color our vision. Whatever is to be known will be known if it wants to be known. Whatever cannot be known and doesn't want to be known will not be known.
We are all simply on a journey to discover for ourselves what can be known without any preconceived assumptions and concepts.
Welcome!