Hi, I am AJ from South East of England, United Kingdom.
I have been studying Buddhism for a few years now and I wish to seek enlightenment & achieve nirvana.
I also wish to bring peace into the world and better myself and not just for others but for my own benefit.
I want to learn much more about Buddhism and become awake.
Namaste
A new learner in England
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Greetings AJ and welcome to Dhamma Wheel!
“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.”
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
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- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR
e: [email protected]..
Re: A new learner in England
Welcome AJ!
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Thank you Ben for your warm welcomeBen wrote:Greetings AJ and welcome to Dhamma Wheel!
Thank you too Mikemikenz66 wrote:Welcome AJ!
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Thank you David N. Snyder & cooran, it is very nice to meet you both
Namaste
Namaste
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Welcome!
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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Of course. I am definitely serious about being Buddhist and not following others or believing what random people say without properly investigating the ways of Buddhism myself which is why I came here. I want to talk to other serious Buddhists and get proper information.
Thank you for your reply, I'll remember that.
1 of the ways of Buddhism is awareness & the truth.
Thank you for your reply, I'll remember that.
1 of the ways of Buddhism is awareness & the truth.
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Re: A new learner in England
Hi AJ, are you in touch with any local Buddhist groups? This site might be helpful:Still Searching wrote:Hi, I am AJ from South East of England, United Kingdom.
http://www.buddhanet.info/wbd/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I'm in Suffolk, not much going on here.
Buddha save me from new-agers!
Re: A new learner in England
Hi AJ,
I live in the UK and I recommend a visit to Amaravati Monastery in Hertfordshire in the SE
http://www.amaravati.org/
and also Chithurst Monastery in the SE ( travel details on the websites)
http://www.cittaviveka.org/
with kind wishes
Aloka
I live in the UK and I recommend a visit to Amaravati Monastery in Hertfordshire in the SE
http://www.amaravati.org/
and also Chithurst Monastery in the SE ( travel details on the websites)
http://www.cittaviveka.org/
with kind wishes
Aloka
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Cool, I'm from Bedfordshireporpoise wrote:Hi AJ, are you in touch with any local Buddhist groups? This site might be helpful:Still Searching wrote:Hi, I am AJ from South East of England, United Kingdom.
http://www.buddhanet.info/wbd/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I'm in Suffolk, not much going on here.
Aloka wrote:Hi AJ,
I live in the UK and I recommend a visit to Amaravati Monastery in Hertfordshire in the SE
http://www.amaravati.org/
and also Chithurst Monastery in the SE ( travel details on the websites)
http://www.cittaviveka.org/
with kind wishes
Aloka
"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment." ~ Siddhārtha, Gautama Buddha