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by bongrf
Sun Sep 01, 2013 6:33 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Nipata Sutta
Replies: 4
Views: 1027

Re: Nipata Sutta

Thanks everyone. Will be checking all of these.
Bows of gratitude! :anjali:
by bongrf
Fri Aug 30, 2013 12:07 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Nipata Sutta
Replies: 4
Views: 1027

Nipata Sutta

I have been trying to find a sutta which talks about personality types and I think suggests meditation approaches that are suited to each. I think this may be in the Nipata Sutta. Can anyone out there help me find the text that I'm looking for on line.
Thanks
by bongrf
Thu Mar 28, 2013 3:21 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Finding dhamma friends?
Replies: 11
Views: 4825

Re: Finding dhamma friends?

This conversation pulls me in since I too live in an area where a sangha is not readily accessible. The monastery I do annual retreats at is far away and another group I feel affiliated with far enough away that I attend retreats with them only a few times a year. When I began this journey a long wh...
by bongrf
Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:56 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: still no hope of a teacher, should i switch schools?
Replies: 40
Views: 7834

Re: still no hope of a teacher, should i switch schools?

Because I stepped onto this path without a teacher and practiced in relative solitude for a number of years, I find myself moved to make several comments. One is that if your heart tells you that Theravada is your spiritual home, as mine did me, then I feel you should honor that. However, this does ...
by bongrf
Sun Mar 03, 2013 11:35 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: A bow and a smile
Replies: 7
Views: 2107

A bow and a smile

I have been a devoted practitioner for some 13 years now. Living in a small north-central Alberta town in Canada, I have never had a local sangha. I began with on-line connections, moved onto taking part in retreats that were available in a nearby city, and eventually to making winter visits to Birk...