There are ways to express appreciation publicly, and ways to express appreciation in private, and both are important. And I think that a cultivated person knows how to do both.retrofuturist wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2017 8:48 pmPersonally I prefer to do that one-on-one, as I find it rather garish to do so in an appreciation topic, but suffice to say, he is appreciated.
Ven. Dhammanando Appreciation Thread
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Hic Rhodus, hic salta!
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Ven. Dhammanando is always encouraging to read—and furthermore is also inspiring as a person.
Many thanks!
Many thanks!
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Thank you Bhante for all that you do. You are a veritable storehouse of knowledge and wisdom.
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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It's the balance and understated humour that I like the most.
"Does Master Gotama have any position at all?"
"A 'position,' Vaccha, is something that a Tathagata has done away with. What a Tathagata sees is this: 'Such is form, such its origination, such its disappearance; such is feeling, such its origination, such its disappearance; such is perception...such are fabrications...such is consciousness, such its origination, such its disappearance.'" - Aggi-Vacchagotta Sutta
'Dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return.' - Genesis 3:19
'Some fart freely, some try to hide and silence it. Which one is correct?' - Saegnapha
"A 'position,' Vaccha, is something that a Tathagata has done away with. What a Tathagata sees is this: 'Such is form, such its origination, such its disappearance; such is feeling, such its origination, such its disappearance; such is perception...such are fabrications...such is consciousness, such its origination, such its disappearance.'" - Aggi-Vacchagotta Sutta
'Dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return.' - Genesis 3:19
'Some fart freely, some try to hide and silence it. Which one is correct?' - Saegnapha
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Thank you Bhante Dhammanando. Your knowledge and intellect have both helped and inspired me quite a few times. We're lucky to have you here.
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Thank you Bhante. 
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To Ven. Dhammanando and all the Bhikkhus for keeping the Triple Gem alive...
"He, the Blessed One, is indeed the Noble Lord, the Perfectly Enlightened One;
He is impeccable in conduct and understanding, the Serene One, the Knower of the Worlds;
He trains perfectly those who wish to be trained; he is Teacher of gods and men; he is Awake and Holy. "
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"The Dhamma is well-expounded by the Blessed One,
Apparent here and now, timeless, encouraging investigation,
Leading to liberation, to be experienced individually by the wise. "
He is impeccable in conduct and understanding, the Serene One, the Knower of the Worlds;
He trains perfectly those who wish to be trained; he is Teacher of gods and men; he is Awake and Holy. "
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"The Dhamma is well-expounded by the Blessed One,
Apparent here and now, timeless, encouraging investigation,
Leading to liberation, to be experienced individually by the wise. "
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Najlepša hvala.binocular wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2017 5:21 pmIndeed!Sovatthika wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 9:30 amit impresses me, bhante, how careful and attentive you are when questions are asked.
Do express your appreciation for Ven. Dhammanando here.
Thanks everyone.
Yena yena hi maññanti,
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
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Thank you Bhante!
"People often get too quick to say 'there's no self. There's no self...no self...no self.' There is self, there is focal point, its not yours. That's what not self is."
Ninoslav Ñāṇamoli
Senses and the Thought-1, 42:53
"Those who create constructs about the Buddha,
Who is beyond construction and without exhaustion,
Are thereby damaged by their constructs;
They fail to see the Thus-Gone.
That which is the nature of the Thus-Gone
Is also the nature of this world.
There is no nature of the Thus-Gone.
There is no nature of the world."
Nagarjuna
MMK XXII.15-16
Ninoslav Ñāṇamoli
Senses and the Thought-1, 42:53
"Those who create constructs about the Buddha,
Who is beyond construction and without exhaustion,
Are thereby damaged by their constructs;
They fail to see the Thus-Gone.
That which is the nature of the Thus-Gone
Is also the nature of this world.
There is no nature of the Thus-Gone.
There is no nature of the world."
Nagarjuna
MMK XXII.15-16
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Ven. Dhammanando was an immense help an inspiration for me to many of my Dhamma investigation.Dhammanando wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2017 4:11 pmNajlepša hvala.binocular wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2017 5:21 pmIndeed!Sovatthika wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 9:30 amit impresses me, bhante, how careful and attentive you are when questions are asked.
Do express your appreciation for Ven. Dhammanando here.
Thanks everyone.
I hope he is more active on the forum.
Thank you again.
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
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An inspiration to everyone here. Thank you Bhante. And your laughter is very refreshing .. shall I say it is pulsing and mirthful.
"The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.”― Albert Camus