Hi I'm rowyourboat, as in 'gently down the stream..'
I'm a theravada buddhist pracitioner doing some teaching and learning in UK, near London. I'm originally from Sri Lanka.
Nice to be here with dhamma friends..
Greetings from Blighty!
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rowyourboat
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Greetings from Blighty!
With Metta
Karuna
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& Upekkha
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Dhammanando
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Re: Greetings from Blighty!
Hi Rowyourboat,
Welcome to Dhamma Wheel.
Have you been to the Sri Lankan vihara in Chiswick since you arrived in London?
Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu
Welcome to Dhamma Wheel.
Have you been to the Sri Lankan vihara in Chiswick since you arrived in London?
Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu
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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Cittasanto
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Hi
Blog, Suttas, Aj Chah, Facebook.
He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
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He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
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retrofuturist
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Re: Greetings from Blighty!
Greetings rowyourboat,
Lovely to see you here... I look forward to your involvement in discussions!
It was the first Theravada vihara I ever went to! If you scroll down two thirds of the way through this blog entry ( http://imagesoflondon2007.blogspot.com/ ... -west.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ) you can see my little 'review' of it. Well worth checking out if you're nearby!
Metta,
Retro.
Lovely to see you here... I look forward to your involvement in discussions!
I have.Dhammanando wrote:Have you been to the Sri Lankan vihara in Chiswick since you arrived in London?
It was the first Theravada vihara I ever went to! If you scroll down two thirds of the way through this blog entry ( http://imagesoflondon2007.blogspot.com/ ... -west.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ) you can see my little 'review' of it. Well worth checking out if you're nearby!Metta,
Retro.
"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: Greetings from Blighty!
Welcome Rowyourboat
Its good to have you here!
Metta
Ben
Its good to have you here!
Metta
Ben
“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.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
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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: Greetings from Blighty!
Welcome rowyourboat and may your boat take you where you want to go.
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pererin
Re: Greetings from Blighty!
Hi rowyourboat and greetings to you from Wales!
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Greetings from Blighty!
Hi Row the Boat,
Have you been to the Singalese Vihara in Selsdon? I keep thinking about going there.
We have quite a few SIngalese at Amaravati too, where I normally go.
Have a good weekend!
Graham
Have you been to the Singalese Vihara in Selsdon? I keep thinking about going there.
We have quite a few SIngalese at Amaravati too, where I normally go.
Have a good weekend!
Graham
With metta 
Graham
Graham
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rowyourboat
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Re: Greetings from Blighty!
Hello everyone,
Thanks for the warm welcome. Yes, I have been to Chiswick. I did a talk there- 'The path of vipassana' a few weeks ago. I conduct a weekly meditation class at selsdon buddhist vihara. The english medium class is on tuesdays 7-9pm. I'm hoping to conduct my first 10day retreat at vajrasana retreat centre in june.
Wishing the best for this forum..
with metta
RYB
Thanks for the warm welcome. Yes, I have been to Chiswick. I did a talk there- 'The path of vipassana' a few weeks ago. I conduct a weekly meditation class at selsdon buddhist vihara. The english medium class is on tuesdays 7-9pm. I'm hoping to conduct my first 10day retreat at vajrasana retreat centre in june.
Wishing the best for this forum..
with metta
RYB
With Metta
Karuna
Mudita
& Upekkha
Karuna
Mudita
& Upekkha
Re: Greetings from Blighty!
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.
- BB
- BB