Sadhu from New Zealand (intro)

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Sadhu from New Zealand (intro)

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Hi,

Thought it would be right to introduce myself as just registered today.

My name is Jon, I am 37 years old and live in Wellington, New Zealand.

I have been interested in Buddhism, ever since I first started to practice, martial arts, which has been my hobby on and off, since I was 14 years old.

Over the years I have travelled, throughout, Thailand, China and made other trips to Laos, Burma, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam etc.

I am mostly a practitioner of Thai Theravada (Dhammayut) and have supported our local temples here for over 10 years, I sometimes do charity and community work with my wife, who is heavily into, traditional Thai dance and part of ET-NZ (Educate Thai New Zealand) which is a non-profit organisation, which helps continue and uphold Thai culture (dance, language etc) here.

Over the years I have studied on a lot of subjects, first pertaining to martial arts and then later on more into philosophy/religion and also the occult (Thai saiyasat, wicha, etc). I also am studying, Thai animist rituals etc, just in relation to anthropology and general interest.

I am mostly here to further my studies into Pali, Vipassana meditation and general knowledge.

Thanks and Sadhu

Jon D.
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Greetings,

Welcome to Dhamma Wheel.

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Hi Dharmapala,

Welcome to the forum!

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Hello Dharmapala,

Welcome to DhammaWheel - good to have another kiwi! :group:

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Welcome!

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Hey mate. Fellow Kiwi here. Do you visit Bodhinyanarama in stokes valley much? I have stayed there for a couple of months in the past 7 years, its a very nice spot for practice.
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BlackBird wrote:Hey mate. Fellow Kiwi here. Do you visit Bodhinyanarama in stokes valley much? I have stayed there for a couple of months in the past 7 years, its a very nice spot for practice.
I know the monastery well, but I usually go and visit, Wat Dhammaprateep, which is situated in Wainiuomata. I think they are going to be moving soon and sad to say, Wat Dhammakaya is growing in popularity and influence and a lot of people from our temple have seemed to have joined.

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Hi Jon and welcome to DW!
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Hello Dharmapala, I'm a kiwi too, lived in Welly for a few years, but I'm in Australia now.
Dharmapala wrote:...Wat Dhammaprateep, which is situated in Wainiuomata. I think they are going to be moving soon and sad to say,...
Where will their new place be? It would be nice if they could have somewhere with a bit of bush and seclusion.
The new Sri Lankan monastery has just opened up near Wainuiomata too, down Coast Road.
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Welcome!

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