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chicka-Dee
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Hello from Western Canada

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Hello everyone,

My name is Dee and I live in southern Alberta, Canada. I am quite new to Buddhism, and started practicing Vipassana about 8 months ago, and feel as if I've 'come home'. I'm learning about the Dhamma, and am still sorting through the various traditions and teachings, but I like to stay open to any and all ideas about spirituality. I've become very passionate about spirituality and understanding myself and the world, and have been intensely enjoying my journey this past year. I look forward to getting to know many of you and learning about the Dhamma and having many lively discussions.

With Metta,

Dee
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Nice to meet you
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Welcome! :namaste: Your path sounds very similar to mine, as I too see a spiritual life to be of vital importance.
Hope you enjoy yourself and learn a lot with us!
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Welcome Dee
I hope you feel at home here at Dhamma Wheel
Kind regards

Ben
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Hello Dee,

Welcome, and thanks for joining us. :smile:

Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu
Yena yena hi maññanti,
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.


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Hi Dee.

Nice to see another Canadian posting to these forums. :clap:

There are lots of great people here, and I'm sure that if you dig in, you'll learn lots.

With metta,
Sherubtse
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Greetings and welcome, Dee.

:hello:

Metta,
Retro. :)
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:hello:
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Welcome!

:namaste:
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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chicka-Dee,

Hello and greetings! We have a lot in common (except that I live in Michigan, north of Canada :D ). I've been practicing about six months and feel much the same as you describe.
:namaste:

AdvaitaJ
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Wow! Thank you everyone so much for the very warm welcome :thanks:

AdvaitaJ, bodom_bad_boy, jcsuperstar, retrofuturist, sherubtse, Dhammanando, Ben, DhammaDan, and Manapa! I look forward to getting to know you all.

I must admit, I'm not even sure where to start. So far I've just been looking around a little. So it may take me awhile to really get started. I need to find my comfort zone, somewhere, first.

AdvaitaJ.. Michigan is practically in Canada, lol.. not much difference, really. Only I'm further west (just a hop, skip and jump from Montana). Maybe I'll follow you around a bit for the first while, since we are both beginners :)

And Sherubtse, it's nice to meet a fellow Canadian here. And to see there are people here from all over the world.. this just adds so much richness to have people from all walks of life. I feel such a good vibe, here.

:namaste:
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