BlackBird wrote:Alright guys, once again thank you for your kind wishes. I'm flying out to Sri Lanka tommorow at about 9am. Hope you are all well and will try to check in every so often.
maha-metta
Jack
Alright, Jack, you have my highest respect FWIW.
adosa
"To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas" - Dhammapada 183
BlackBird wrote:Alright guys, once again thank you for your kind wishes. I'm flying out to Sri Lanka tommorow at about 9am. Hope you are all well and will try to check in every so often.
maha-metta
Jack
Best Wishes Jack!
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.
Rock on, Blackbird. I'm rooting for you. Come back and teach us all.
Oh, and when you get a mouthful of that hot Sri Lankan curry...don't go for the water!
A bit of rice will be much better.
Best of luck on your new adventure.
"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."
1) Giving; expecting nothing back in return
2) Throwing things away
3) Contentment; wanting to be here, not wanting to be anywhere else
4) "Teflon Mind"; having a mind which doesn't accumulate things
Coming back to NZ in late August, 'tis a long story and I don't have much time at this internet cafe. So in a month or so I will sit down and tell you everything (if you want to hear it). Moved from Meetirigala to Sumantipala, Kanduboda today. It's easier for the occidental here in Kanduboda and there isn't much of a schedule to speak of, so more time for bhavana.
Hope everyone is well and your meditation is good. Look forward to catching up
Maha metta
Jack
"For a disciple who has conviction in the Teacher's message & lives to penetrate it, what accords with the Dhamma is this:
'The Blessed One is the Teacher, I am a disciple. He is the one who knows, not I." - MN. 70 Kitagiri Sutta
BlackBird wrote:Coming back to NZ in late August, 'tis a long story and I don't have much time at this internet cafe. So in a month or so I will sit down and tell you everything (if you want to hear it). Moved from Meetirigala to Sumantipala, Kanduboda today. It's easier for the occidental here in Kanduboda and there isn't much of a schedule to speak of, so more time for bhavana.
Hope everyone is well and your meditation is good. Look forward to catching up
Maha metta
Jack
I have an interest to see the story brother, because "I" also "want" to ordain in Sri Lanka.
BlackBird wrote:Coming back to NZ in late August, 'tis a long story and I don't have much time at this internet cafe. So in a month or so I will sit down and tell you everything (if you want to hear it). Moved from Meetirigala to Sumantipala, Kanduboda today. It's easier for the occidental here in Kanduboda and there isn't much of a schedule to speak of, so more time for bhavana.
Hope everyone is well and your meditation is good. Look forward to catching up
Maha metta
Jack
Good to hear from you again Jack. Can't wait to hear your story. Too bad we have to wait a month
hopefully you will come back and share your experience!
weird my ipod is on shuffle and blackbird just came on lol
Buddho is something cool and calm. It's the path for giving rise to peace and contentment — the only path that will release us from the suffering and stress in this world.