Hi everybody,
I've been slowly increasing the share of Dhamma in my life — started about 5 years ago with some books about meditation and a week-long retreat in Dipabhavan Meditation Center on Ko Samui, Thailand.
In the last year I finally managed to decrease my workload and get more space in my mind for studying Dhamma daily. Unfortunately, I don't have a teacher because Theravada is barely present in my country but I'm following wonderful talks from Ajahn Chah and his students.
I'm also working on a small non-profit project with a goal to arrange existing materials according to the modern UX design practices and make Dhamma more accessible for a curious person who's not yet curious enough to read a whole book. The idea was born from my own initial struggle to understand the basics from confusing sources like Wikipedia. Though it's a bit early to talk about it, I'd better share an early version later.
Happy to join your community!
— Ivan
Hello from Chile
Hello from Chile
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Re: Hello from Chile
Welcome to Dhamma Wheel, Ivan!
Re: Hello from Chile
Welcome!
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Re: Hello from Chile
Greetings Ivan,
Welcome to Dhamma Wheel.
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Welcome! Enjoy!
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Re: Hello from Chile
Hello:ivan wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2018 5:49 pm Hi everybody,
I've been slowly increasing the share of Dhamma in my life — started about 5 years ago with some books about meditation and a week-long retreat in Dipabhavan Meditation Center on Ko Samui, Thailand.
In the last year I finally managed to decrease my workload and get more space in my mind for studying Dhamma daily. Unfortunately, I don't have a teacher because Theravada is barely present in my country but I'm following wonderful talks from Ajahn Chah and his students.
I'm also working on a small non-profit project with a goal to arrange existing materials according to the modern UX design practices and make Dhamma more accessible for a curious person who's not yet curious enough to read a whole book. The idea was born from my own initial struggle to understand the basics from confusing sources like Wikipedia. Though it's a bit early to talk about it, I'd better share an early version later.
Happy to join your community!
— Ivan
I feel a little less lonely (Viña del Mar here)
Regards.
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Re: Hello from Chile
hola bienvenidos
por qué necesitas un maestro de dhamma? los suttas son suficientes
por qué necesitas un maestro de dhamma? los suttas son suficientes
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— Ud 5.5
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http://seeingthroughthenet.net/
https://sites.google.com/site/santipada ... allytaught
Re: Hello from Chile
Hello:
Nice to meet you . Yeah haven´t really looked up the Chilean buddhist scene in years but last time i did some search (like 5 years ago) it was very underdeveloped, there was some zen, tibetan and shambala buddhism, even some theravada but of doubtful reputation, and sadly very far from what the Buddha taught, so personally i thought it was better not getting involved.
Regards.
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Thanks! Sure, it's great just to have access to all the suttas and talks – I've always preferred learning on my own. But it would be nice to have an option to visit a teacher and a sangha.Dhammarakkhito wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2018 7:14 pm hola bienvenidos
por qué necesitas un maestro de dhamma? los suttas son suficientes
Hopefully, it will change in future. Nowadays there seems to be not enough materials in Spanish or Portuguese and people in Latin America usually aren't proficient in English...2600htz wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2018 10:09 pm Hello:
Nice to meet you . Yeah haven´t really looked up the Chilean buddhist scene in years but last time i did some search (like 5 years ago) it was very underdeveloped, there was some zen, tibetan and shambala buddhism, even some theravada but of doubtful reputation, and sadly very far from what the Buddha taught, so personally i thought it was better not getting involved.
Regards.
Re: Hello from Chile
Hola yo también soy de Chile practico totalmente por mi cuenta por medio de una comunidad latinoamericana de Telegram y también con la fundación Sirimangalo de un monje de Canadá Ven Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu. Podriamos ponernos en contacto si estás interesado en unirte.ivan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2018 11:59 pmThanks! Sure, it's great just to have access to all the suttas and talks – I've always preferred learning on my own. But it would be nice to have an option to visit a teacher and a sangha.Dhammarakkhito wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2018 7:14 pm hola bienvenidos
por qué necesitas un maestro de dhamma? los suttas son suficientes
Hopefully, it will change in future. Nowadays there seems to be not enough materials in Spanish or Portuguese and people in Latin America usually aren't proficient in English...2600htz wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2018 10:09 pm Hello:
Nice to meet you . Yeah haven´t really looked up the Chilean buddhist scene in years but last time i did some search (like 5 years ago) it was very underdeveloped, there was some zen, tibetan and shambala buddhism, even some theravada but of doubtful reputation, and sadly very far from what the Buddha taught, so personally i thought it was better not getting involved.
Regards.
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ivan joined two years ago and his last post was in 2018.
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ivan joined two years ago and his last post was in 2018.
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