Hi,
Time for an introduction, I suppose.
My name is Kåre Albert Lie, and I live in Norway. I first got interested in buddhism around 1970. I studied Pali on my own (using mainly Warder), and later Pali and Sanskrit at the University in Oslo. I got my first real introduction to meditation from the Burmese teacher U Janaka.
I have translated several Pali and Sanskrit texts into Norwegian, and I have also written some books on meditation, abhidhamma and other aspects of buddhism ... also in Norwegian. At present I hope that my translation of the Digha Nikaya will be published this year, and I have started translating the Majjhima Nikaya - a task that I hope to finish in two or three years.
So I'm mainly a Theravada follower. But I also find inspiration in parts of the Mahayana, and I have translated the Bodhicaryavatara into Norwegian, and also published a book with a translation of Vasubandhu's Madhyantavibhaga, with an introduction and comments by myself and a friend who was a teacher in the Thich Nhat Hanh tradition.
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Re: Hello from Norway
by Tara » Wed Mar 23, 2011 3:44 pm
Hi Kare,
Welcome to Dharma Wheel.
Regards,
rt
Welcome to Dharma Wheel.
Regards,
rt
Tara
Mors certa — hora incerta
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In these difficult times you may feel that it is helpful
To be sharp and critical with aggressive people around you.
This approach will just be a source of distress and confusion for you.
Speak calmly – that’s my sincere advice. - from Longchenpa's 30 Pieces of Sincere Advice
Mors certa — hora incerta
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In these difficult times you may feel that it is helpful
To be sharp and critical with aggressive people around you.
This approach will just be a source of distress and confusion for you.
Speak calmly – that’s my sincere advice. - from Longchenpa's 30 Pieces of Sincere Advice
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Re: Hello from Norway
by gregkavarnos » Wed Mar 23, 2011 4:35 pm
Hello Kare!
Welcome to Dharma Wheel!
May you have a long life and good health so you can continue bringing Dharma/Dhamma to the Norweigan people!
Welcome to Dharma Wheel!
May you have a long life and good health so you can continue bringing Dharma/Dhamma to the Norweigan people!
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"Oh great bodhisattva, you ought to understand the quintessence in this way: Whatever appears is one in its suchness. It cannot be falsified by anyone. The sovereign of unconceptualised sameness dwells in the spirit of the Dharmakaya which cannot be cognised."
The All Creating Sovereign, Mind of Perfect Purity.
Jigten Sumgon Gonchig: The Single Intent, the Sacred Dharma
"Oh great bodhisattva, you ought to understand the quintessence in this way: Whatever appears is one in its suchness. It cannot be falsified by anyone. The sovereign of unconceptualised sameness dwells in the spirit of the Dharmakaya which cannot be cognised."
The All Creating Sovereign, Mind of Perfect Purity.
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Re: Hello from Norway
by Madeliaette » Wed Mar 23, 2011 5:41 pm
Greetings to a fellow writer!! (Well, I did write until I came back to England)
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Re: Hello from Norway
by Kare » Thu Mar 24, 2011 8:57 am
Thank you all for friendly welcome greetings!
Kåre A. Lie
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Re: Hello from Norway
by retrofuturist » Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:05 am
Greetings Kare,
Welcome to Dharma Wheel!
Maitri,
Retro.
Welcome to Dharma Wheel!
Maitri,
Retro.
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Re: Hello from Norway
by Caz » Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:01 pm
Welcome friend !
Abandoning Dharma is, in the final analysis, disparaging the Hinayana because of the Mahayana; favoring the Hinayana on account of the Mahayana; playing off sutra against tantra; playing off the four classes of the tantras against each other; favoring one of the Tibetan schools—the Sakya, Gelug, Kagyu, or Nyingma—and disparaging the rest; and so on. In other words, we abandon Dharma any time we favor our own tenets and disparage the rest.
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