I'm hoping to find some guidance with the practice and share what I can. Posting this feels like officially taking refuge in the Three Jewels!
Thank you all,
Stephen
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Hello from small town Saskatchewan
by dontaskme » Sat Nov 17, 2012 10:57 pm
Hello everyone, I am quite new to Buddhism, I've been drawn to it ever since stumbling upon a blog claiming that one could transcend introversion through meditation. Although overcoming this will be an on-going battle, I have noticed immediate benefits and have had some interesting experiences through meditation. Over the past few months I have been picking up various methods and learning what I can online, albeit with no real structure. I'm hoping to find some guidance with the practice and share what I can.
Posting this feels like officially taking refuge in the Three Jewels!
Thank you all,
Stephen
I'm hoping to find some guidance with the practice and share what I can. Posting this feels like officially taking refuge in the Three Jewels!
Thank you all,
Stephen
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Re: Hello from small town Saskatchewan
by Indrajala » Sun Nov 18, 2012 1:52 am
Welcome!
-Jeff from next door in Manitoba.
-Jeff from next door in Manitoba.
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Re: Hello from small town Saskatchewan
by lobster » Sun Nov 18, 2012 2:12 am
dontaskme wrote:Posting this feels like officially taking refuge in the Three Jewels!
An unofficial and warm welcome
OK intro over . . . hope you will dive right in
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Re: Hello from small town Saskatchewan
by KeithBC » Sun Nov 18, 2012 4:58 am
Welcome. I became a Buddhist while living in Moose Jaw, so I can relate to the isolation.
Om mani padme hum
Keith
Om mani padme hum
Keith
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Re: Hello from small town Saskatchewan
by gregkavarnos » Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:35 am
You used to live in a Moose Jaw? And here was me thinking Milarepa was cool hiding in a Yaks Horn!I became a Buddhist while living in Moose Jaw...
Welcome to Dharma Wheel Stephen, hope we can be of some assistance to you!
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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 small town Saskatchewan
by lowlydog » Sun Nov 18, 2012 5:08 pm
Another canuck, 
Welcome fellow hoser,
Please tell me your last name is Harper.
Welcome fellow hoser,
Please tell me your last name is Harper.
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Re: Hello from small town Saskatchewan
by KeithBC » Mon Nov 19, 2012 6:30 am
gregkavarnos wrote:You used to live in a Moose Jaw? And here was me thinking Milarepa was cool hiding in a Yaks Horn!I became a Buddhist while living in Moose Jaw...
We used to say it was named for the wrong end of the moose.
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Re: Hello from small town Saskatchewan
by Jikan » Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:45 pm
Hi, Welcome to DharmaWheel!
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Re: Hello from small town Saskatchewan
by relay » Mon Dec 10, 2012 2:23 am
Welcome from New York, US.
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relay
peace,
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