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.
Hello from Norway
Re: Hello from Norway
Hi Kare,
Welcome to Dharma Wheel.
Regards,
rt
Welcome to Dharma Wheel.
Regards,
rt
Re: Hello from Norway
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!
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Re: Hello from Norway
Heisann og velkommen!
- Madeliaette
- Posts: 179
- Joined: Sun Mar 06, 2011 6:29 pm
- Location: Currently in Sussex, England. Formerly in Wollongong, Australia.
Re: Hello from Norway
Greetings to a fellow writer!! (Well, I did write until I came back to England)
- retrofuturist
- Former staff member
- Posts: 1244
- Joined: Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:54 pm
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Contact:
Re: Hello from Norway
Greetings Kare,
Welcome to Dharma Wheel!
Maitri,
Retro.
Welcome to Dharma Wheel!
Maitri,
Retro.
Live in concord, with mutual appreciation, without disputing, blending like milk and water, viewing each other with kindly eyes.
Re: Hello from Norway
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.
Liberation in the Palm of your hand~Kyabje Pabongkha Rinpoche.
Liberation in the Palm of your hand~Kyabje Pabongkha Rinpoche.