Submitted by Kate Gowen (not verified) on Thu, 10/23/2008 - 05:46.
Hi, David,
Having, over the last few days, thoroughly perused this site, I want to thank you for all the work you have put into it, and all the light and fresh air let into all the half-seen obscurities.
But most of all, I want to thank you for being a persistent and wide-ranging reader as well as a practitioner of meditation-- and for SAYING so. It's something not so often acknowledged as useful, or even legitimate, by those who think of religion as prioritizing piety over insight.
Since I find myself incorrigibly amongst the tribe of readers (as well as those who appreciate a well-crafted line of reasoning), it's cheering to find company.
Submitted by Anthony Brodowski (not verified) on Wed, 12/31/2008 - 08:19.
I have had the great fortune somehow to have come across this website and it seems to address my needs at this time in my development. As Kate Gowan wrote, reading is something tribal and in the blood and I'd been trying to follow a teaching in the Theravada for 3 years now but the emphasis was most clearly on renunciation which kind of makes reading out to be a waste of time. Therefore I agree with you, and the Aro intellectual perspective, and really feel as if this is THE WEBSITE for me. I have been hugely encouraged and inspired the past few days, as if breathing out a sense of relief, so I leave you with this Great Big
AHHHHHHHHHHHHH
May many beings be granted a similar enpowerment soon,
and many thanks to you David
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your website generally and this bit particularly
Hi, David,
Having, over the last few days, thoroughly perused this site, I want to thank you for all the work you have put into it, and all the light and fresh air let into all the half-seen obscurities.
But most of all, I want to thank you for being a persistent and wide-ranging reader as well as a practitioner of meditation-- and for SAYING so. It's something not so often acknowledged as useful, or even legitimate, by those who think of religion as prioritizing piety over insight.
Since I find myself incorrigibly amongst the tribe of readers (as well as those who appreciate a well-crafted line of reasoning), it's cheering to find company.
Thanks again; keep up the good work.
Kate Gowen
I concur
I have had the great fortune somehow to have come across this website and it seems to address my needs at this time in my development. As Kate Gowan wrote, reading is something tribal and in the blood and I'd been trying to follow a teaching in the Theravada for 3 years now but the emphasis was most clearly on renunciation which kind of makes reading out to be a waste of time. Therefore I agree with you, and the Aro intellectual perspective, and really feel as if this is THE WEBSITE for me. I have been hugely encouraged and inspired the past few days, as if breathing out a sense of relief, so I leave you with this Great Big
AHHHHHHHHHHHHH
May many beings be granted a similar enpowerment soon,
and many thanks to you David
Anthony