"Hi Jason - what Rob said! Lovely to meet you, hope to be in touch again. After that chanting you'll be a Dharma brother forever now... there's a new group (and website) on setting up groups, do let us know if either me or K could help with…"
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Robert McCarthy left a comment for Jason Ranek"hi Jason, hope your journey home was fine; cold and wet here now and we just had a dharma talk in the sitting room crowded with over 23 people on pureland and zen. bets wishes and namo amida bu"
Susthama left a comment for Jason Ranek"Mea Culpa - I was hoping to get up to say good bye but sleep was too powerful a drug - I swore I heard all of you chanting early that morning..but maybe it was just a dream. It was really really great to meet you in person and hope to keep in touch.…"
Bob Chisholm left a comment for Jason Ranek"Glad we're in touch, Jason! Hope you had a good trip home.
Bob"
Jason Ranek left a comment for Susthama"Hi Susthama,
Didn't get to say goodbye before I left the Buddhist House, but I just wanted to say that it was great getting to know you and I wish you all the best with the pregnancy and birth. Blessings! Namo Amida Bu."
Jason Ranek commented on Dharmavidya's blog post Time to revive the alternative society?"While I am in agreement with the general thrust of this article ("liberation-in-relation"), I'm wondering if it's also not wrong to see in Pure Land faith a refuge for those time when the idealism of the age goes…"
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- About Me:
- I'm American, married to a Norwegian, living in Norway, and the father of two girls and a boy. I was raised Catholic, and was heavily involved with Soto Zen for about 5 years before hearing the call of Amida. Became a member of Jodo Shinshu last year. I write poetry. My day job is package delivery.
- Faith Background & Affiliation
- Roman Catholic; Jodo Shinshu
- Occupation or Primary Activity
- Parcel delivery / Poetry
- Involvement in Spirituality/Religion
- See above.
- What is your interest in Amida Trust
- Western form of Amidism.
- How did you find this web site?
- Word of mouth
- What country are you living in?
- Norway
- What is the nearest town to where you live? If in UK, please give first half of your postcode. Thank you.
- Tønsberg
- Are you a member of an Amida group/Congregation
- not at the moment
- Have you visited
- None of these
- What can you offer to other members of this network?
- A place to stay
- What other interests do you have, eg Arts, Gardening and so on.
- Poetry. Strong coffees, green and oolong teas. Religion and spirituality. Books & films. Music, especially delta blues and old gospel--anything with "soul."
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- At 7:54 on December 5, 2011,
Fiona Robyn said… Hi Jason - what Rob said! Lovely to meet you, hope to be in touch again. After that chanting you'll be a Dharma brother forever now... there's a new group (and website) on setting up groups, do let us know if either me or K could help with anything. Namo Amida Bu.
- At 16:21 on December 4, 2011, Robert McCarthy said…
- hi Jason, hope your journey home was fine; cold and wet here now and we just had a dharma talk in the sitting room crowded with over 23 people on pureland and zen. bets wishes and namo amida bu
- At 15:28 on December 4, 2011, Susthama said…
Mea Culpa - I was hoping to get up to say good bye but sleep was too powerful a drug - I swore I heard all of you chanting early that morning..but maybe it was just a dream. It was really really great to meet you in person and hope to keep in touch. We definitely couldn't have done it without you.
- At 10:25 on December 4, 2011, Bob Chisholm said…
Glad we're in touch, Jason! Hope you had a good trip home.
Bob
- At 17:42 on February 1, 2009,
Wendy Haylett said… - Hello Jason,
I love the photos of your children! I enjoy reading and writing poetry too - and experiencing anything "with soul."
It's a pleasure to meet you!
Wendy (Shinyo)
- At 9:57 on January 6, 2009, Susthama said…
- :) that's a good one. . . . this bombu likes to go around the cold hells, to the hungry ghost realms, to the asuras, and animal realms - round and round I go but with Amida to keep me warm, fed, sane, and tempered.
- At 11:23 on January 5, 2009, Susthama said…
- Hi Jason,
Thanks, am glad that the sound is working now. It must be awfully cold where you are now. Have you got lots of snow?
- At 21:26 on January 3, 2009,
Sujatin said… - What a cute baby!
- At 22:54 on December 9, 2008, Susthama said…
- Schempe bra - jeg bodde i Oslo men det er lengen siden og jeg ha glemt alt.
Don't know if that makes any sense at all - it seems so foreign to me now. I lived there from 97 - beginning of 99 and didn't really learn very much since most of my friends spoke English.
- At 21:31 on December 8, 2008, Susthama said…
- Hallo,
Hvordan gor det? I used to live in Norway and so know one or two phrases but that's about the extent of my Norwegian now.
Anyways, hope to meet you one day - it sounds like you had a good meeting in Dharmavidya and Prasada in Germany.
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