Our Next Book Selection: A New Buddhist Path by David Loy

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  • Amelia
    Member
    • Jan 2010
    • 4985

    #46
    I am about halfway through the book, looking forward to rereading and discussing.

    Gassho, sat today
    求道芸化 Kyūdō Geika
    I am just a priest-in-training, please do not take anything I say as a teaching.

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    • Hoko
      Member
      • Aug 2009
      • 457

      #47
      I recently finished Loy's book and I loved it.
      Just wanted to check in and see where we are supposed to be with this new selection.
      Gassho,
      Hoko
      #SatToday
      法 Dharma
      口 Mouth

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      • Amelia
        Member
        • Jan 2010
        • 4985

        #48
        I finished as well, and am interested in the points of discussion that will be brought up. The book bounced over many points of view.

        Gassho, sat today
        求道芸化 Kyūdō Geika
        I am just a priest-in-training, please do not take anything I say as a teaching.

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        • Jundo
          Treeleaf Founder and Priest
          • Apr 2006
          • 40481

          #49
          Hey Guys,

          I guess we will start this coming weekend (February 11th-ish). I will post something about pages and such.

          Gassho, Jundo

          SatToday
          ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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          • Enjaku
            Member
            • Jul 2016
            • 310

            #50
            Thanks Jundo,
            Looking forward to getting started.
            Gassho,
            Enjaku
            Sat
            援若

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            • Risho
              Member
              • May 2010
              • 3179

              #51
              Can't wait!

              Gassho,

              Rish
              -sattoday
              Email: risho.treeleaf@gmail.com

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              • Mp

                #52
                Thank you Jundo, I have the book and ready to dive in. =)

                Gassho
                Shingen

                s@today

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                • Jiken
                  Member
                  • Jan 2011
                  • 753

                  #53
                  I'll order a copy and follow along. It's where my head is at right now.

                  Gassho,

                  Jiken

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                  • Kaisho
                    Member
                    • Nov 2016
                    • 190

                    #54
                    Got it. Ready to go. Got it for my eReader though. I will check if page numbers are a thing.
                    Gassho
                    Chelsea
                    Sat2day

                    PS nope
                    Sent from my LGLS675 using Tapatalk
                    Last edited by Kaisho; 02-08-2017, 07:38 PM.

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                    • Ryumon
                      Member
                      • Apr 2007
                      • 1801

                      #55
                      I made a brief comment about this book when I was reading it last year. It was about the thought that enlightenment could be immanent or transcendent.

                      "Buddhist enlightenment is not simply a more mindful adaptation to our unfortunate existential condition, nor is it attaining some other dimension that is distinct from and therefore indifferent to this world. Rather, it is a transformative realization that the world as we usually experience it (including the way that I


                      I said then:

                      One of the main thrusts of the book is whether the idea of enlightenment as taught by the Buddha was immanent (of this world, something to be attained through life) or transcendent (beyond this world, the extinction of death and rebirth). This is certainly one of the key questions that arises as we discuss which direction Buddhism may take in the west.

                      This is quite a powerful idea, and, while I didn't find the entire book interesting, this section of the book made me rethink a lot of things. I look forward to discussing it.

                      Gassho,

                      Kirk

                      @satagaintoday
                      I know nothing.

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