Hello Treeleaf Sangha,
I wanted to recommend to you today a newly-published book called Zen in the Vernacular, by Peter Coyote. This book was just published last week, and I'm really quite enjoying it, and think you might, too!
Peter Coyote is a Hollywood actor - turned Soto Zen priest, and he and I had a chance to chat a few times, and even practice together in San Francisco, many years ago. (If you're in the States, you may know him best from narrating the Ken Burns PBS documentaries). In this book, he presents "secular, vernacular interpretations" of Buddhist teachings, and offers his own thoughts on practice.
If the topic may sound of interest, he recorded a dharma talk on what he means by "vernacular Buddhism," that can be found on his YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/S42Yugf_0iI?feature=shared
If you do read the book (or watch his talk), and would like to discuss your thoughts about it here, I'd love to hear from you!
Gassho,
Jika / Michael
Sat/Lah
I wanted to recommend to you today a newly-published book called Zen in the Vernacular, by Peter Coyote. This book was just published last week, and I'm really quite enjoying it, and think you might, too!
Peter Coyote is a Hollywood actor - turned Soto Zen priest, and he and I had a chance to chat a few times, and even practice together in San Francisco, many years ago. (If you're in the States, you may know him best from narrating the Ken Burns PBS documentaries). In this book, he presents "secular, vernacular interpretations" of Buddhist teachings, and offers his own thoughts on practice.
If the topic may sound of interest, he recorded a dharma talk on what he means by "vernacular Buddhism," that can be found on his YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/S42Yugf_0iI?feature=shared
If you do read the book (or watch his talk), and would like to discuss your thoughts about it here, I'd love to hear from you!
Gassho,
Jika / Michael
Sat/Lah
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