Report 84 - Contemplation and Tradition

Homework

(from the home page this week)

For this week's homework, we'll share perspectives "about how buddhism has been dominated by the monastic ethos of the east, and needs to be re-conceptualized from the ground up for our own cultures."  We can open up the discussion to include all religious views, and consider ways we have (or have not) been able to accomodate these.

Background

• The first Ways of Knowing meeting set expectations and directions for this group that may still have hold.
• http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/gg_live/gg_podcast/podcast/stephen_batchelor/
• http://www.stephenbatchelor.org/creating.html
• http://www.tricycle.com/feature/crossroads?page=0,0
• http://waysofknowing.kira.org/4Transcripts/2009.02.12_-_Workshop_01
• Pila Mulligan's email comments on whether the idea of reincarnation should be an important part of a modern buddhism.

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