Contemplation and Tradition

Homework

(from the Ways of Knowing 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.

Sources

• The first Ways of Knowing meeting which set expectations and directions for this group that 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
• The Art of Inquiry,  Art of Contemplation and Cornerstone Principles from the Cheng Hsin school.
• The Unfettered Mind and Lojong Mind Training.

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