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What do you find useful in Buddhism which you do not find or not as useful in Christianity?
No, I am not taking up the defense of Christianity, but just curious why Buddhism has found favor with supposedly intellectuals of the [...]
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What I find useful in Buddhism
Skepticism and Buddhism
I consider myself a skeptical person. In the past, I’ve had severe reservations when it came to believing in angels, spirits, ghosts, and other such things. I’ve expected that, when things are thrown up into the air, they come back down. I’ve expected that when living things die, they don’t come back to life. And [...]
Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World
Title: Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World [amazon]
Author: Lama Surya Das
Publisher: Broadway; Reprint edition (June 15, 1998)
Pages: 389
Book Number: 6
What’s this 52 Books in 52 Weeks thing about?
This is actually the second time I’ve read this book, but the first time I’ve written a full entry for it. When I read [...]
One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism
Title: One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism [amazon]
Author: Joseph Goldstein
Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco; Reprint edition (July 8, 2003)
Pages: 224
Book Number: 3
This was a fairly quick read which I mostly enjoyed. In it, Joseph Goldstein compares and contrasts a few of the well-known Buddhist traditions, namely the Theravada, Tibetan, and Zen traditions. Along the ride, you also get [...]
Starting a Buddhist meditation group
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A professor of mine and I started a Buddhist study / meditation group a couple of months ago. We created the group because there weren’t any Buddhist organizations in the area, and we wanted to have some people who were also Buddhist to discuss with, and perhaps even meditate with. After having a [...]
