Comments for The Bluegum Sangha http://bluegumsangha.org Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:15:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Comments/Discussion by Geoff http://bluegumsangha.org/commentsdiscussion/#comment-1214 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:15:57 +0000 http://bluegumsangha.org/#comment-1214 Winton

Thanks for interesting comments

Geoff

]]> Comment on Comments/Discussion by Winton Higgins http://bluegumsangha.org/commentsdiscussion/#comment-1210 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:28:28 +0000 http://bluegumsangha.org/#comment-1210 Hello Geoff

My main acquaintance with Glenn Wallis has been using his edited collection of 16 key suttas, ‘Basic teachings of the Buddha’, in sutta study at Bluegum and Beaches sanghas. A post-Buddhist school seems to be emerging at the moment, an alternative to secular Buddhism. The former wants to draw on the Buddha’s tradition without being included in it or beholden to it; the latter seeks to renew the traditiion from the inside. Very roughly, you could place GW in the post-Buddhist camp. He’s interesting because he knows a lot of dharma, but I find his recent writings more whippersnapperish than clear and illuminating.

Winton

]]> Comment on Comments/Discussion by Geoff http://bluegumsangha.org/commentsdiscussion/#comment-1167 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:52:16 +0000 http://bluegumsangha.org/#comment-1167 Winton,

Hope you are well.

I have been enjoying your podcasts with Ted Meissner & Ajahn Sujato etc

I have been reading a bit of Glenn Wallis’ material recently, especially from his Speculative Non Buddhism website and I would be interested in your views, especially as he seems to take shots at all forms of Buddhism, secular or traditional. (He’s had some interesting run-ins with Sujato on the latter’s blog.)

(I know you have shown some interest in Glenn Wallis eg you recommend reading his “Buddhist Manifesto” on the Beaches Sangha site.)

If you can find the time…..

Much appreciated

cheers

Geoff

]]> Comment on Comments/Discussion by Sevadevi Glover http://bluegumsangha.org/commentsdiscussion/#comment-1115 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:14:28 +0000 http://bluegumsangha.org/#comment-1115 Hi Winton,
i hope this email finds you in good health.
I was wondering if you will be running a New Year Retreat this year.
Sevapuri and i would be very interested, i spoke with Gareth today and he would also like to come and I know two other friends who are looking for a NY retreat.

It would be lovely to spend the NY in the company of the quiet.

Best Wishes and much love
Sevadevi

]]> Comment on Further Details on Talk by Lester http://bluegumsangha.org/the-semester/further-detail-on-talk/#comment-20 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:35:31 +0000 http://bluegumsangha.org/2008-planned/further-detail-on-talk/#comment-20 If you found this book intriguing, you will definitely enjoy reading My Stroke of Insight – a Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey” by Jill Bolte Taylor, and her talk on TED dot com about her stroke which is an 18 minute talk you Must Not Miss! (there’s a reason it’s been forwarded friend to friend millions of times!).
When you read the book and see the TEDTalk, you’ll understand why this Harvard brain scientist was named Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People. Her unique experience, combined with her perspective as a neuroanatomist, and her sensitivity and awareness (not to mention beautiful writing style!) has produced something so powerful and so revolutionary that I think it’s going to become a transformational movement in itself. Oprah also did four interviews with her (that I was able to download on the Oprah website) that are also worth checking out.
I am trying to share Dr Taylor’s story with as many people as I can because I truly believe if everyone saw it the world would be so much better and people would love one another and no longer fight.

]]> Comment on Further Details on Talk by Simon Mundy http://bluegumsangha.org/the-semester/further-detail-on-talk/#comment-14 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:22:44 +0000 http://bluegumsangha.org/2008-planned/further-detail-on-talk/#comment-14 Hi Folks,
See also John Welwood “Toward a Psychology of Awakening” in which Welwood gives a beautiful synthesis of his Buddhist and psychotherapeutic worldviews. He draws primarily on mahamudra and on Zen and his psychological practice and approach is founded on Eugene Gendlin’s Focussing with whom he studied.

Welwood is very strong on human relationships particularly intimate relationships and his previous books have focussed on that aspect of our experience. This is a broader view but never loses focus (ouch!) on the importance of intersubjectivity…intimate inter-being perhaps.

Regards,
Simon

]]> Comment on Further Details on Talk by Toni Kram http://bluegumsangha.org/the-semester/further-detail-on-talk/#comment-13 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:58:19 +0000 http://bluegumsangha.org/2008-planned/further-detail-on-talk/#comment-13 Hello Ben,

There is a very good book written by an American Buddhist psychiatrist, Mark Epstein M.D, entitled “Thoughts Without a Thinker”. Basic Books, 1995.

The book discusses in great detail, annotated with case histories from his patients, how western Psychotherapy can be enhanced by Buddhist meditation. He has experienced that in some cases, where psychotherapy has reached a blocked standstill, the patient was enabled to move forward again because of insights gained through meditation.

You may already know of this book. I found it at Adyar at $26.95

Metta
Toni

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