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.
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.)
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.
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
By: Sevadevi Glover on November 14, 2011
at 5:14 am
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
By: Geoff on November 28, 2011
at 1:52 am
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
By: Winton Higgins on December 5, 2011
at 6:28 am
Winton
Thanks for interesting comments
Geoff
By: Geoff on December 7, 2011
at 2:15 am