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    Following on ...

    Hi - following on from David L. McMahan's book 'The Making of Buddhist Modernism' (2008) which was discussed in several threads here,

    https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...=David+McMahan


    I've just started to read a new book by Ann Gleig 'America Dharma' - which takes off where McMahan's book signed off (the transition from Modernism to Post-Modernism in Western Buddhism).

    I decided to read the book after listening to the following link,

    https://soundcloud.com/post-traditio...yond-modernity

    I really enjoyed the above as, although an academic, Gleig is very accessible.

    Anyway, might be of interest to some.

    Gassho

    Jinyo

    ST

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    Oh yeah, right to the top of the reading list!

    By the way, "Imperfect Buddha" podcast fanboy here (although recommended only for real Buddhist modernism geeks and wonks).

    Gassho, J

    STLah
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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    Mp
    Guest
    Thank you Jinyo and Jundo ... will have a listen this morning. =)

    Gassho
    Shingen

    Sat/LAH

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    Thanks, Jinyo! That sounds interesting!

    Is pretty costly for a Kindle book just now but hopefully there will be a paperback version available sometime in the future.

    Gassho
    Kokuu
    -sattoday-

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    Oh that's an interesting sounding podcast, thank you I shall have a listen.

    Gassho,

    Neil

    SatToday

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kokuu View Post
    Thanks, Jinyo! That sounds interesting!

    Is pretty costly for a Kindle book just now but hopefully there will be a paperback version available sometime in the future.

    Gassho
    Kokuu
    -sattoday-
    Hi Kokuu,

    it is costly - it did make me wince that the book was 'labelled' as very reasonably priced - but I think (because it's academically backed) in relative terms it's reasonably priced because publishers really seem to hike up the price of university sponsored material.

    To be honest - I think the podcast gives a good flavour of the contents.

    I've only just stumbled on the 'Imperfect Buddha' podcast Jundo - so far really impressed

    Gassho

    Jinyo

    ST

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jinyo View Post
    Hi Kokuu,

    it is costly - it did make me wince that the book was 'labelled' as very reasonably priced - but I think (because it's academically backed) in relative terms it's reasonably priced because publishers really seem to hike up the price of university sponsored material.

    To be honest - I think the podcast gives a good flavour of the contents.

    I've only just stumbled on the 'Imperfect Buddha' podcast Jundo - so far really impressed

    Gassho

    Jinyo

    ST
    The podcast is hit and miss, I feel, and sometimes gets into its own post-modernist "wheel spinning" that we have discussed here from time to time. There is also some tendency to focus too much on Tibetan Buddhism and their issues/problems as representative of all "Buddhism." Otherwise, it is a podcast that really touches on some issues, and deals with some matters, that are not often discussed. I very much enjoy it but, then again, I am kinda wonky.

    Gassho, J

    STLah
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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    I'm kinda wonky too

    no doubt there are worse things to be

    Jinyo

    ST

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