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Benedict's Dharma : Buddhists reflect on the rule of Saint Benedict / Norman Fischer, Joseph Goldstein, Judith Simmer-Brown, Yifa ; edited by Patrick Henry ; with an afterword by David Steindl-Rast ; a new translation of the Rule by Patrick Barry and an introduction to the Rule by Mary Margaret Funk.

Contributor(s): Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2001Description: xvi, 223 pages ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 1573221902
  • 9781573221900
Contained works:
  • Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino. Regula. English
Subject(s):
Contents:
The Trellis -- General guidelines for an inner journey -- Contemplation can be practiced anyplace -- Spiritual motivation changes in the course of practice -- To help human goodness grow -- Freedom and Forgiveness -- Structure, boundary, and freedom -- Freedom of not knowing -- Freedom in clear awareness -- Freedom in an undefended place -- The knife needs some place to land -- Freedom from guilt -- Freedom in the mind's mirror -- Freedom and skillful means -- The quality of our permeability -- Freedom from comparison -- Freedom from fear -- What does it mean that I have this car? -- Urgency and impermanence -- Nonattachment -- Generosity -- Benefit of all -- Look at each other and ask for forgiveness -- Not easy to enter, not easy to leave -- Doubt as a fresh frontier -- Vows that can't be kept completely but can be constantly repaired -- Transforming spiritual crisis into awakening -- Love and emptiness -- Discipline and spontaneity -- Something a little more steady and normal in our lives -- Discipline requires teacher, practice, community -- Discipline overcomes impulse -- Discipline becomes natural -- Restraint and spontaneity -- Why be good? -- Impermanence and many lives -- The psalms and the million recitations -- Discipline beyond what one "can do" -- Shopping for yogurt -- The proper amount of food and drink -- Kitchen work a form of spiritual cultivation -- Eating supports spiritual practice -- It all depends on motivation -- Tradition and Adaptation -- Commitments in constantly changing circumstances.
Summary: Four prominent Buddhist scholars, Norman Fischer, a Zen prest; Joseph Goldstein, cofounder of the Insight Mediation Society, Judith Simmer-Brown, Buddist Studies program at Naropa University and Yifa, and Fo Guang a nun from Shan Monastery in Tawian discuss and debate the Saint Benedict's Rule that still govern and regulates daily life in a Christian monastery. The personal anecdotes and debates reveal the wisdom and many similarities between their traditions of monastic life and those of Christians.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Main Collection John Kinder Theological Library BX3004.Z5 BEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A42335900

Includes bibliographical references.

The Trellis -- General guidelines for an inner journey -- Contemplation can be practiced anyplace -- Spiritual motivation changes in the course of practice -- To help human goodness grow -- Freedom and Forgiveness -- Structure, boundary, and freedom -- Freedom of not knowing -- Freedom in clear awareness -- Freedom in an undefended place -- The knife needs some place to land -- Freedom from guilt -- Freedom in the mind's mirror -- Freedom and skillful means -- The quality of our permeability -- Freedom from comparison -- Freedom from fear -- What does it mean that I have this car? -- Urgency and impermanence -- Nonattachment -- Generosity -- Benefit of all -- Look at each other and ask for forgiveness -- Not easy to enter, not easy to leave -- Doubt as a fresh frontier -- Vows that can't be kept completely but can be constantly repaired -- Transforming spiritual crisis into awakening -- Love and emptiness -- Discipline and spontaneity -- Something a little more steady and normal in our lives -- Discipline requires teacher, practice, community -- Discipline overcomes impulse -- Discipline becomes natural -- Restraint and spontaneity -- Why be good? -- Impermanence and many lives -- The psalms and the million recitations -- Discipline beyond what one "can do" -- Shopping for yogurt -- The proper amount of food and drink -- Kitchen work a form of spiritual cultivation -- Eating supports spiritual practice -- It all depends on motivation -- Tradition and Adaptation -- Commitments in constantly changing circumstances.

Four prominent Buddhist scholars, Norman Fischer, a Zen prest; Joseph Goldstein, cofounder of the Insight Mediation Society, Judith Simmer-Brown, Buddist Studies program at Naropa University and Yifa, and Fo Guang a nun from Shan Monastery in Tawian discuss and debate the Saint Benedict's Rule that still govern and regulates daily life in a Christian monastery. The personal anecdotes and debates reveal the wisdom and many similarities between their traditions of monastic life and those of Christians.

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