[Buddha-l] Teaching Zen Buddhist philosophy

[Michael Paris]

Zen At War certainly shook me to the roots. I wholeheartedly second any
recommendation for reading that book especially at university. 

It is interesting, and rather fun, to attempt to make sense of Buddhism
and my own roots, but also the roots of Buddhism. 

The more I learn about Japanese history and culture, the more Japanese
Buddhism makes some sense. Even Zen. <g>


Michael


--- "Richard P. Hayes" <rhayes at unm.edu> wrote:

> On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 03:41 -0400, Dan Lusthaus wrote:
> > I second Franz's suggestion to include Brian Victoria

[snip]

> I thought I'd like to deal with material the main historical
> context of which is contemporary Western society. The attempts of
> Western Buddhists to make sense of both Buddhism and their own
> religious and cultural roots (with all their attendant biases) have
always 
> been exciting to me, and I think also to students.



	
		
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