[Buddha-l] Shamatha book--clarification

[Piya Tan]

I've just read Steve Paulson's conversation with Alan Wallace:

http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/11/27/wallace/

and I am very happy I did. Although I admire Batchelor's agnostic courage,
knowing Wallace's
thoughts give a healthy balance, esp to those who are serious about the
basic teachings of
Buddhism, esp consciousness, karma and rebirth.

Basically I think, Batchelor is saying, let's work with what we really know.
Wallace is saying, why not try out some educated probabilities.

I think more Wallace's approach is more adventurous (in the good sense), esp
where
we are not dealing with science here, but with personal and spiritual
development.

Still, there is a lot we can learn from both of them.

Piya Tan



On 5/24/07, Margaret Gouin <Margaret.Gouin at bristol.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Alan Wallace _Balancing the Mind: a Tibetan Buddhist Approach to Refining
> Attention_ (2005, Snow Lion) was originally published as _Bridge of
> Quiescence_.
>
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> Margaret Gouin
> PhD Candidate
> Centre for Buddhist Studies
> Department of Theology and Religious Studies
> University of Bristol (UK)
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