[Buddha-l] Loving your object of study
Katherine Masis
twin_oceans at yahoo.com
Sun Nov 18 10:06:43 MST 2007
(a) Jim wrote:
“I understand the question people are raising. It seems odd to an insider that somebody would take such a strong interest in a tradition and not have a personal commitment.”
(b) Bob wrote:
“The answer is that scholarship IS the practice, and we in the West make a separation between scholarship vs. practice.”
(a) Yes, that’s it, Jim—because the interest is VERY strong, not just a passing fancy.
(b) OK, Bob, that makes sense—the gnani path.
Katherine
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