[Buddha-l] Loving your object of study

[Katherine Masis]

(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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