[Buddha-l] David Loy

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I just joined the Buddha List and hadn't read anything by David Loy.  I 
really know nothing about him. I searched Amazon and then found this site 
with a transcript of the DVD about his life:
http://www.innerexplorations.com/catew/d.htm

Oddly, my public library doesn't have any of his books.
Diana


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Piya Tan" <dharmafarer at gmail.com>
To: "Buddhist discussion forum" <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 3:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] David Loy


> Yes, David Loy, after teaching at the National University of Singapore, 
> was
> in Japan
> for some years, and is now back in the US.
>
> He is married to Linda Goodhew, and have a son, Mark Loy Goodhew.
>
> He is in Wikipedia:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Loy
>
> Piya
>
>
> On 10/3/07, Richard Hayes <rhayes at unm.edu> wrote:
>>
>> On Tuesday 02 October 2007 11:31, jkirk wrote:
>>
>> > Looks as if David Loy has reutrned to the US.
>>
>> Yes, I think he returned about a year and a half ago. It's good to have
>> him
>> back in the heart of the evil empire, hurling his Buddhism-inspired
>> critiques
>> at the dead-certain emperor.
>>
>> Loy is just about the only person I have read who has convinced me (for a
>> minute or two) that there might actually be something of value in
>> non-dualism. He is a good stylist and writes thought-provoking material.
>> AND,
>> as if that isn't enough, I'm pretty sure he knows how to spell Ken
>> Wilber's
>> name, even though he seems to resist temptations to actually write
>> sentences
>> in which the name "Wilber" appears. (My spelling checker is beeping and
>> blinking ferociously, in a cybernetic counterpart of a caterwaul. It
>> demands
>> that I change "Wilber" to "Wilbur." But without Ken's permission, how 
>> dare
>> I
>> comply? If I change the spelling, the terrorists will have won.)
>>
>> --
>> Richard P. Hayes
>> Department of Philosophy
>> University of New Mexico
>> http://www.unm.edu/~rhayes
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