tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70526310842371086052011-11-28T01:24:14.152+01:00Advayavada Buddhism InfocenterFor more information about Advayavada Buddhism see:
http://www.euronet.nl/~advaya/index.htmJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.comBlogger2601100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-1965783783793407172011-08-23T11:05:00.001+02:002011-08-23T11:05:59.219+02:00The Evolutionary SelfIntegral Enlightenment (http://integralenlightenment.com) speaks of an "evolutionary self", describing it as "the creative force of the universe alive within us, the human face of the impulse of Evolution itself" and "the deepest part of who we are". In Advayavada Buddhism we follow the Path in order to reconcile ourselves with the Whole, to become "a true part of the Whole". There is a subtle John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-89875176759249023012011-07-11T08:52:00.001+02:002011-07-11T08:52:18.000+02:00TwitterDear friends,We invite you to follow us at@advayavada@johnwillemsens@daoxuesheng@spinozanet Kind regards,John.………..John WillemsensAdvayavada Foundationhttp://www.euronet.nl/~advaya/index.htmadvaya@euronet.nl John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-82314818050882339662011-06-27T10:15:00.001+02:002011-06-27T10:15:23.770+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 26 (samyak-samadhi)Friends, In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time – Advayavada Buddhism places us on course with Nature. The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly basedJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-30543005275354880852011-06-20T11:09:00.001+02:002011-06-20T11:09:46.922+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 25 (samyak-smriti)Friends, In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time – in other words, Advayavada Buddhism seeks to place us on course with Nature. The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-20414440677479467262011-06-14T08:51:00.001+02:002011-06-14T08:51:37.758+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 24 (samyag-vyayana)Friends, In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time – Advayavada Buddhism seeks to place us on course with Nature. The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-67133999721596861132011-06-06T10:32:00.001+02:002011-06-06T10:32:45.734+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 23 (samyag-ajiva)Friends, In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time – Advayavada Buddhism places us on course with Nature. The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly basedJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-1722470669332040772011-05-30T10:18:00.001+02:002011-05-30T10:18:35.046+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 22 (samyak-karmanta)Friends, In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time – Advayavada Buddhism places us on course with Nature. The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly basedJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-19069438783681150862011-05-23T08:53:00.001+02:002011-05-23T08:53:32.908+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 21 (samyag-vac)Friends, In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time – Advayavada Buddhism places us on course with Nature. The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly basedJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-82259254343821372302011-05-16T09:31:00.001+02:002011-05-16T09:31:06.540+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 20 (samyak-samkalpa)Friends, In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time. The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-75531273940628885902011-05-09T11:08:00.001+02:002011-05-09T11:08:56.347+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 19 (samyag-dristi)Friends, In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time. The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-78411780819831576322011-05-02T11:31:00.001+02:002011-05-02T11:31:02.047+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 18 (madhyama-pratipada)Friends, In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time. The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-86941832886934528042011-04-25T18:33:00.001+02:002011-04-25T18:33:35.842+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 17 (trishna, nirodha)Friends, In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time. The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-63940477804260776392011-04-14T09:37:00.001+02:002011-04-14T09:37:41.118+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 16 (duhkhata)Friends, In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time. The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-46230539862633507462011-04-11T10:50:00.001+02:002011-04-11T10:50:38.265+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 15 (anatmata)Friends, In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time. The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-34049164822741268952011-04-04T11:09:00.002+02:002011-04-04T11:15:44.222+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 14 (anityata)Friends, In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time. The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-61948290392062589582011-03-28T10:20:00.002+02:002011-03-28T20:01:27.368+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 13 (samyak-samadhi)Friends, In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time. The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-82160116154222513272011-03-22T07:53:00.001+01:002011-03-22T07:53:42.195+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 12 (samyak-smriti)Friends, In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time. The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-48082770968639204452011-03-14T09:58:00.001+01:002011-03-14T09:59:24.065+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 11 (samyag-vyayana)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-4250509897281639502011-03-07T09:49:00.001+01:002011-03-07T09:56:37.761+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 10 (samyag-ajiva)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-51362114028998826042011-02-28T09:43:00.003+01:002011-03-07T10:23:42.170+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 9 (samyak-karmanta)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-10373563978767592062011-02-21T10:18:00.001+01:002011-02-21T10:19:07.896+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 8 (samyag-vac)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-82518703269523695472011-02-14T09:27:00.001+01:002011-02-14T09:32:27.126+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 7 (samyak-samkalpa)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-71603141383122407472011-02-07T08:59:00.001+01:002011-02-07T09:01:20.525+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 6 (samyag-dristi)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-1525062270916028172011-01-31T10:12:00.001+01:002011-01-31T10:13:53.448+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 5 (madhyama-pratipada)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-19371100059209261992011-01-24T10:08:00.001+01:002011-01-24T10:12:28.221+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 4 (trishna, nirodha)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-1405641452533525102011-01-17T09:58:00.001+01:002011-01-17T10:01:59.964+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 3 (duhkhata)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-51746027322550807402011-01-10T10:02:00.001+01:002011-01-10T18:29:35.093+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 2 (anatmata)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-58381770168317229552011-01-03T11:01:00.001+01:002011-01-03T11:14:22.764+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 1 (anityata)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-76582290072427149402010-12-27T10:56:00.002+01:002010-12-27T15:11:06.429+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 52 (samyak-samadhi)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-1171271055326523372010-12-20T09:25:00.001+01:002010-12-20T09:27:44.539+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 51 (samyak-smriti)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-47557075824385219932010-12-13T11:01:00.001+01:002010-12-13T11:04:12.944+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 50 (samyag-vyayana)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-39881962574627387882010-12-06T10:40:00.001+01:002010-12-06T10:41:54.009+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 49 (samyag-ajiva)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-43370294021182025162010-11-29T08:58:00.001+01:002010-11-29T09:09:20.535+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 48 (samyak-karmanta)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-13650350240509364512010-11-22T07:55:00.001+01:002010-11-22T08:02:21.877+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 47 (samyag-vac)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-74008368606425589922010-11-15T09:01:00.001+01:002010-11-15T09:05:34.362+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 46 (samyak-samkalpa)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-44616481544357251342010-11-08T10:31:00.001+01:002010-11-08T10:34:00.367+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 45 (samyag-dristi)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-12789977187544543952010-11-01T09:26:00.001+01:002010-11-01T09:29:00.527+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 44 (madhyama-pratipada)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-77772786190986090102010-10-25T09:05:00.001+02:002010-10-25T09:09:54.378+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 43 (trishna, nirodha)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts (not to kill, not to steal, sexual restraint, not to lie, and avoidance of alcohol and drugs) and a John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-61845937865674681862010-10-18T10:15:00.001+02:002010-10-18T10:19:24.384+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 42 (duhkhata)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts (not to kill, not to steal, sexual restraint, not to lie, and avoidance of alcohol and drugs) and a John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-77133846827802658152010-10-11T09:07:00.001+02:002010-10-11T09:11:41.012+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 41 (anatmata)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence, i.e. totality, advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts (not to kill, not to steal, sexual restraint, not to lie, and avoidance of alcohol and John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-33063524989444951012010-10-04T10:46:00.002+02:002010-10-04T11:56:13.433+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 40 (anityata)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts (not to kill, not to steal, sexual restraint, not to lie, and avoidance of alcohol and drugs) and a John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-62161332343228468192010-09-28T09:39:00.001+02:002010-09-28T09:43:33.046+02:00About Batchelor's Confession of a Buddhist Atheist (Loy)Most versions of Buddhism, including Shakyamuni's teachings as presented in the Pali canon, understand the spiritual goal as release from samsara - the round of death and continued rebirth into the world of suffering and craving - into a realm beyond samsara, namely nirvana. No modern scholar questions that this was the goal of the path as articulated in the earliest texts, which remains the mainJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-28905801897524372112010-09-27T11:12:00.001+02:002010-09-27T11:16:28.048+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 39 (samyak-samadhi)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-3063321139743549462010-09-20T09:35:00.001+02:002010-09-20T09:39:09.543+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 38 (samyak-smriti)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-67217574856280994392010-09-16T17:33:00.001+02:002010-09-16T17:41:11.142+02:00About the first chapter of the Daodejing (Ariel and Raz)In this essay we argue that the first chapter was consciously composed as an introduction to the Daojing, and that the author or redactor of the chapter in fact responded to the very deep questions concerning the possibility of discussing the Dao. This response is encoded in the first chapter.
The authorship and redaction of the Laozi is complex and beyond the scope of this essay. The early John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-56851477765917873442010-09-15T13:26:00.002+02:002010-09-15T14:24:34.995+02:00Daoists are ethical thinkers of an unusual sort (Ivanhoe)Like most traditional Chinese thinkers, Daoists are ethical realists, though of an unusual sort. They believe that true and correct value judgments reflect objective features about the world, and they do not hesitate to criticize those who fails to accord with what is proper and fitting. Though they insist that spoken ways - that is, ways of life that can be decribed and codified - are incompleteJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-54172950698323221962010-09-14T12:05:00.002+02:002010-09-14T14:14:10.145+02:00The Identity and Difference of the Two Truths (Garfield)One of the Buddha's deepest insights was that there are two truths, and that they are very different from one another. They are the objects of different kinds of cognition, and they reflect different aspects of reality. They are apprehended at different stages of practice. Despite the importance of the apprehension of ultimate truth, one can't skip the conventional. Despite the soteriological John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-43919670426614180822010-09-13T10:39:00.001+02:002010-09-13T10:41:57.926+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 37 (samyag-vyayana)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-41114720583187476752010-09-06T10:19:00.001+02:002010-09-06T10:25:09.388+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 36 (samyag-ajiva)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-60647902929312511802010-08-30T17:46:00.001+02:002010-08-30T17:46:00.377+02:00Contingent co-arising = pratitya-samutpadaWithin non-duality, saying 'because' is, in a sense, misleading since contingent co-arising creates everything simultaneously so that all causes are effects, and all effects are causes simultaneously. (Conrad P. Pritscher)John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-57110670513287357052010-08-30T11:28:00.001+02:002010-08-30T11:32:13.229+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 35 (samyak-karmanta)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-63037756626233387302010-08-26T17:52:00.005+02:002010-08-30T09:29:32.168+02:00The doctrine of pratitya-samutpada (Harsh Narain)The doctrine of universal relativity (pratitya-samutpada) is the stepping stone to the doctrine of sunyata. The knowledge of the former at once leads to the knowledge of the latter. Their relation is so intimate that Nagarjuna has no hesitation in identifying the two. He observes, "What is relativity we call sunyata. It [sunyata] is relative being (upadaya prajñapti). It is the middle path". ThisJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-17461142851923070252010-08-23T10:36:00.001+02:002010-08-23T10:38:59.981+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 34 (samyag-vac)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-69696279072239427792010-08-16T11:14:00.001+02:002010-08-16T11:14:57.983+02:00Robert Aitken Roshi (1917-2010)When people write to me from a place where there are no Zen centers and where it is impossible to find even a single Zen friend, I advise them, "Just sit with the awareness that you are sitting with us in the Diamond Sangha. Just sit with the awareness that you are sitting with everyone and every being in the whole universe, past, present, and future." (Robert Aitken Roshi, quoted by Barbara John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-501342555893408912010-08-16T10:46:00.001+02:002010-08-16T10:50:33.304+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 33 (samyak-samkalpa)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-38366797568645814072010-08-09T09:28:00.001+02:002010-08-09T09:32:40.725+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 32 (samyag-dristi)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-5093174178469035062010-08-05T18:33:00.003+02:002010-08-05T18:42:19.906+02:00In all Buddhism, freedom is freedom from pain and suffering. (Scheepers)In the Madhyamaka, as in all Buddhism, freedom, identified with Nirvana, is not freedom of action, but freedom from pain and suffering. Since suffering is ultimately due to ignorance, it also consists in a being free from all illusion. This means for the Madhyamika: being free from all perspectival viewpoints, doctrines, and categories of thought, being free from all ideas, imagination, and John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-11211838045982218682010-08-02T09:58:00.001+02:002010-08-02T10:05:59.227+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 31 (madhyama-pratipada)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.The Noble Eightfold Path in Advayavada Buddhism is fully personalized: it is firmly based on what we increasingly know about ourselves and our John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-82473372074748691882010-07-23T10:53:00.001+02:002010-07-23T11:03:29.330+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 30 (trishna, nirodha)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths as explained in John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-55292602097064288852010-07-19T13:33:00.001+02:002010-07-19T13:34:46.285+02:00Happiness cannot come from hatred or anger.Happiness cannot come from hatred or anger. Nobody can say, "Today I am happy because this morning I was very angry." On the contrary, people feel uneasy and sad and say, "Today I am not happy because I lost my temper this morning." Through kindness, whether at our own level or at the national and international level, through mutual understanding and through mutual respect, we will get peace, we John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-35092439749299485772010-07-19T11:00:00.001+02:002010-07-19T11:07:18.653+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 29 (duhkhata)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths as explained in John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-7143661652052591432010-07-13T12:44:00.001+02:002010-07-13T12:49:23.043+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 28 (anatmata)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths as explained in John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-34898368651897837722010-07-05T11:15:00.001+02:002010-07-05T11:20:05.291+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 27 (anityata)Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths as explained in John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-36930433474447863492010-06-28T12:16:00.002+02:002010-06-29T09:17:25.097+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 26Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths as explained in John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-33790592651306095362010-06-21T13:34:00.001+02:002010-06-21T13:39:09.616+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 25Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths as explained in John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-25428322718814987282010-06-14T14:49:00.001+02:002010-06-14T14:54:33.792+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 24Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths as explained in John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-12351620606784237502010-06-07T12:14:00.001+02:002010-06-07T12:16:51.062+02:00The teaching is like a raftO monks, even if you have insight that is pure and clear but you cling to it, fondle it and treasure it, depend on it and are attached to it, then you do not understand that the teaching is like a raft that carries you across the water to the farther shore but is then to be put down and not clung to. (Majjhima Nikaya)John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-32495298623984692302010-06-07T10:19:00.002+02:002010-06-07T10:23:31.132+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 23Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths as explained in John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-41142729302843534482010-05-31T09:03:00.001+02:002010-05-31T09:08:01.878+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 22Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths as explained in John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-39891306979768697942010-05-25T08:22:00.001+02:002010-05-25T08:26:26.824+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 21Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths suffice to start John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-84473465336060421072010-05-17T09:41:00.001+02:002010-05-17T09:48:33.693+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 20Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths suffice to start John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-70398949889932737162010-04-19T10:42:00.001+02:002010-04-19T11:10:12.598+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 16Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths suffice to start John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-60455322707524972052010-04-12T10:02:00.002+02:002010-04-12T10:09:08.381+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 15Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths suffice to start John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-33929195054817664142010-04-06T08:41:00.002+02:002010-04-06T08:48:27.768+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 14Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths suffice to startJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-40227176342674371212010-04-01T18:00:00.002+02:002010-04-01T18:05:54.460+02:00The Ethical Advantage of the Theory of EmptinessSo what is the distinctive advantage of the Madhyamaka theory of emptiness for establishing the ethical ideal of the bodhisattva? There is much to be said about this question as well as others arising in the same context, but the basis of such answers in Nagarjuna's writings on Madhyamaka is at best implicit. The examination of these issues becomes considerably more interesting when we take into John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-20325124276628519832010-03-29T10:24:00.001+02:002010-03-29T10:17:20.766+02:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 13Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths suffice to startJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-76196640308209306972010-03-22T13:30:00.001+01:002010-03-22T13:32:33.847+01:00The World according to Guo Xiang (Livia Kohn)Unlike the Zhuangzi [the Chuang Tzu], Guo Xiang's [Kuo Hsiang's] commentary does not leave much doubt about his ideas. He has strong convictions about the way the universe works and how people function therein, and presents them in a well-organized, thoroughly thought-out soteriology, which represents an important development of Chinese mystical worldview. For Guo Xiang, everything exists the wayJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-7288229190504966822010-03-22T09:31:00.001+01:002010-03-22T09:26:45.188+01:00Zhuangzi according to Fukunaga (Livia Kohn)Integrating the multifaceted descriptions of Zhuangzi's [Chuang Tzu's] worldview into an organized whole, the Japanese scholar Fukunaga Mitsuji has proposed an interpretation that, though influenced to a certain extent by Guo Xiang's [Kuo Hsiang's] later commentary, seems to capture the essentials as they were understood and perpetuated by the Chinese themselves. According to Fukunaga, Zhuangzi John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-60384805723257305432010-03-22T08:16:00.001+01:002010-03-22T08:12:08.006+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 12Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths suffice to startJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-26005367549561096732010-03-15T11:24:00.001+01:002010-03-15T11:16:56.915+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 11Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths suffice to startJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-4887856778658803162010-03-08T13:23:00.001+01:002010-03-08T13:16:08.516+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 10Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths suffice to startJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-2794288386606692972010-02-27T11:37:00.001+01:002010-02-27T11:31:34.918+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 9Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths suffice to startJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-28460161664730989402010-02-22T11:08:00.001+01:002010-02-22T11:03:33.215+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 8Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths suffice to startJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-4035037848384540922010-02-15T14:04:00.001+01:002010-02-15T13:56:45.142+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 7Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths suffice to startJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-85797671841097399712010-02-08T11:28:00.001+01:002010-02-08T11:21:52.138+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 6Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths suffice to startJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-12093879983882280332010-02-01T10:26:00.001+01:002010-02-01T10:22:04.376+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 5Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths suffice to startJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-11294301724746594852010-01-25T09:38:00.001+01:002010-01-25T09:33:51.828+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 4Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths suffice to startJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-84938614751223465052010-01-18T12:36:00.001+01:002010-01-18T12:32:08.766+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 3Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths suffice to startJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-17305139629887977662010-01-11T13:04:00.001+01:002010-01-11T12:58:26.317+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 2Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths suffice to startJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-78235361695319288702010-01-04T18:20:00.001+01:002010-01-04T18:17:39.487+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 1Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths suffice to startJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-59407477289640333072009-12-22T17:49:00.001+01:002009-12-22T17:44:31.461+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 52, and Season's Greetings!Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths suffice to startJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-2862922798187679772009-12-14T13:00:00.001+01:002009-12-14T12:59:25.480+01:00According to Nagarjuna Pratitya Samutpada is Unreal (Sangharakshita)Nagarjuna does not shrink from the conclusion that if causation is unreal the pratitya samutpada is also unreal. In fact, he insists upon it, for according to him only by recognizing the merely relative validity of this teaching can its true import be preserved. The Hinayanists had interpreted the Buddha's 'conditioned co-production' as the temporal sequence and spatial juxtaposition of John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-28935276772226099062009-12-14T10:07:00.001+01:002009-12-14T10:00:08.030+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 51Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths suffice to startJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-68063169728882299672009-12-07T09:04:00.001+01:002009-12-07T08:58:12.946+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 50Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths suffice to startJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-90725457435802002152009-11-30T12:49:00.001+01:002009-11-30T12:43:11.050+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 49Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths suffice to startJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-20626836945845383172009-11-23T12:42:00.001+01:002009-11-23T12:35:59.418+01:00Chuang-tzu: To become a companion of Nature (Chan)Chuang Tzu [Chuang-tzu, Zhuangzi, ca. 369-286 BCE] has always fascinated the Chinese mind. He takes his readers to undreamed of lands and stimulates them through conversations of the shadow, the skeleton, and the north wind. His freshness of insight and broadness of vision are in themselves inspiring. He seems to transcend the mundane world, yet he is always in the very depth of daily life. He isJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-37451107012885803942009-11-23T10:53:00.001+01:002009-11-23T10:53:52.265+01:00Advayavada Study Plan - week 48Friends,In Advayavada Buddhism, the Noble Eightfold Path is interpreted dynamically as an ongoing and autonomous, non-prescriptive, investigative and creative process of progressive insight reflecting in human terms overall existence advancing over time.Adherence to the familiar Five Precepts and a well-considered understanding of the Four Signs of Being and the Four Noble Truths suffice to startJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-44137213713290623932009-11-21T17:16:00.002+01:002009-11-21T17:12:16.308+01:00It is tempting to retreat (Richard Hayes)In times like the ones we are going through now, it is mighty tempting to become a quietist, to retreat into the comfort of isolation and solitary prayer and meditation. It is tempting to focus on another world, a better world to come along when one has been released from active duty in this one. It is tempting to visualize heavenly realms and pure lands and distant paradises while the world John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-76675199904620062772009-11-21T11:50:00.003+01:002009-11-21T11:57:20.471+01:00The Rafter is the Whole Building, in Fa-tsang (Cook)Fa-tsang [Fazang, 643-712] concludes his Treaties on the Five Doctrines (the translation of a shorter title of the above-mentioned Hua-yen i-ch'eng chiao i fen-ch'i chang) with a description of the relationship between a rafter and the whole building of which it is a part. It is an analogy for any whole and its parts. By means of it, Fa-tsang shows the relationship of identity and interdependenceJohn Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7052631084237108605.post-18168728450577414312009-11-20T10:22:00.001+01:002009-11-20T10:18:51.546+01:00Interdependent Origination in Chuang-tzu (Cook)Specifically, well before the beginning of the Christian era, Chinese thinkers such as Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu articulated a view of existence as one of harmonious coexistence in interdependence of the many particulars which constitute the organic whole called existence. In Chuang-tzu's writing, particularly in the section named Seeing Things as Equal, we find a classical Chinese enunciation of a John Willemsenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15101201160985686418noreply@blogger.com0