Bhikkhu Cintita

Uposatha Day 11/13/12

Gupta
Gupta

I have been considering how best to proceed with my writing (you might have gotten a sense of that if you noticed that I sent no OopDay posting last week). I would like in the coming months to focus on what needs focusing on: a number of larger projects that I have in the works or could well have in the works that do not lend themselves to the format and rigor of the weekly essay. Among these are:

1. A new draft of my ebook From Thought to Destiny.

2. My autobiographical sketch Through the Looking Glass.

3. An essay, “What the Buddha Thought About Women,” reworked from my series on Folk Buddhism.

4. An ebook perhaps called Buddhist Religiosity or Buddhist Religiosity and Secular Buddhism, consolidated and rewritten from many of my other essays and covering such topics as faith, ritual, respect, devotion, bowing, Buddhist communities and institutions and traditional folk interpretations of Buddhism..

5. An essay on Zen meditation.

Accordingly I thought I would continue to post at least a greeting or news each OopDay and provide links to the results of other projects as they become available.

Sound reasonable?

 

  1. Rick Potts Avatar
    Rick Potts

    Very reasonable. Always look forward to your writings no matter what the direction or content. So far….fantastic.

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  2. Grover C Avatar
    Grover C

    I echo what Rick said.

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    1. bhikkhucintita Avatar
      bhikkhucintita

      Rick, Grover,
      I am glad you find my posts worthwhile. That is why I write them.

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  3. Alan Avatar
    Alan

    Bhante,

    I notice that you use the term “secular Buddhism” rather than “Buddhist modernism.” You may be familiar with a couple of thought-provoking and controversial articles on the secular Buddhism that appear here:

    http://www.globalbuddhism.org/toc.html

    The Higgins article actually draws a distinction between “Buddhist modernism” and “secular Buddhism.”

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    1. bhikkhucintita Avatar
      bhikkhucintita

      Alan,
      I mean secular, simply because it is the counterpoint to religiosity. Thank you for the link. I have seen that site before but have not visited it in a while.

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  4. Upāsaka Avatar
    Upāsaka

    Thank you bhante!

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  5. sgoodwi864 Avatar
    sgoodwi864

    i am ultra new here and i have read a couple of your earlier blogs. i agree and cant wait to read more. my schedule is eractic and only other word to describe it is probally “whatever”, but i try to catch up on stuf 2 to 3 tmes a week…i love what you’ve said soo far and cant wait to read more.
    your friend
    sam

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