2005 January - Meeting 2
Leader: Graham Robertson
Date: Wednesday 01/26/2005
Location: BIG Meeting Room - Lewman Farm
Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
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Modern Commentary Text Resource:
A Look at the Kalama Sutta by Bhikkhu Bodhi
Buddhist Publication Society Newsletter. Cover Essay #9, Spring 1988
read it here...
Presentation Outline:
I. Background on Author
A. Bhikkhu Bodhi biography (see photo and links at end of this post)
B. Author's guiding principles
II. A Qualified "Free Inquiry"
A. Specificity of advice to Kalamas' situation
B. Buddhist vs Non-Buddhist guidelines
III. Kalama Sutta as Doorway to Buddhist "Faith" (saddha)
A. Responsibilities and obligations of Buddhists to doctrine & path
B. Inter-related doctrines, conditional penetration
.1. Three marks of existence
.2. Four noble truths
.3. Eightfold path
IV. Discussion - Debate: some guiding questions
A. How free is free inquiry for those on the path?
B. How to avoid tendency to 'shop' for convenient spirituality?
C. What, if anything, do we owe the Buddhist tradition as lay followers interested in its teachings?
Photos and Links to Bhikkhu Bodhi:
(For further reading and deeper understanding of author. His Vesak address to the United Nations in 2000 is brilliant - especially the clarity with which he summarizes the Buddha's teachings and relevance to modern times towards the end of the article)
Bhikkhu Bodhi.
(click image to enlarge)
Bhikkhu Bodhi Links.
Biographical Interview 1
Biographical Interview 2
Buddhist Publication Society
Other Online Writings
Address to United Nations
Middle Length Discourses for purchase
Current Monastery
(click links to visit)
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