Steven Durham left a comment on WHAT ARE YOU READING?
"I am reading "Without Buddha I Could Not be a Christian" by Paul Knitter, with mixed results.  I can appreciate his teaching/explanatory forays into Buddhism, and I am learning from those; but his "returns" to Christian faith have been less than…"
May 17, 2017
Steven Durham replied to Dharmavidya's discussion SYRIA: DO I SMELL A RAT? in WAR & PEACE
"Someone posted a meme on Facebook the morning after the raid. Against a gray background, a question was asked in white letters: "Is this our Reichstag Fire?" More than one of us is suspicious this was intended as a diversion against Congress's…"
Apr 8, 2017
Steven Durham left a comment on WHAT ARE YOU READING?
"I'm reading a book titled Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Culture and Family in Crisis byJ. D. Vance.  It tells the story of Vance's growing up in the remoter parts of the Kentucky hills (hence "hillbilly"), part of a traditional large extended…"
Mar 15, 2017
Steven Durham replied to Dharmavidya's discussion NOT MONOTHEISM in BUDDHISM
"I'm sure you've heard the saying, to the effect that bowing is "horizontalizing the ego."  Interesting to see worship described in this way, too!  It gives me much to think about -- thank you."
Mar 15, 2017
Steven Durham replied to Dharmavidya's discussion I CHING: The Book of Change in TAO & EASTERN WISDOM
"No, David, I didn't play around with it long enough to see if it could be done for free.
David Brazier said:
Thanks, Steve. But have you managed to download it without signing up and paying money? I think that I have most of the information in a…"
Mar 7, 2016
Steven Durham replied to Dharmavidya's discussion I CHING: The Book of Change in TAO & EASTERN WISDOM
"I google'd the book and the link (which I copied and pasted here) is:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/213968649/The-Inner-Structure-of-the-I-Ch...
It seems the initial "de" (at least in the U.S.) was the problem."
Mar 6, 2016