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Dharma Study Elephant Study Group A Lay
Buddhist Organization Http://esg.suburbandestiny.com
What is the Dharma
Study Group? The group's goal is to
study a variety of approaches to Buddhism.
The group is led by, me, Matthew Martin, who makes no claim to
official or certified expertise. I
will be following Lim Kooi Fong's Dharma Study Group guide, plus what ever else looks
useful. I want to cover a variety of
topics & keep the minimum reading burden on members somewhat modest (one
to two hours a week), so I'll be relying primarily on public domain texts and
publicly available websites or inexpensive thin books. What Kind of Buddhism
is this? There are a lot of kinds
of Buddhism. The group will strive to
be both eclectic (willing to study all varieties of the Buddhist experience)
and non-denominational (putting special emphasis on studying themes common to
many varieties of Buddhism). That
said, the group members will understand that people will have diverse
preferences and opinions and will not interpret these as value judgments. GoalsThe group's goal is to
find the possible interpretations of a text, not to try to get everyone to
accept a particular interpretation. AgendaA. Introductions,
announcement of next meeting's
reading selection B. Excerpt reading C. Discussion What does it mean? How can we use this? D. Testimony &
Homework Does anyone have any stories about putting the
Dharma into practice? Does anyone have any plans about how to put the
Dharma into practice? ReferencesHow to Conduct a Dharma
Study Groups http://www.webcastmy.com.my/bodhivision/DSGBook/TOC.html
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