Synopsis for the July meeting

The meeting began with Claudine giving an update on the final outcome of her work issue from the last meeting and that she felt supported by all. She also handed out a list of salient statements she gleaned from the reading. That list was to be published here but she has not forwarded it at this time. Please direct all requests for the list to Claudine.


There was a consensus that there is a difficulty with terminology wherein terms like "path" and "view" have different meanings than we generally expect. "Mother" - (please note that this is not my mother) - assisted in clarifying where possible. It became clear that the best way to read this text is to remember the history, culture, as well as the author's particular Buddhist sect, as guides to making cogent references to the essence of his message.


The group decided to read pages 64 to 125 for the next meeting and for everyone to have at least one thing in the text that they found worthy of discussion; be it in support or argument, or something that particularly resonated for them.






Next Meeting: August 19th at Ginny and Claudine's