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Church of the Larger Fellowship
Announce list series #2
Seeking Truth on Many Paths: UU Buddhism
March 10, 2003

Since the introduction of the first Buddhist texts to America in the mid-nineteenth century, Buddhism has been an influential force among Unitarians and, over the last thirty years, Unitarian Universalists. Early Unitarians responded with enthusiasm to Buddhism's emphasis on individual experience, rather than appeal to scriptures or belief in miraculous events, as the basis for authority in spiritual matters.

Visit the website of the UU Buddhist Fellowship: http://www.uua.org/uubf/

In this sermon, "Why the Barbarian Came in from the West", Zen priest and UU minister, James Ishmael Ford, traces his own journey. http://www.uua.org/uubf/sermon2.htm#barbarian

From Sangha, the journal of the UU Buddhist Fellowship, comes this
essay: "Buddhism and God(s)" by Dr. Gene Reeves, process philosopher and former Dean of Meadville/ Lombard Theological School. http://www.uua.org/uubf/uusav2n3.htm#BuddhaGod

For basic information on Buddhism, try this Between Sundays lesson "Do Buddhists go to Church?" http://www.uua.org/clf/betweensundays/middlechildhood/Buddhists2.html

Two selections from the CLF Library: for information on borrowing these books, contact Ginny Espadaro in the CLF office: gspadaro@uua.org

In This Very Moment by James Ishmael Ford
This meditation manual presents an insider's view of the Zen path by an authorized teacher ordained in the Soto tradition who has also practiced in several different lineages. Zen can be described as the awakening to the dynamic reality of the present moment.

Buddha: Quest for Serenity by George Marshall
Marshall, former minister of CLF, approaches the great spiritual leader from the psychological point of view, relating his deeper motivations to the social forces that helped to shape him.

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