Theos-Talk Archives (May 2001 Message tt00011)

Thanks.

No wonder. From the talk I could see how she sees that both Buddha and 
Christ and other prophets spoke of the same 'enlightenment' and also I 
could see her affected by the philosophy of Buddha. One can see from her 
talk, why Buddhism spread across the world -- is even now spreading -- in 
the most democratic (not the traditional 'catholic' ) way.

_______MKR___________


At 10:13 AM 5/6/01 -0400, you wrote:
> The church , according to a recent radio blurb , is having a "HARD" time with
> this woman.
>
>
> > Subj: Theos-World Digest Number 210
> > Date: 5/6/01 7:24:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time
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> > 1. "Buddha" - Karen Armstrong
> > From: ramadoss@infohwy.com
> >
> >
> > ________________________________________________________________________
> > ________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 22:29:41 -0500
> > From: ramadoss@infohwy.com
> > Subject: "Buddha" - Karen Armstrong
> >
> > Little while ago, I accidentally watched a talk by Karen Armstrong - author
> > of a biography "Buddha" on CSpan-2. As one who has been around theosophy,
> > it was a very insightful presentation and I think anyone interested in
> > Buddha and Buddhism would be find it very informative and thought provoking.
> >
> > Karen is a former Catholic Nun who has published several books on Religion
> > and her recent book titled "Buddha" is published by Viking. Her speech was
> > based on her book (which I have not read). Here is an brief abstract of the
> > speech.
> >
> > Armstrong, Karen, Author
> >
> > Ms. Armstrong discussed some of the themes of her
> > biography Buddha, published as part of the
> > Penguin Lives
> > series by Viking. Ms. Armstrong discussed some of
> > the
> > major aspects of Buddha's life and teachings. She
> > placed
> > special emphasis on Buddha's ideas about human
> > suffering,
> > and argued that the Western conception of God is
> > comparable to the Buddhist idea of nirvana. She
> > also argued
> > that the world's major religious traditions are
> > unified in their
> > insistence on the importance of compassion.
> >
> >
> > ____________MKR_____________________
> >
> > Ps: It is quite possible that the speech would be rebroadcast on Cspan-2
> > and I do not know when.