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Shogam Publications
E-Vam Institute has just launched its own publication arm called Shogam Publications.
It's debut publication is Robert Miller's new book Buddhist Existentialism is now available at E-Vam Institute for AUD$29.00.
Click here to purchase.
For wholesale enquiries, call Felicity Talyor on 0449 579 509 or email felicitytaylor@bigpond.com
Buddhist Existentialism by Robert Miller
The following text is an extract from Buddhist Existentialism.
Invitation to the reader
Okay, there are rather a lot of words here. After all, I am a
philosopher. However, I have found in the end that the best approach
to life is to frequently practice a kind of close sympathetic nonjudgmental
attention to things—a kind of wordless aesthetic
attention to what is that tends to heighten a sense of stillness and
beauty. Then, when it comes to adopting a reasoned philosophy to surround and support this practice, a way of thinking about the nature of life and reality, why not try positing a maximally positive
and beautiful vision—non-dogmatically, of course—until or unless
someone can prove the worse is true? Which they can never do: see
inside for reasons why. This double game of philosophical reasoning and aesthetic contemplation (of reflection and de-reflection) seems to aid toward
the re-enchantment and self-enjoyment of life. Things get less heavy:
one feels lighter. Of course, the game only applies if one is interested
in en-lightening life in some such way. Whether you want to or not is
up to you. Each to his own!
But it’s a trip to consider…
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