Guest guest Posted April 5, 2001 Report Share Posted April 5, 2001 Dear Frank and all, Please allow me to stress that I have not joined this list to discuss, let alone promote, Advayavada Buddhism, but to learn more about the Advaita Vedanta of Shankara. Very kind regards, John Willemsens. .................... Advayavada Buddhism Infocenter - Amsterdam visit: www.euronet.nl/~advaya/sitemap.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2001 Report Share Posted April 5, 2001 advaitin, "John Willemsens" <advaya@e...> wrote: > Dear Frank and all, > Please allow me to stress that I have not joined this list to discuss, let > alone promote, Advayavada Buddhism, but to learn more about the Advaita > Vedanta of Shankara. > Very kind regards, > John Willemsens. > ................... > Advayavada Buddhism Infocenter - Amsterdam > visit: www.euronet.nl/~advaya/sitemap.htm John, I hope my original welcome did not come across as an invitation to argue or promote your particular view! Nor did I mean to put you on the spot. Apolgogies, if I did! By pointing out those words from the opening paragraph of your web page, I was simply hoping that the presence of your differing viewpoint, and possible critique, would in fact help shed further light on what Advaita is by the response of those who have considered anatman, for example, and come to a different conclusion. In other words, my hope was that as you hear and see what Advaita is, you would perhaps sometimes critique and question what is said from your viewpoint, even as I have from my viewpoint as a Christian interested in learning more about other traditions. This need not be negative or conflictive. Of course, I would not presume to say what your role is here, but I do hope that you will, if you feel so led, ask questions from your standpoint,so that in the answering of them, I too can learn more about Advaita. One may learn a great deal from a person declaring what he believes; but we learn even more about what he believes when he must defend and explain those views. I hope you will be part of this, if that is your inclination. And again, welcome, even if we never here a peep from you! <g> Best wishes, steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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