That's Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist: On Being a Faithful Jew and a Passionate Buddhist
by Sylvia Boorstein
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In this landmark book, esteemed Buddhist teacher Sylvia Boorstein addresses this incisive question in a warm, delightful and personal way. With the same down-to-earth charm and wit that have endeared her to her many students and readers, Boorstein shows how one can be both an observant Jew and a passionately committed Buddhist.Tags
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Aside from some unsettling remarks about Israel that I can tentatively attribute to ignorance, I found this book full of wisdom and useful commentary on the nature of Buddhism and religion in the modern world.
A surprisingly well argued cross between Judaism and Buddhism.
On Being a Faithful Jew and a Passionate Buddhist
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Sylvia Boorstein is a cofounding teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California, and a senior teacher at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts.
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- Original publication date
- 1997
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- Genres
- Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 296.3872 — Religion Other religions Judaism Jewish philosophy Personal and Social Morality
- LCC
- BQ4610 .J8 .B66 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Buddhism Buddhism Relation to other religious and philosophical systems
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- 120,185
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (3.91)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
- 2
