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John Wylder
- 47, Male
- Decatur, Illinois
- United States
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Mentoring on the Spiri...
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Love and Its Disappoin...
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Amida-shu & the Future...
59 members
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Running Tide
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The Feeling Buddha
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This group is for discussing and developing ideas about mentoring, especially in the context of Amida-shu. What does/should it consist of? What is useful? What are we learning about it?
A place to discuss the themes arising from the book 'Love and Its Disappointment: The meaning of life, therapy and art'
An opportunity to contribute to debate about the shape of things to come.
This is a group where the electronic editions of Running Tide - the Amida Trust Journal will be available to read and comment upon.
This is interesting, but the more I think about it, the more I have two questions:
1) How do you define "spiritual danger?"
2) Why would most people care? Maybe it's just my social set, but most people I know aren't worried about their spiritual ...
A group in which to discuss the most basic teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha.
This is a group for discussing the ideas and questions raised by the Critical Buddhist movement.
Profile Information
- About Me:
- I'm married, 46, one child. I was ordained a lay minister by Bright Dawn.
- Amida Membership
- Other
- Faith Background & Affiliation
- Bright Dawn Institute for American Buddhism
- Occupation or Primary Activity
- Librarian
- Involvement in Spirituality/Religion
- Lay MInister as of 5/25/08
- What is your interest in Amida Trust
- I'm interested in Shin Buddhism and Engaged Buddhism.
- How did you find this web site?
- Through my studies with Bright Dawn, I think.
- What country are you living in?
- United States
- What is the nearest town to where you live? If in UK, please give first half of your postcode. Thank you.
- Decatur, Illinois
- Are you a member of an Amida group/Congregation
- not at the moment
- Have you visited
- None of these
- What can you offer to other members of this network?
- Guide
- What other interests do you have, eg Arts, Gardening and so on.
- Motorcycles, bicycles, hiking, organic gardening in a small and slipshod way
Comment Wall (18 comments)
- At 9:23pm on June 27, 2009,
Susthama said…
- Happy Birthday - hope you had a wonderful day.
- At 6:38pm on February 20, 2009,
Jiyo said…
- Hi John-sensei! Good to "see" you!
- At 5:22pm on February 7, 2009,
Yaya said… - hello again John
well, I know a few people around, in the contexts of schools, psychology associations, mental health, and groups of budhists, so I just sent an email to all about the dates the Brazier were coming, and from that I put together a schedule. send me your email and I will send you a copy of the flyer I made.
best luck in your work. must be nice to be a librarian eh? I love reading...
have a great day
Namo Amida Bu
Yaya
- At 9:00pm on February 5, 2009,
Yaya said…
- hello John
thanks for the email.
we had a great week with the Braziers in Vancouver, with a variety of activities such as lecture -reading of their new books - at the vancouver library; an afternoon in one of the colleges - asian, religious studies; workshops re budhist psychology and engaged budhism. all participants really enjoyed.
if you want details of planning let me know.
good luck to you and your possibilities.
Namo Amida Bu
Yaya
- At 7:41pm on November 22, 2008,
Lisa McCann said… - Hi John, and thanks for writing!
Here in Northern Colorado there aren't many Shin Buddhists, so I commute about 40 miles to the Longmont, Colorado Temple and try to stay connected to other Buddhists and fellow seekers, regardless of affiliation. I am hoping to get a Pure Land group going for hanging out, reading, etc. and I thought that I'd try to start by contacting the International Students office here at Colorado State, who could put me in touch with Japanese and possibly Chinese students as a "core" group. From there, I'm hoping to secure a location for regular meetings and will start posting flyers, etc. I am getting some assistance from the Longmont Temple ministry, who has a wonderful minister who commutes from Denver to Longmont twice monthly for services. It feels like long, long process, but even if we only end up with a very small group, say fewer than 10 people, I'd be pleased.
Don't give up on those cornfields--I would have never expected southern Illinois to elect an African-American senator who we'll now have as president!
L
- At 5:17pm on November 22, 2008,
Steve Durham said… - John,
Ah yes, weirdness. Been there, done that, still doing that. My "busyness" largely is just trying to fence with the weirdness -- my wife and I both actually: health concerns, grown kids and their families, the usual same old same old, and the other stuff that leaks in between. Fortunately, or maybe I still can find the chutzpah to say "providentially" (but I doubt it), I have an excellent psychiatrist -- for anti-depressants largely, but occasionally counseling if needed; and a tremendous weekly therapist, another Presbyterian minister actually but a certified pastoral psychotherapist, an elderly and exceedingly wise man. That helps -- an island of sanity once a week.
John, you are in my thoughts and meditations -- I can't say "I know what you're going through," because of course I don't ... but heck, I know what you're going through. At some profound spiritual level we're all one ... at least I still manage to hope and trust. Hang in there. I'm sure, what with your Buddhadharma pic, you'll be fending off the paparazzi (sp?) in no time LOL!!
best,
steve
- At 12:06am on November 22, 2008,
Steve Durham said…
- John,
I have been so busy lately I forgot to give you a couple of quick updates.
FIRST: the little group in Glenview -- "Touchstones" -- never did find a speaker, and oddly ended up being the speaker myself. The group members surprised me by saying they knew virtually nothing about Buddhism to begin with; so I ended up giving them a brief intro based on my knowledge in general, and Pure Land in particular. I had done a Pure Land program for them back in April, so was able to build on that just a bit. As it turns out, the dharma talk at Heartland Sangha the day before was on "Buddhists and the Election," which came close to the topic Touchstones had hoped to have addressed by the speaker; so I was able to pass out the manuscript the speaker had used, and it helped a lot too.
SECOND: not really an update, but just a comment -- I see a very familiar face in the last issue of Buddhadharma!! Congratulations!! -- steve
- At 10:36pm on September 3, 2008,
Steve Durham said…
- John,
Dharmavidya's comment here pretty well sums it up -- I have been overwhelmed with stress, and currently am on a disability leave. My contacts with Heartland Sangha turned up nothing (i.e. no volunteers) -- I want to forward everything to the Midwest Buddhist Temple/Chicago, and the other large Pure Land temple, but MBT has been off for August ... and I need to get in touch with them now since presumably they are back in session (i.e. meeting weekly). I'm just not able to take on anything right now. I'll keep you (all) posted ...
best,
steve
- At 1:52pm on September 3, 2008,
Dharmavidya said… - Dear John - The Illinois leg of our tour is looking uncertain at the moment as the person who was organising is ill and nothing is currently scheduled as far as I know but Caroline will be doing some work on sorting out exactly where we are going and when over the next couple of weeks so I'll tell her about your message. I've sent you a 'friend' request so that we can message each other. Thanks. Warm wishes - D.
- At 3:19pm on September 1, 2008,
Ricardo said… - Actually I am :)
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