Joe, I went to Google Books and typed in "Living Buddhist Masters Kornfield" and it comes out with 'Modern Living Masters' and away you go! Free ; )
Mike --- In [email protected], "mike" <uerusuboyo@...> wrote: > > Joe, > > No problem. I read a review of the book and the critic was also surprised > that Goenkaji was not included. I'm not. His teacher was included and knowing > Goenkaji's humility, that would be enough. Kornfield (alas, my spell-checker > is behaving itself now) has already written books about him as he was a > student of Goenka's. Don't order the book as I saw a free copy of it on line > but didn't write the URL down. Give me 10 mins. > > --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@> wrote: > > > > Mike, > > > > Thank you! > > > > At first, I thought the book you reference was much too recent, being > > published in 2010, but then I read the Preface online and found Kornfield's > > mention of the 1977 manuscript, which puts it in the ballpark. I read it > > 15 or 20 years ago. > > > > I'll order the book from Amazon and enjoy it within a week. > > > > Thank you very kindly and sincerely! > > > > Maybe I just imagined that Goenka was included (I certainly imagined he HAD > > to be!). > > > > Thank you again. > > > > --Joe > > > > PS I like what comes out, below in your post, as "Jack adorn field". > > Was that intentional? I mean, really? > > > > > "mike" <uerusuboyo@> wrote: > > > > > > Joe, > > > > > > The nearest book I could find to which you might be referring to is: > > > Living Dharma: The Teachings of Twelve Buddhist Masters by Jack adorn > > > field. Kornfield was a student of Goenka and one of the twelve masters is > > > Goenka's own teacher. Ironically Goenka *isn't* included, but I think > > > this is because Goenka doesn't identify with any religion. If I come > > > across any other book that does include Goenka, then I'll pass it on to > > > you. > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
