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Benedict's Dharma: Buddhists Reflect on the Rule of Saint Benedict
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Start date
October 6, 2014
Finish date
November 19, 2014
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Why we're reading this
This will be our first discussion about religion/spirituality! Thanks for the suggestion, Evan.

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Jessica
Oct 30, 2014 rated it liked it
I started reading this for a book group last fall, but made the mistake of beginning with St. Benedict's Rule at the end of the book. It wasn't at all necessary to be familiar with The Rule to grasp the sentiment of the conversations that make up the rest of this book. The premise of the book is that a small group of practicing Buddhist monastics (most of them lay-practicioners) have a conversation about how the Rule of St. Benedict, basically a guide for Christian monastics written several cent ...more
Evan
Nov 19, 2014 rated it it was ok
Shelves: religion
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Oct 20, 2014 rated it liked it
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Dec 16, 2014 rated it liked it
Beth
Nov 11, 2014 added it
Shelves: non-fiction
Jess
Oct 10, 2014 marked it as to-read