By Augustine of Hippo
Avec Les Confessions, le moi fait son apparition dans los angeles philosophie, los angeles littérature et l. a. spiritualité occidentales : dans une confession qui est tout à l. a. fois aveu, louange et occupation de foi, Augustin fait l'expérience de l'intériorité. Dans le livre X, il refait le parcours de sa conversion, intellectuelle (livre VII) puis morale (livre VIII) : un mouvement théorétique (qui suis-je ? est suivi par un examen de sense of right and wrong (suis-je pécheur ?). Mais l'introspection ne se réduit pas à los angeles quête de soi d'un individu désireux de s'appréhender dans son unicité et sa subjectivité : c'est bel et bien une quête de Dieu, au cours de laquelle Augustin gravit l'échelle des facultés de son moi (âme, esprit, mémoire) jusqu'à los angeles hint que Dieu a laissée en lui, l'amour naturel qui le porte vers Dieu. Derrière les énigmes du moi se profilent les mystères de los angeles foi.
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In doing so, I pay special attention to the self-definition of many modern practitioners of the dharma, as this is above all the context in which the term ‘spiritual’ crops up. In the West the presumed spiritual basis of Buddhism seems to make it suitable for modern humanity. The fact that Buddhism is called spiritual in the West appears to be a positive valuation. In Asia the approach is quite different: why may other worldviews (Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam) be called religions and not Buddhism?
16 This led to controversy and the Buddhist Catechism was officially banned by the sangha. 17 In the beginning the term ‘catechism’ proved liberating for Buddhism in Sri Lanka: a Westerner had composed a book in which the dharma was equated with Christian teachings and beliefs, hence the title A Buddhist Catechism. Later the title was considered stigmatizing, as Buddhism does not need a ‘catechism’. It is too Christian a term and concept to apply to the dharma. This, however, is part of the origin of the image we now have of Buddhist dharma.
And then when I became a feminist my compassion for female people was equaled by the anger I had for male people. That’s why, after ten years of being very political and hating first of all the straight people, then all the white people, then all the rich people, then all the male people, there was no one left to blame. I’d exhausted all the possibilities. My heart meant well but the methodology was a disaster. It just created more violence, more problems. It was so clear. It was also obvious that my own mind was becoming crazy.