Buddhist Schools of ThoughtwithGary Gach

Gary Gach

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Gary Gach is an adjunct faculty member at the University of San Francisco. He is author of The Idiot’s Guide to Buddhism as well as Pause, Breathe, Smile – Awakening Mindfulness When Meditation is Not Enough. He is cotranslator of three Korean books of poetry by Ko Un. He is editor of What Book!? Buddha Poems From Beat to Hiphop. He recently served as cotranslator for Hafiz’s Little Book of Life.

Here he reviews and presents his take on different movements within Buddhism – including theravada, zen, pure land, and mahayana.

00:00 Introduction

03:59 Original teachings of the Buddha

07:40 Difficulty of comparing and constrasting

13:02 Parapsychology and Buddhism

19:02 Western style Buddhism

25:36 Pure Land Buddhism

34:47 Deities in Buddhism

40:23 Fusions of religious thought

51:36 Conclusion

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(Recorded on July 5, 2024)

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Published on July 22, 2024

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