ZEN BUDDHISM AND GENERAL SEMANTICS

From: et Cetera | Date: October 1, 2006| Author: Bridges, Jessica | Copyright information

"General Semantics can be considered an inter-disciplinary discipline that makes it easier for you to live with yourself ... to live with others ... and for others to live with you." - Steve Stockdale

FROM JUST this one statement on the website of the Institute General Semantics, one can see how general semantics and Buddhism seem at least compatible, and that they probably have similar goals. We talked at the beginning of this course on Buddhism about how, even though it is offered by...

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