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An edifying view of Buddhism from one of today's leading philosophers: a look at its history and foundational teachings, how it fits into modern society, and how it (and other world religions) will evolve.
What might religion look like in the future? Our era of evolution in social consciousness and revolution in science, technology, and neuroscience has created difficulties for some practitioners of the world’s great spiritual traditions. How can one remain true to their central teachings while also integrating those teachings into a new framework that is inclusive of ongoing discoveries?
Taking the example of Buddhism to explore this key question, Ken Wilber offers insights that are relevant to all of the great traditions. He shows that traditional Buddhist teachings themselves suggest an ongoing evolution leading toward a more unified, holistic, and interconnected spirituality. Touching on all of the key turning points in the history of Buddhism, Wilber describes the ways in which the tradition has been open to the continuing unfolding and expansion of its own teachings, and he suggests possible paths toward an ever more Integral approach. This work is a precursor to and condensed version of Wilber’s The Religion of Tomorrow.
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An edifying view of Buddhism from one of today's leading philosophers- a look at its history and foundational teachings, how it fits into modern society, and how it (and other world religions) will evolve. --This text refers to the paperback edition.
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KEN WILBER is the founder of Integral Institute and the cofounder of Integral Life. He is an internationally acknowledged leader and the preeminent scholar of the Integral stage of human development. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Integral Meditation, A Theory of Everything, Integral Spirituality, No Boundary, Grace and Grit, and Sex, Ecology, Spirituality. --This text refers to the paperback edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Attention: “This book was previously published as an eBook under the title “The Fourth Turning”.
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Although I find the book great content (therefore 5 stars) and it compactly summarizes some chapters from the very extensive “The Religion of Tomorrow”, it should be noted that this book was already published as an eBook in 2014 under the title “The Fourth Turning”. Therefore, the release date 2018 is misleading. I have now unfortunately two identical eBooks under different titles (so I would have to give the 2014 edition 5 stars and this then only 1 star).
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5.0 out of 5 stars Thoughtful observations and conclusions.
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Could have tried harder to be more clear but in general insightful, informative, and well written.
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3.0 out of 5 stars An introduction to Integral Spirituality
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This is a simpler version of other books introducing Integral Spirituality & Integral Buddhism.I recommend this book to people that are not familiar neither to Ken Wilber's work neither to Buddhism.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The next step in mindfulness: Directed meditating as compared to meditating.
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Emerging ideas presented lucidly but with intrusive repetitiveNess and rare sloppy syntax. Worth the trouble, and a good companion piece to "How Emotions are Made" by Feldman Barrett, a better but much denser book.
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Integral Buddhism And the Future of Spirituality
by Ken Wilber
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What might the Buddhism of the future look like? With all that we have learned in the modern and postmodern world, how can Buddhists be true to the central teachings of the tradition while also including themselves in a new framework that is inclusive of ongoing discoveries? Ken Wilber here explores these key questions facing Buddhism and indeed all of the world's great religions today, showing how traditional Buddhist teachings themselves suggest an ongoing evolution leading toward a more unified, holistic, and interconnected spirituality. Touching on all of the key turning points in the history of Buddhism, Wilber describes the unique way in which the tradition has been open to the continuing unfolding and expansion of its own teachings, and he suggests possible paths toward an ever more Integral approach. (less)
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Mar 09, 2018Nomi Naeem rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
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An excellent summary of Wilber’s most current thoughts. Integral Theory is more revolutionary than one can even imagine. Nomi, New York
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every few pages or so, this book had a really keen insight. every few pages or so...
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Mar 05, 2020Cheryl rated it it was ok
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“That idea is, basically, that now is absolutely the time that the world’s core religions should get serious about updating their fundamental dogmas and dharmas and gospels—that it has been over a thousand years, at least, since virtually all of them added significant ideas and practices to their main teachings—teachings that themselves, virtually without exception, were originally created when men and women literally believed that the earth was flat; that slavery was considered the normal state of nature; that women and other minorities were considered second-class citizens, if citizens at all; that evolution had not yet been discovered, nor most of the modern sciences (and thus the principle source of serious knowledge was considered to be mythic revelation, not scientific experiment); and that the multicultural nature of so much knowledge was completely unheard of. My thesis is that the core ideas of the Great Traditions can literally and seriously be retained, but re-interpreted and included in a much more Inclusive Framework (often called an “Integral Framework”) that adds to those core doctrines the many new discoveries about spiritual experience, spiritual intelligence, and spiritual development that have been discovered during those thousand years. The result is a spiritual framework that “transcends and includes” the central teachings of the Traditions, including the old but also adding a significant amount of new material that is fully compatible with the old, but that, in essence, brings it up to date in the modern and postmodern world.” (less)
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Margaret
Feb 05, 2019Margaret rated it it was ok · review of another edition
I guess if you love Wilbur....or even like him. I keep trying, but I really don't.
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