I finished reading Marie Shedlock’s Eastern Stories and
Legends this week. The stories continued
along the same style, telling of the many incarnations of Buddha and the
various deeds that he did throughout his lives.
However, this half was not as interesting to read as the first
half. I do not know if I was just not as
attentive to the stories or if they just weren’t as entertaining as the stories
from last week. I’m still trying to
figure out which story I will retell for the week, which has not happened to me
this entire semester. There has always
been one story that I really want to retell or have some great ideas for, but
not this week.
Anyway, I really enjoyed learning about Buddha in such an
intriguing way. The idea of Buddha being
reborn again and again in a different societal/natural position is so contrary
to the religions that I am more familiar with.
I like that Buddhism is a little more flexible and fluid than religions
like Christianity. It’s more attune to
my sensibilities I guess. It is such a
fascinating religion and I am looking forward to learning more about it over
these last couple of weeks of the semester.
Now I just have to figure out a story-retelling to get me
through the week so I can move on to the next big thing!
Bibliography: Eastern Stories and Legends by Marie Shedlock
(1920), The Baldwin Project.
Image Info: Fo Guang Buddha. Source: Wikipedia.
I'm always interested to see what other people are reading, and how they're reading is progressing as well as how it is affecting them. This book hasn't come across my radar, so I was happy to read your Reading Notes post about it! It sounds like a really interesting read, and yes, fascinating about the stories about the different incarnations to Buddha. I hope you enjoy exploring more about him as the semester comes to a close! Happy Thanksgiving week, enjoy the foooooooddddd!
ReplyDeleteI really like how you go through and write a general review over the whole story. That seems like a good way to get through a whole lot of reading and giving one who summary instead of little bits and pieces and having to stop and writing things down. I could also see how it would be beneficial if you were doing longer stories instead of short stories because then you can remember more about the whole story!
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