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SUMMARY:Breaking Free from the Terminal Lifestyle: Infinite Life by Robert Thurman (Book Club)
DESCRIPTION:In Infinite Life\, Professor Robert Thurman shares his joyous\, exuberant\, expansive\, yet realistic view of the multiverse\, as viewed from inner space. Infinite Life is richly written and inspiring as it delights\, softens\, and opens the heart. \nInfinite Life has different editions with different subtitles: Awakening to Bliss Within\, Seven Virtues for Living Well\, but Prof. Thurman’s favorite subtitle (which his publisher would never agree to) is “Breaking Free from the Terminal Lifestyle.” \n“If the infinite life is free and full of endless possibilities\, then what is the terminal\, constricted\, finite life? It is just the opposite—a life limited in possibilities and human potential\, a life that does not motivate us to achieve fulfillment for ourselves or for those around us.” (p. 10) \nAnd who needs that? \nWith Prof. Thurman’s superb guidance\, we’ll be pointed away from the terminal lifestyle\, and warmly encouraged to at least consider as an “experimental idea”—or embrace\, if we can—a realistic view\, free and full of possibility. \nAfter introducing us to the nature of reality and Buddhism as “a joyous science of the heart\,” Infinite Life presents seven transcendent and universal virtues: Wisdom\, Generosity\, Justice\, Patience\, Creativity\, Contemplation\, and The Art of of Infinite Living. The Art of Infinite Living is the summation\, culmination\, practice\, application\, or personal performance of all of the transcendent virtues combined. \nInfinite Life invites us all\, people of all religions and no religion at all\, to expand our view of reality\, and to entertain the idea of our “infinite intertwinement with all beings\,” which Thich Nhat Hanh calls “interbeing.” And you’re invited to join us.
URL:https://shantidevanyc.org/event/breaking-free-from-the-terminal-lifestyleinfinite-life-by-robert-thurman-2021-05-09/
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