The Koans of Jesus

By Carolyn J Sweers

In Junior High, I memorized the Sermon on the Mount.  I was bored in a church membership class  and wanted a challenge.  I had little concern for what the words meant.  That changed in the mid 1990’s after I had attended a number of intensive Buddhist retreats in the Vipassana tradition.  I was struck by th

• Language: English
• Publisher: TOPLINK PUBLISHING, LLC
• Release date: Nov 10, 2017
• ISBN: 9781947938991

Carolyn J Sweers

I grew up on an Iowa farm with leisure for wonder. I was a philosophy major in college and graduate school. For over 25 years, I taught philosophy as an elective in a well known public high school. Upon early retirement in 1994, I continued to teach but in Older Adult programs, first in the Chicago area and continuing in Milwaukee, where I now live. My description of myself is "free lance philosopher".

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THE KOAN OF JESUS

Carolyn J. Sweers

Copyright © 2017 by Carolyn J. Sweers.

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Contents

Introduction

A kind of poverty that is good

Warnings about anger and lust

The command to love enemies

What treasure is worth seeking?

Who or what is our master?

What to do about worry?

The perils of being judgmental

Suggestions for building a life

A reflective summary

Introduction

INTRODUCTION

There are many books that explain passages of scripture.

This is not one of them.

This is a book of questions.

This is a book of questions because

there is a quality of engagement