@@DavidEArredondo Well... I've given it a thought and a few ideas sprung to mind, obviously acknowledging, respecting and being grateful for your time and dedication. Given that you're bringing up the Avatamsaka sutra more than once in every of your videos, why not trying to provide your insight on the book akin to what you did with the Tao Te Ching, which was fabulous. Obviously, the books are very different in size, and also presented differently, so the process of "shedding your light" onto the sutra would be different. And also, I feel like us as students need not be too much spoonfed in order to grasp the essence of the writing. Having said that, what would you say about making a video on a condensed list of lexica that readers of the Sutra could use to orientate themselves? Maybe some terms are meant to be obvious (buddha-lands, adornments, Thusness, lightbanner king, etc.) but some clarification on the most common ones would be appreciated. Also, have you considered setting up a Patreon page for your channel? I have never (shamefully) subscribed to any, in the past, yet I would really like to contribute to your work, somehow.
The book is difficult at first, but gradually the text explains most terms by context and there is an extremely useful glossary at the end of the book. I will try to explain more as we go along. I almost missed this message. Are you on X (formerly Twitter). DMs there are (by far) more reliable for communication.
@@DavidEArredondo I'm not but it seems I'm going to! Thanks for your time, and I apologise for not having even considered there being a glossary in the first place... This makes things a little bit easier!
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very interesting, thankyou x
You’re welcome 😊
Very true, I can really relate to these questions. This was very helpful thank you both
Thanks David for addressing how to approach the Avatamsaka sutra.
Very much appreciated!
Sure thing. Let me know if there are any questions.
@@DavidEArredondo Well... I've given it a thought and a few ideas sprung to mind, obviously acknowledging, respecting and being grateful for your time and dedication.
Given that you're bringing up the Avatamsaka sutra more than once in every of your videos, why not trying to provide your insight on the book akin to what you did with the Tao Te Ching, which was fabulous. Obviously, the books are very different in size, and also presented differently, so the process of "shedding your light" onto the sutra would be different. And also, I feel like us as students need not be too much spoonfed in order to grasp the essence of the writing. Having said that, what would you say about making a video on a condensed list of lexica that readers of the Sutra could use to orientate themselves? Maybe some terms are meant to be obvious (buddha-lands, adornments, Thusness, lightbanner king, etc.) but some clarification on the most common ones would be appreciated.
Also, have you considered setting up a Patreon page for your channel? I have never (shamefully) subscribed to any, in the past, yet I would really like to contribute to your work, somehow.
Useful thoughts. I will consider them all.
The book is difficult at first, but gradually the text explains most terms by context and there is an extremely useful glossary at the end of the book. I will try to explain more as we go along.
I almost missed this message. Are you on X (formerly Twitter). DMs there are (by far) more reliable for communication.
@@DavidEArredondo I'm not but it seems I'm going to!
Thanks for your time, and I apologise for not having even considered there being a glossary in the first place... This makes things a little bit easier!