{"id":1506,"date":"2015-03-03T04:20:13","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T04:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/?page_id=1506"},"modified":"2015-03-19T06:07:47","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T06:07:47","slug":"chapter01","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/course\/chapter01\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Shin Buddhism in Modern Culture<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>Chapter 1 &#8211; Introduction: \u00a0Personal Observations and Perspectives<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbschawaii.org%2Fshindharmanet%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2015%2F03%2F01_Chapter-One.pdf&hl=en_US&embedded=true\" class=\"gde-frame\" style=\"width:100%; height:500px; border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<p class=\"gde-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/01_Chapter-One.pdf\" class=\"gde-link\">Download (PDF, 105KB)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thought Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1. Examine your own life.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Is your religion something you\u2019ve inherited or something you\u2019ve chosen?<\/p>\n<p>A) If it\u2019s something you\u2019ve inherited, does it fit your life like a comfortable pair of old shoes? Or, is it more like a pair of shoes you\u2019ve outgrown? In short, do you find your religion meaningful to your everyday life?<\/p>\n<p>B) If it\u2019s something you\u2019ve chosen, do you feel there is a gap between your own approach to religion and the approach taken by members born into the tradition? If so, how are you dealing with this gap?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>2. Do you have a zenchishiki?<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Is your zenchishiki a minister? A friend? A book? Before meeting your zenchishiki, what was your attitude toward religion? In what ways has your attitude changed?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>3. Think about tradition.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0What are some of its advantages? What are some of its disadvantages? What happens when traditional religious values break down? Are there specific traditions in your religion that you think should be discarded? What traditions do you think should be preserved? Why?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>4. What goals do you have concerning religion?<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0What do you plan to do with the knowledge you may gain from this course?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shin Buddhism in Modern Culture Chapter 1 &#8211; Introduction: \u00a0Personal Observations and Perspectives Thought Questions 1. Examine your own life.\u00a0Is your religion something you\u2019ve inherited or something you\u2019ve chosen? A) If it\u2019s something you\u2019ve inherited, does it fit your life <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/course\/chapter01\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":95,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1506","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1506\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bschawaii.org\/shindharmanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}