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On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 12:31 PM sharon cooperstein <sharoncooperstein@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello---Looking forward to seeing folks for the book club tomorrow evening at 6:30.Please reach out if you have any questions.Kind regards,Sharon631-921-8900---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: sharoncooperstein <sharoncooperstein@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Dec 22, 2023, 11:08 PM
Subject: [Downtown Dharma Sangha Listserv] next book club Saturday January 20
To: IMCW Downtown Dharma social/volunteer listserv <downtowndharma@googlegroups.com>Hello Sangha---I'll be hosting the next Downtown Dharma book club at my apartment in Bloomingdale on Saturday January 20 at 6:30 pm. The discussion will be accompanied by dinner. I'll have a main course (vegan and gluten free) to serve. Please feel free to bring an offering of a side or dessert or anything you'd like to bring! Please RSVP here if you'd like to attend, either in person or on Zoom.Ava and I collaborated on this month's offering and Ava kindly chose the meeting topic of Capitalism and Desire: The Psychic Cost of Free Markets by Todd McGowan.She compiled a collection of shorter reading options on the topic. Feel free to read whatever you want in advance of the discussion!
- Chapter 1 of Capitalism and Desire
- PROLEGOMENA TO A BUDDHIST(IC)CRITIQUE OF CAPITALISM
- An essay providing a Buddhist critique of capitalism. Touching on consumerism, exploitation, a Buddhist theory of property and labor, freedom, and Buddhism under capitalism.
- Marxism and Buddhism: Life is suffering, whether you sit under a Bodhi Tree or stand with the workers. But do the two schools agree on the remedy?
- An essay on Marxism, consumerism & desire, and the Buddhist concepts of substance and emptiness,
The address is 1814 N Capitol St NW, Unit 204. It's about a 15 minute walk from either the Shaw or NOMA metro stations. You can call Unit 204 on the callbox and I'll buzz you in, or feel free to call me if you have any issues: 631-921-8900.Looking forward to it.Sharon
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