At 10:50 04.04.2005 +0200, you wrote:

>Dear Kåre,
>op 03-04-2005 22:19 schreef Kåre A. Lie op alberlie@...:
> >
> > The reason why I am interested in these matters, is that I am writing a
> > book (in Norwegian) on Buddhism from a humanist perspective, and I find it
> > useful to have some stories to illustrate that the Buddha also showed a
> > concern for the daily life and economics of ordinary lay people.
>N: That is interesting. I find that the Brahmaviharas help much for our
>social life. Police officers in Thailand were so interested in this subject,
>and Acharn Sujin gave them a talk about it. This inspired me to write some
>dialogues on the Brahma Viharas I had with my husband. This may be too much
>for the scope of your book. In case you want to see it, it is on:
>http://www.zolag.co.uk/
>Nina.

Dear Nina,

I very much agree. The Brahmaviharas are very important for our daily life.
I have already given them a prominent place in my book manuscript.

It was also interesting to read the article you gave a link to. But my book
is aiming at people without any special knowledge or background of
Buddhism, so I try to keep things a little more simple and less technical.

Best regards,

Kåre A. Lie
http://www.lienet.no/

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