tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post3200699697882042982..comments2024-02-24T00:41:37.836-08:00Comments on The Buddha Diaries: How to LivePeter Clothierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-86402363807947150932011-02-04T09:45:07.349-08:002011-02-04T09:45:07.349-08:00Hello, Jean. Funny, I was just now reading our ex...Hello, Jean. Funny, I was just now reading our exchange about "getting results" in meditation from some time ago. I'm going to be using it in the new book of essays that I'm getting ready for publication. Anyway, your idea intrigues me. I'm going to have to take another look at Pliny the Younger--the first in what is probably close to 60 years!Peter Clothierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-1407514440870006792011-02-04T09:44:58.025-08:002011-02-04T09:44:58.025-08:00Hello, Jean. Funny, I was just now reading our ex...Hello, Jean. Funny, I was just now reading our exchange about "getting results" in meditation from some time ago. I'm going to be using it in the new book of essays that I'm getting ready for publication. Anyway, your idea intrigues me. I'm going to have to take another look at Pliny the Younger--the first in what is probably close to 60 years!Peter Clothierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-42986976636776962082011-02-04T09:03:33.067-08:002011-02-04T09:03:33.067-08:00I mean: I don't quite agree that Montaigne was...I mean: I don't quite agree that Montaigne was 'the first blogger' - that, surely, was Pliny the Younger?<br /><br />Oh dear, Friday afternoon at the end of a very busy week...Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-7809350094254597962011-02-04T09:01:33.053-08:002011-02-04T09:01:33.053-08:00I'm reading this book too, and loving it, and ...I'm reading this book too, and loving it, and had never read Montaigne. I don't quite agree that Montaigne was 'the firt blogger' - that, surely, Pliny the Younger? But he's certainly a great forefather of our genre.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.com