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K = Knowledgeability C = Clarity of Response T = Timeliness P = Politeness
N = Nominated for Expert of the Month

Date	User	K	C	T	P	N	Comments
2009-11-19	ketan	8	8	9	10	No
2009-10-29	Steve	10	10	10	10	No	Thank you for your time and insight. I appreciate your speed of response and your sharing of opinion.
2007-04-18	Barry Cull	10	8	9	10	No	Thank-you Dr. St. Zieba. We academics have an annoying habit, don't we, of making apparently simple questions quite confusing? I heard Dr. John Dunne recently talk about the relationship between Buddhism and the current mindfulness (movement?) as detailed by John Kabat-Zinn. He made many of the points that you raise and suggested by way of conclusion that Mindfulness does not equal Buddhism. That being said, ideas are often co-opted, reinvented, discovered, shared and re-discovered over time. I think what I was after was a source where the phenomenological world-view (what I understand as a central aspect of existential) could be traced to early Eastern traditions. It's likely that this is far too naive a question, not being a scholar of philosophy - I am out of my depth here. Again, thanks for your help. all the best Barry Cull
2007-02-28	ALAN	8	8	6	10	No
2007-02-12	Aaron	9	7	10	10	No	Thank you! Much appreciated!!
2007-01-14	Lucas	10	10	10	10	Yes	Serdecznie dziekuje za odpowiedz, a takze za przeslany mi artykul! Pozdrawiam.
2006-12-18	Rambo	10	10	10	10	No	Thank you for your patience....really...because I heard some philosophy really have same concept as the Matrix...so I get a little worry...anyway thanks...at least I know I live in reality.
2006-10-10	Mike Eidson	10	10	10	10	Yes	Thanks for the help you could offer Naciej. Best...Mike Eidson
2006-05-26	rae2lucy	10	10	10	10	Yes	Dr. Zieba was very nice to follow up with his reply to me in a timely manner. What excellent experts are availed to you. My congratulations to you!
2006-04-04	Luke	10	10	10	10	Yes	Dziekuje. Teraz brzmi to troche jasniej!!!
2005-11-08	Luke	10	10	10	10	Yes	Serdecznie dziekuje za odpowiedz. Zdecydowanie najlepsza jaka dostalem na ten temat, bo daje do myslenia.Dziekuje za poswiecenie dla mnie swego czasu , mam nadzieje ze nie pojdzie to na marne!
2005-10-11	Brittany	10	8	8	10	No	I fully appreciated the response. For a student as myself, the opportunity to receive an answer from such an expert is wonderful.
2005-10-01	Luke	10	10	10	10	Yes	dziekuje za poswiecony mi czas!!!
2005-09-29	Luke	10	10	10	10	Yes	Bardzo dziekuje za odpowiedz, byla ciekawa. Co prawda nie dowiedzialem sie czegos czego juz wczesniej nie wiedzialem tzn. ze technike trzeba porzucic i wyjsc za nia, ale sposob przedstawienia z uzyciemn samolotow bardzo mi sie podobal. Byl prosty i jasny, a czasami ciezko o latwa odpowiedz kiedy zataje sie takie filozoficzne pytania. Tak slyszalem o tej ksiedze pieciu kregow nawet mialem juz wielka ochote ja zamowic i przeczytac, dopoki nie przeczytalem wypowiedzi jednego z najwiekszych japonskich mistrzow aikido i iaido ktory powiedzial:"W sensie filozofii, ducha aikido Miyamoto Musashi by³ najwiêkszym tchórzem. Nie ma nikogo kto by³by mniej tchórzliwy ni¿ on. By³ ¿a³osnym cz³owiekiem. W œwiecie japoñskiego budo panuje opinia, ¿e nie by³o i nie ma wiêkszego wojownika ni¿ Musashi. Ale ja wci¹¿ powtarzam kendokom i praktykom iaido, ¿e bez grama przesady Mushashi by³ tchórzem przez ca³e swoje ¿ycie. By³ niczym dzikie zwierze, które obawia siê szelestu drzewa czy krzewu i dŸwiêku wiatru. Mushashi nigdy nie mia³ ¿ony, nigdy nie bra³ k¹pieli i umar³ w jaskini. Nawet kiedy czytam jego traktat pt. Ksiêga piêciu pierœcieni / krêgów (rozprawa na temat szermierki) nie robi on na mnie ¿adnego wra¿enia. Nie zawiera ¿adnych ludzkich emocji. Przez ca³e swoje ¿ycie Mushashi ¿y³ w strachu .....
2005-07-14	Luke	10	10	10	10	Yes	bardzo dziekuje za ciekawa odpowiedz!
2005-05-01	Usman Zafar Paracha	10	10	10	10	No	In dealing with a complex question , the answer was quick, concise, and complete. thanks. Bob
2004-06-17	Sameema Zahra	10	10	10	10	No	thanks for the information. you have a fantastic website. at last the internet is used for the good of mankind!!
2004-01-28	sameema zahra	10	10	10	10	No	Thank you for your help.
2003-12-27	sameema zahra	10	10	10	10	No
2003-10-03	linda	10	10	10	10	Yes
2003-09-16	Matt Donnelly	10	10	10	10	No	Thanks for the in depth answer!!

Answers by Expert:

Maciej St. Ziêba

Expertise

I can answer questions concerning Eastern (Oriental) philosophies and philosophers (Indian, Tibetan, Indonesian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese: Hinduist, Buddhist, Confucianist, Taoist and other; alas not Islamic or Jewish) - both in terms of notions and facts (history of their development). I can write in English, French, Esperanto, Polish and Russian, German, Dutch and Norwegian. I can also understand questions in Spanish and Italian.

Experience

I have been teaching Indian and Chinese philosophies since 1987 and in 2000 I started a project on Oriental philosophies within the scope of the Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Powszechna Encyklopedia Filozofii) published in Polish by SITA-PL (7 volumes, A-Pan, published 2000-2006, containing ca. 300 entries in Eastern philosophies, written by a team of a dozen of Polish scholars).

Organizations
The Catholic University of Lublin (KUL), Poland, History of Philosophy Department

Publications
Several publications in Polish; in English: The Origin of the World according to Rigveda (Montreal 1996), Contributions to the History of the Buddhist Classifications of Dharmas: Pancavastuka of Vasumitra (Bulletin, Polish Institute and Library, Montreal 1997)

Education/Credentials
philosophy (KUL, Lublin, 1976-81); M.A. in history of Indian philosophy (KUL, 1981); Ph.D. in history of Indian philosophy (KUL, 1989); other studies: Indian and Chinese philosophies (Institut Catholique, Paris, 1985-6); Tibetan language (INALCO, Paris, 1985-6); Chinese language (McGill University, Montreal, 1995-7)

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