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Buddhism Plain and Simple: The Practice of Being Aware, Right Now, Every Day
Buddhism Plain and Simple The Practice of Being Aware Right Now Every Day Author:Steve Hagen This is about awareness. Not awareness of something in particular, but awareness itself -- being awake, alert, in touch with what is actually happening. It's about examining and exploring the most basic questions of life. It's about relying on the immediate experience of this present moment. It's about freedom of mind. — The observations and insi... more »ghts of the Buddha are practical and eminently down-to-earth, dealing exclusively with awareness in the here and now. Buddhism Plain and Simple offers listeners these fundamental teachings, stripped of the cultural trappings that have accumulated around Buddhism over the past twenty-five centuries. The newcomer will be inspired by the clear, simple principles found in Buddhism Plain and Simple, and those familiar with Buddhism will welcome this long-needed overview.« less
It took me 4 months of on-again off-again reading, but this was a good basic book about Buddhism - what it is, but more importantly, what it is not. The writer does an excellent job with this one!