Steven Hagen

Buddhism Plain and Simple

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Buddhism Plain and Simple offers a clear, straightforward treatise on Buddhism in general and on awareness in particular.When Buddha was asked to sum up his teaching in a single world, he said, “Awareness.” The Buddha taught how to see directly into the nature of experience. His observations and insights are plain, practical, and down-to-earth, and they deal exclusively with the present.Longtime teacher of Buddhism Steve Hagan presents the Buddha's uncluttered, original teachings in everyday, accessible language unencumbered by religious ritual, tradition, or belief.
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160 printed pages
Original publication
2011
Publication year
2011
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  • Muriel Pacheco Orozcohas quoted6 years ago
    The buddha-dharma points the way to a similar, but more universal and profound, sense of “Aha!” It’s not about pondering some vague, faraway realm. It’s about here and now. About waking up to this moment, seeing this for what it is. And, just as your state of mind changed once you saw what the picture was, when you suddenly see the situation you’re in, you experience certainty. Things clear up.
    This is called enlightenment, or awakening.
    This awakening is available to all of us, at every moment, without exception.
  • Muriel Pacheco Orozcohas quoted6 years ago
    moral teaching that derives from the buddha-dharma is not a goody-goody code of behavior where we pretend virtue, curry favor, or promise to be good so that we can claim a reward at some later date. Rather, sound morality takes place wholly in the moment. It is based on the immediacy of Reality, on how we actually live. Our “reward” is in immediacy, in here and now, not in a never-never land.
  • Muriel Pacheco Orozcohas quoted6 years ago
    The buddha-dharma does not promise to make our lives problem-free. Rather, it urges us to examine the nature of our problems, what they are and where they come from. The buddha-dharma is not an armchair philosophy. It isn’t pipe dreaming. It’s about getting down to basics and acting on them.

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