The Heart of Buddhism: A Simple Introduction to Buddhist Practice - Guy Claxton

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      THE HEART OF BUDDHISM

      A Simple Introduction to Buddhist Practice

      

      Guy Claxton

      

       Dedication

      For the whanau, who help me to live it.

      Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep –

       He hath awakened from the dream of life – ’Tis we, who lost in stormy visions, keep With phantoms an unprofitable strife, And in mad trance, strike with our spirit’s knife Invulnerable nothings. – We decay Like corpses in a charnel; fear and grief Convulse us and consume us day by day, And cold hopes swarm like worms within our living clay.

      

      

      He hath outsoared the shadow of our night;

       Envy and calumny and hate and pain, And that unrest which men miscall delight, Can touch him not and torture not again; From the contagion of the world’s slow stain He is secure …

      

      

      He lives, he wakes – ’tis Death is dead, not he;

       Mourn not for Adonais.

      

      

      — Percy Bysshe Shelley: Adonais

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Dedication

      Preface

      

      1 - Why Buddhism?

      2 - A Peace Missing

      3 - No Hard Feelings

       Guilt and shame

       Anger

       Jealousy

       Sadness and grief

       Meanness

       Loneliness

       Tension

       Happiness, peace and love

      4 - Trouble In Mind

       Unconsciousness

       Thinking

       Karma

       Sub-selves and impulsiveness

      5 - The Ground Flaw

       Self-image

       Anatta: the bottom line

      6 - Attention, Attention, Attention

       Believing is seeing

       The Wise Lady from Philadelphia

       Watching the fruit machine

       Types of meditation

      7 - Buddhist Support Systems

       The Noble Eightfold Path

       Buddha

       Puja

      8 - The Fruit of the Path

       Daily life practice

      9 - Becoming a Buddhist

       Do I need a teacher?

       How do I choose a teacher?

       Which brand of Buddhism is for me?

       What difference will it make to my life?

       What if I want to give it up?

       When is the best time to start?

      Glossary

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