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Book cover image of Buddhism Plain and Simple by Steve Hagen

Authors: Steve Hagen
ISBN-13: 9780767903325, ISBN-10: 0767903323
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Date Published: December 1998
Edition: REPRINT

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Author Biography: Steve Hagen

Book Synopsis

This book offers a clear, straightforward approach to Buddhism in general and awareness in particular. It is about being awake and in touch with what is going on here and now. When the Buddha was asked to sum up his teaching in a single word, 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. In Buddhism Plain and Simple, Steve Hagen presents these uncluttered, original teachings in everyday, accessible language unencumbered by religious ritual, tradition, or belief.

Tricycle Magazine

It doesn't get any plainer or simpler than this. Zen priest Steve Hagen explains it all for you, so you can be a candle unto yourself.

Table of Contents

Introduction1
The Journey Into Now6
Pt. 1The Perennial Problem13
Ch. 1The Human Situation15
Ch. 2A Wheel Out of Kilter25
Ch. 3Coming33
Ch. 4Going44
Ch. 5The Art of Seeing53
Pt. 2The Way to Wake Up61
Ch. 6Wisdom63
Ch. 7Morality77
Ch. 8Practice95
Ch. 9Freedom110
Pt. 3Free Mind117
Ch. 10The Way We Are119
Ch. 11Can't Pin "Me" Down133
Ch. 12Interdependence139
Epilogue: Be a Light Unto Yourself151
AppendixDependent Arising153
Two Ways to View the Twelvefold Chain161
About the Author163

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