Impermanence in Plain English
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Impermanence in Plain English

  1. 160 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Impermanence in Plain English

About this book

The bestselling author of Mindfulness in Plain English guides the reader toward a direct and personal realization of one of the foundational tenets of Buddhism: all things that arise must pass away. In Impermanence in Plain English, the beloved author and teacher Bhante Gunaratana, alongside Julia Harris, clearly and masterfully explains the key Buddhist insight of impermanence and invites the reader to personally investigate its truth. Once-youthful bodies grow old and weary. New thoughts, feelings, and sensations arise and fade every second. Impermanence is not some abstract, metaphysical idea. This is the Dhamma, and you can see it for yourself. Drawing from Pali scriptures and writing with fresh, direct language, Bhante Gunaratana and Julia Harris highlight the Buddha's exhortation that we must directly realize for ourselves the liberating insights that free us from suffering and cyclic existence, without relying only on the word of religious authorities or academic or philosophical musings.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Preface: Come and See
  5. A Note on Language
  6. Introduction: Protections for the Heart
  7. 1. Responding to the Invitation
  8. 2. Immediately Present Moments
  9. 3. Not Led Astray
  10. 4. Pointing to Impermanence
  11. 5. Root Cause
  12. 6. Dhamma Talks to Us
  13. 7. Diminishing Returns
  14. 8. What Lasts?
  15. 9. Do Not Look to Somebody Else for the Dhamma in You
  16. 10. A Practical Exercise for Anywhere
  17. 11. Infused with Metta
  18. 12. The Map and the Practice
  19. 13. Skillfulness at the Six Sense Doors
  20. 14. “Come and See” Is Not “Come and Believe”
  21. 15. Impermanence in Every Breath
  22. Afterword: Why Impermanence Meditation?
  23. Acknowledgments
  24. Abbreviations for Pali Sutta Citations
  25. Notes
  26. Bibliography
  27. About the Authors
  28. Copyright