Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path
by Henepola Gunaratana
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Author: Henepola GunaratanaEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-05-25
ISBN: 0861711769
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
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Book Review: Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness
Summary: 5 Stars
Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness-Walking the Buddha's Path
The book is extremely clear and poignant. As long time pratitioner of Vipassana Meditation it quite refreshing to come across this book written in plain English of which even a non meditator would be inspired to investigate his or her life. I sincerely wish that if any one reads this book that they experience the richness of visiting Bhavana society .org and go on a personal retreat to bring the richness of the books' message home.
In Loving Kindness
Stan Grier
Wellness Consultant
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Summary of Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path
In the Eightfold Path, the buddha offered us a complete guide for living happily: Skillfulness in understanding, thinking, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration. Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness explains in clear language how to use these steps to turn every situations that arises into an opportunity for peace and joy.Meditation is like walking toward happiness. And Bhante Henepola Gunaratana is like a tireless bricklayer, constructing a path brick by brick that allows us to make that walk. Without the path, he says, all the walking in the world won't help. Of course, as a Buddhist monk, his blueprint was created long ago in the form of the Buddha's so-called Noble Eightfold Path. In the same clear language that has made his Mindfulness in Plain English a perennial favorite, Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness is his attempt to explain this timeless path of morality, concentration, and wisdom. The gist of the book comes down to the use of the word skillful in the heading of each of the book's chapters. Living well is a skill that takes both practice and understanding. With stories, bulleted summaries, quotes from the sutras, and, most of all, a knack for relating to our everyday concerns, Henepola Gunaratana skillfully teaches us how to refrain from causing others to suffer. This, along with ending our own suffering, leads to happiness. --Brian Bruya
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