Life Examined: Lessons in Buddhist Philosophy($7.04Value)

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Life Examined: Lessons in Buddhist Philosophy This wonderful book has been transcribed from five lectures on Buddhist philosophy by the late Venerable Mahathera Madawela Punnaji. It follows on the heels of his successful book, Letting Go of ‘Self’: Lessons in Buddhist Psychology (June 2021, Amazon). Life Examined: Lessons in Buddhist Philosophy reveals the pitfalls of an unexamined life and shows how a change in our philosophy of life can free us from suffering by: Exploring how human thinking evolved up to the present. - Discovering how the Buddha’s thinking surpassed all human thought with an extraordinary view of life. - Learning stepwise the meaning of truth, goodness, happiness, existence, and non-existence. - Integrating and experiencing the above philosophical analyses into your life and verifying them in your own experience. - Living an authentic life guided by the Buddha’s philosophy with confidence. Each chapter contains the Lecture, Q & A, Class Handout, and a Quiz. Wherever new terminology or Pāli words are introduced, they are explained in the text with further clarification in a Glossary. An expanded, user-friendly, and intuitive Index provides a roadmap for readers. The book is written in simple spoken English, within reach of anyone who seeks to understand the Buddha’s profound philosophy. Additional text includes the author’s writings on the Paticca Samupp āda (commonly translated as Dependent Origination) and a conference presentation on Nirvāna, the author’s main subjects of inquiry over many decades. The author provides compelling evidence that the Paticca Samuppāda is not an explanation of karma and rebirth, as it is usually understood. Venerable Mahathera Madawela Punnaji was a Theravada Buddhist monk from Sri Lanka who served as a teacher of Buddhism and meditation for 45 years in the US, Canada, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka. An exemplary Buddhist scholar, the author devoted a lifetime of research to discover the Buddha’s original teachings. He also studied western science, medicine, philosophy, psychology, and comparative religion, which enabled him to understand the Buddha’s profoundly deep wisdom. His lectures brilliantly demonstrated his intellectual depth, wise reasoning, and unique insights into Buddhism’s deeper aspects.