Dhammananda Bhikkhuni: Training the Monkey Mind
In Ven. Dhammananda Bhikkhunis book about meditation, Training the Monkey Mind, she discusses Buddhism explicitly to a non-Buddhist audience. She starts by talking about meditation and how there are many different types of meditation techniques and objects of concentration. That each person can choose which one is best for them, she finds, shows that Buddhism respects individual differences. Thus one can practice in different ways, even as a Christian, and still be practicing meditation. She also explains the differences between Buddhism and Christianity: You should be observing the five precepts. Not to kill, in Christianity, you take it as an order from God we ought not kill. But in Buddhism we do not have such a God-concept.
Uitg.Kledthai, paperback. In nieuwstaat.
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