The earliest Buddhist writings originated in small communities of men and women who had “left home for homelessness,” seeking to discover practices that would fundamentally transform their way of being in the world and relating to the world that would raise their lives to a higher level.
This first set of writings below are chapters from a short book written recently for the general public, trying to explain what it might mean to practice early Buddhist teachings as a person leading a normal life in modern society.
This book is called Introduction to Transformative Practice in Early Buddhism. Click on this and you will get links to six chapters of this book.
Below are some more academic writings written for university students
- Buddhism (and Hinduism): Some Historical Basics
- Buddhism: A General Introduction
- Buddhism: A More Academic/Philosophical Introduction.
- Early Buddhism Overview (1)
- Early Buddhism Overview (2)
- I and My Identity
- Mindfulness Meditation
- Mindfulness in the Satipatthana Sutta
- Nibbana as “Escape from the Mind”
- Metaphors for Nibbana in the Pali suttas.
- The Pali Suttas and the Bhagavad Gita: Some Hindu/Buddhist Comparisons and Contrasts
- Two Versions of the An-Atta Teaching
- Demythologizing Buddhist Faith in Kamma and Reincarnation
