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Scratching the Itch - Getting to the Root of Our Suffering (Paperback)
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Scratching the Itch - Getting to the Root of Our Suffering (Paperback)
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Loot Price R357
Discovery Miles 3 570
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Much of the teaching many Buddhists receive doesn't really get to
the core of our suffering. After years of practice, nothing much
really changes. As the 17th century Zen Master Benkei said, "the
feeling I get is that of scratching an itchy foot with my shoe on.
The teachings don't strike home to the center, to the real marrow."
Scratching the Itch: Getting to the Root of Our Suffering seeks to
do just that. Scratching the Itch is based on teaching received
from two Vietnamese Zen monks. They faced the power of our
ego...the source of all our suffering...head on and urged us to
surrender our ego to our true Buddha nature. Recognizing the
difficulty of doing this, they developed a rigorous teaching, which
I explain and expand upon in light of my personal practical
experience of walking the path. The resulting teaching I call "The
Fourfold Path to Freedom." While enlightenment may not be a very
practical goal for most of us walking the Buddhist path, attaining
a state in our practice that is close to enlightenment...and
experiencing the peace and contentment that flows from that
state...is a goal that every person committed to the path can
attain.
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