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Ajahn Amaro

Title: Catastrophe/Apostrophe: The Buddha’s Teachings on Dependent Origination/Cessation
Author(s) name(s): Ajahn Amaro
ISBN (or ASIN): N/A
Publisher: Amaravati Publications
Publication Date Year: 2021
Publication Date Month: May
Publication Date Day: 30
Page count: 194
Format (such as paperback, hardcover, ebook, audiobook, etc): Paperback
Description: The theme for this book is dependent origination. We can call this ‘the wheel of birth and death’ or ‘the wheel of becoming’ in classical language, or ‘cycles of addiction’ in modern language. My intention is not for this to be an academic presentation; I will try to describe and explain these teachings so that they will be of immediate benefit to all of our lives, specifically addressing methods whereby the wheel can be let go of or even broken. The subject can be very complicated but I will endeavour to keep it practical and direct.
Those of you who have read about the Buddha’s teachings on dependent origination may have thought that the subject was byzantine and impenetrable. The twelve links, or twelve sections, of dependent origination can seem confusing or strange. That is a common experience. But at the heart of the teaching is a very simple principle that I will aim to focus on. Hopefully, during the course of this book, we will be able to explore and investigate this teaching, see how the different pieces fit together and how they explain experiences that we are all familiar with.
Language (for non-English books): English

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