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What
Is Buddhism ?
FOREWORD |
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book resulted in a desire by Mr.Chua Jantrupon
to have a simpler,smaller book that explains what Buddhism really
is and one that employs less Pali words.
Though we have some of this material in a larger book (Vipassana
Bhavana) a smaller book was wanted that could be handed out
to people interested in knowing what Buddhism (Theravada
Buddhism) really is. An additional reason for this book is
to include practice experiences (Chapter 2) that were not available
for the larger book, and also teaching interviews (Chapter 3) that
went along with these practice experiences. These practice experiences
serve to prove the teaching of the Lord Buddha that mind and body
are not 'we' not self, but are (as we state in Chapter 1) only mental
states (citta-cetasika) and
matter (rupa). |
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| This
book was based on the teachings of Mr.Chua Jantrupon,
a long-term student of Aa chan Naeb Mahaniranonda,
translated into English by Vitoon Voravises,
and rewritten edited and organized by the undersigned. |
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| We
wish to thank all of the people who donated toward the publication
of the book. We also wish to thank Miss Suchada
Youngprapakorn for typing all of the various drafts of the
copy of this book until final printing. Also we thank "Mr.
Mike", now in England, for sending us a draft of his speech
made at this center on Maghapuja Day,February,
1986 (Chapter 2) . |
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| Those
reading this book, who are interested in pursuing Buddhist meditation
(Satipatthana) should get a copy of our
book Vipassana Bhavana, which gives detailed
instructions for practice. This book is available in Bangkok book
stores or can be obtained by writing to this center. |
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Frank
Tullius |
| Boonkanjanaram
Meditation Center, |
Pattaya,
20260 |
Chonburi,
Thailand. |
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