Understanding life in the present moment
Buddhism: Learning to Understand Life
About the book
An introduction to life as momentary realities, explaining suffering, processes of citta and the development of understanding in daily life.
Nina explains seeing, hearing and thinking as experiences that arise and fall away because of conditions. She introduces citta, cetasika and rūpa, considers the meaning of dukkha, and explains the difference between intellectual understanding and direct awareness of a reality appearing now. Discussions with Sujin Boriharnwanaket relate these teachings to ordinary life. The book also includes an interview with Nina about Abhidhamma.
Topics in the book
- Life as momentary experience
- Suffering, impermanence and non-self
- Citta, cetasika and rūpa
- Satipaṭṭhāna and understanding in daily life
Read the book
The complete January 2024 Zolag edition is available as a PDF above. ISBN 9781897633502. The PDF has 64 pages, including its preliminary pages, and is reproduced unchanged under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 licence stated in the book.
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