หนังสือธรรมะ-HEART-WOOD-ท่านพุทธทาส

HEART_WOOD FROM THE BO TREE.

(โดย...ท่านพุทธทาส)

ขนาด   : 14.5x21cm

จำนวน   : 99 หน้า

วัสดุ   : กระดาษปอนด์ (ปกอ่อน)

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Foreword...!

   HEART-WOOD FROM THE BO TREE. is a collection of the talks given by Ven.

Ajaan Buddhadasa to the Dhamma study group at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok in

1961. In these talks the Ven Ajaan proposes that the heart-wood or the pith or

essence of the Buddhist Teachings of non-clinging the dwelling with a mind empty

of the feeling of I and Mine. He masterfully shows how this practice may be

developed and how taking emptiness as the fundamental principle one has a

wonderfull tool to understand and make use of every one of the many concepts

and skilful means that lie within the Buddhist tradition, and also how to distinguish

those things that are alien to it. Drawing fluently from material in both the Pali

canon and the teaching of the Chinese Zen Masters he makes terms and concepts

that often seem dauntingly abstract, immediate and practical.

   Inevitably this revivification of technical terms has entailed the inclusion of a

number of Pali words in the text. but I hope those readers who find this somewhat

irritating will have the patience to stay with the argument and benefit from the

points being made. In the past it seems that a desire to make Buddhist works 

accessible to even the most generai reader has led to unfortunate

misunderstandings of even basic principles. Words like Dhamma and Dukkha

have such a wealth of meanings and associtions that no single English rendering

could hope to do them justice.

   I have tried hard to faithfully present the meaning of the original text, but if some

have crept in and any unclear passages remain, I ask the forgiveness of the reader.

Any merit that has accrued as a result of this work of translation I humbly offer

to my Venerable Upajjhaya and to my parents...