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# Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path (Meditation in Plain English)

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Review: My Buddhist bible - I don't know why I waited so long to read this book in my library. I bought it 2 years ago and on my shelf it's sat while I studied other aspects of Buddhism. My meditation practice has floundered over the course of those two years as I've attempted to understand how to make progress meditation without actually making much of an effort towards understanding and implementing steps 1-6 of the Buddha's noble eightfold path. My assumption was, having spent most of the past 16 years practicing yoga, that meditation technique was more important if one's daily life was relatively ethical and upright. And that any failure on the path could be attributed to how one practices the techniques of meditation. Basically I had a very technical-dominant view of the Buddhist path. This book has helped to correct many of my inaccurate assumptions. It's also seemed that when I was stuck and I went back to this book in order to understand how to apply one of the noble eightfold steps that not only was the information pertinent and insightful, but the specific examples the author uses relating to daily life are the exact examples I'm experiencing. The effect is that it feels as if the author is writing directly to me, even while including the general audience. It's somewhat uncanny. Though I've read other books on the noble eightfold path, this one is becoming, in essence, my Buddhist bible. It has everything I need and nothing more. And the author's own description of what it's like as each grouping of the 10 fetters related to the 4 stages of awakening are vanquished is both salient and inspiring.
Review: Best Beginners Book I Ever Read - I have been a practicing Buddhist since October 5th 2005 and have a bunch of books on Buddhism and this is by far the most favorite of mine for teaching the Buddha's eight fold path. This book for me supersedes sutras, Zen mind training books, and many of the Thich Nhat Hanh books that I really like because this book really lays out the plan in real life terms not just some ideals of how we should act. I keep asking people at my Sangha to review it and Zen teachers can be very head strong and set in their Zen ways and without this book I would have never really gotten on "THE PATH". It wasn't an easy read for me at first because I decided that I wasn't going to skip around and I wasn't going to glaze over the pages when I didn't understand. Every time I "failed" a chapter I started rereading again, until I "got it" then moved on to the next so it took me about 6 weeks to read. 4 -5 weeks to get through the first 2 parts of the eight fold path and then I blazed through the rest of the book in only a few days like a California wildfire. You will know a good Buddhist book when you want to read it again every few years. This is one of those books. This book is tied at number one with the Shambala Pocket Classic version of the Dhammapada which I also love because you can read the whole book in an hour and it fits in any shirt or pants pocket. I know of no other text on this planet that packs so much wisdom into such a tiny package. This book and the Dhammapada together are really all one needs to launch and create a home based Buddhist practice even without a priest around to guide you. Of course please seek out a real ORDAINED Buddhist priest from some tradition either near you or online because they will help you grow exponentially once you have gotten your Buddhist practice going. Contact the San Francisco Zen Center (or any legitimate Zen Center near you) if you need to find Buddhist guidance as they are part of one of the most famous and reputable Soto Zen organizations in the world and have many affiliate centers throughout the United States and Japan. I am a member of the Houston Zen Center and you can find us online too.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | 0861711769 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #61,433 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #10 in Theravada Buddhism (Books) #73 in Religion & Philosophy (Books) #378 in Meditation (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (409) |
| Dimensions  | 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches |
| ISBN-10  | 0312320493 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0861711765 |
| Item Weight  | 2.31 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 288 pages |
| Publication date  | June 15, 2001 |
| Publisher  | Wisdom Publications |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Buddhist bible
*by M***Y on April 19, 2022*

I don't know why I waited so long to read this book in my library. I bought it 2 years ago and on my shelf it's sat while I studied other aspects of Buddhism. My meditation practice has floundered over the course of those two years as I've attempted to understand how to make progress meditation without actually making much of an effort towards understanding and implementing steps 1-6 of the Buddha's noble eightfold path. My assumption was, having spent most of the past 16 years practicing yoga, that meditation technique was more important if one's daily life was relatively ethical and upright. And that any failure on the path could be attributed to how one practices the techniques of meditation. Basically I had a very technical-dominant view of the Buddhist path. This book has helped to correct many of my inaccurate assumptions. It's also seemed that when I was stuck and I went back to this book in order to understand how to apply one of the noble eightfold steps that not only was the information pertinent and insightful, but the specific examples the author uses relating to daily life are the exact examples I'm experiencing. The effect is that it feels as if the author is writing directly to me, even while including the general audience. It's somewhat uncanny. Though I've read other books on the noble eightfold path, this one is becoming, in essence, my Buddhist bible. It has everything I need and nothing more. And the author's own description of what it's like as each grouping of the 10 fetters related to the 4 stages of awakening are vanquished is both salient and inspiring.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Best Beginners Book I Ever Read
*by K***N on April 8, 2012*

I have been a practicing Buddhist since October 5th 2005 and have a bunch of books on Buddhism and this is by far the most favorite of mine for teaching the Buddha's eight fold path. This book for me supersedes sutras, Zen mind training books, and many of the Thich Nhat Hanh books that I really like because this book really lays out the plan in real life terms not just some ideals of how we should act. I keep asking people at my Sangha to review it and Zen teachers can be very head strong and set in their Zen ways and without this book I would have never really gotten on "THE PATH". It wasn't an easy read for me at first because I decided that I wasn't going to skip around and I wasn't going to glaze over the pages when I didn't understand. Every time I "failed" a chapter I started rereading again, until I "got it" then moved on to the next so it took me about 6 weeks to read. 4 -5 weeks to get through the first 2 parts of the eight fold path and then I blazed through the rest of the book in only a few days like a California wildfire. You will know a good Buddhist book when you want to read it again every few years. This is one of those books. This book is tied at number one with the Shambala Pocket Classic version of the Dhammapada which I also love because you can read the whole book in an hour and it fits in any shirt or pants pocket. I know of no other text on this planet that packs so much wisdom into such a tiny package. This book and the Dhammapada together are really all one needs to launch and create a home based Buddhist practice even without a priest around to guide you. Of course please seek out a real ORDAINED Buddhist priest from some tradition either near you or online because they will help you grow exponentially once you have gotten your Buddhist practice going. Contact the San Francisco Zen Center (or any legitimate Zen Center near you) if you need to find Buddhist guidance as they are part of one of the most famous and reputable Soto Zen organizations in the world and have many affiliate centers throughout the United States and Japan. I am a member of the Houston Zen Center and you can find us online too.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very easy to grasp and put in practice
*by E***L on May 23, 2024*

I loved this book, it became more of a guide to me. I can open it to any page and get a different/deeper meaning than I read the first time. The examples/stories helped me because they showed real people in real life having similar situations that everyone has, it just makes it click better.

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