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Nothing to It

Ten Ways to Be at Home with Yourself

by Brother Phap Hai
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In Nothing To It, Brother Phap Hai brings his characteristic warmth and humor to explore the many different gates to transformation offered by Buddhism. A gate is a teaching, practice, or way of looking at things. Each gate is an invitation to consider a new frame of reference through which we can consider our situation, an opportunity to look at things differently. Readers who enjoyed Bhante Gunaratana's Mindfulness in Plain English will delight in this new explanation from the Australian-born senior monk of Deer Park Monastery in Escondido, California.
There are fifty-eight gates explored in Nothing To It, arranged in ten traditional groups, with one chapter exploring each gate. Based on a series of talks given by Phap Hai in 2013, the book is designed to be equally valuable when read through at leisure or used as the text for a ten week self-guided course. Each chapter includes questions for reflection, additional reading suggestions on the topic, and writing exercises. The gates can be explored in order or investigated at random. Phap Hai’s charming blend of ancient wisdom, Dharma scholarship, and contemporary applications will offer all who read Nothing To It a new way of seeing the extraordinary opportunities for transformation in everyday life.

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    October 13, 2015

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      • ISBN: 9781941529010
      • File size: 669 KB

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      • ISBN: 9781941529010
      • File size: 669 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 2, 2015
      Good-natured monk Hai quips that "Buddhism is very big on lists" in his debut, a "structured learning course" for an at-home retreat, drawn from a series of talks he gave at California's Deer Park Monastery. Taking its framework from a teaching story in which the Buddha asks the novice Sopaka what each of the numbers one to 10 means in Buddhism, the guide explores well-known numbered concepts such as the Eightfold Path as well as lesser-known sets, including the Seven Factors of Awakening, the Five Skandhas, and the Nine-Point Death Meditation. Each is translated through Hai's personal stories of happy monastic life, traditional tales of the life of Buddha, and readings from Thich Nhat Hanh's Chanting from the Heart and other texts, followed by questions for reflection and suggested practices in meditation and mindfulness. Hai is always careful to come back to unity after all this division, emphasizing that all these factors "inter-are" and depend on each other. Beginners and experienced practitioners both will find plenty of food for thought and a kind invitation to "skillful spiritual gardening" in Hai's gentle, joyful dharma conversations.

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