Ginny Wood finished reading A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif
A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif
A Case of Exploding Mangoes (2008) is a comic novel by the Pakistani writer Mohammed Hanif based on the 1988 …
I #read #mystery, #LiteraryFiction, #Bibliography (of both animals and people!), #History, #Psychology, #Pedagogy, #SciFi, #thriller, anything about #dogs, #feminist #fiction and #nonfiction, and am currently trying to expand my too-white horizons with #BlackWomen authors and #Indigenous, #NativeAmerican #AmericanIndian authors. You may know me as @PshrinkEmeritus or @Virginia_Wood_ over on the bird site or as @LowlyAdjunct@mastodon.social. I have been a fiend for reading since I was a little kid and am never, ever without a book ready to hand. . . or multiple, teetering TBR files lol
I read to learn and to escape--mostly the former by day, the latter in bed. It's not a good day if I haven't had time to read!
On a more serious level, am working my way through the #Tipitaka (the #PaliCanon) verse by verse, and have a mess of books on #Buddhism in my TBR pile.
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"A true Buddhist is the happiest of beings. He has no fears or anxieties. He is always calm and serene, and cannot be upset or dismayed by changes or calamities, because he sees things as they are."
— What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula (Page 27)
Truly, the monks I have studied with have all been nearly constantly smiling, laughing, even giggling!
This is a concise, expert summary of Theravada Buddhism covering Buddhism as an "attitude of mind" (Chapter 1), the Four Noble Truths (Chapters 2-5), doctrine and practice (Chapters 6 & 7), and its continued relevance in the modern world (Chapter 8). The book concludes with selected classic texts from the Pali canon. The author, Venerable Dr. Walpola Sri Rahula, was a monk and Buddhist scholar. His doctoral thesis was on the history of Buddhism in Ceylon.
I had explored Buddhism occasionally, on and off for nearly 40 years before I found this book. This was the clearest overall exposition I had read--or have since--of Buddhism overall, and after reading it completed my explorations: I became a Buddhist. There are, to be sure, far better books on practice, but reading this first gives a very solid foundation for the practice.
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