Meeting the Monkey Halfway - Softcover

Sumano, Ajahn Bhikkhu; Popp, Emily

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1578631467 ISBN 13: 9781578631469

Publisher: Weiser Books, 2000

Synopsis

Simple and straightforward, this "little book" is a distillation of 20 years of a Buddhist monk's meditation practice. With a sense of reverence and respect for everything, Ajahn Sumano Bhikkhu shows us how to use only what we need, andthen to use these few things carefully and with discrimination. Meeting the Monkey Halfway is his personal story, and through his story he will help us to open our hearts and relearn the compassion of the Buddha.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The world is full of confused people running around aimlessly, waiting for life to happen. Caught in a maze of mirrors, we spend most of our time bumping into the walls of confusion and chaos we have created. In terms of Buddhist reality, we have been swallowed up by our ego-I, which determines our relationship with the world. Meeting the Monkey Halfway is a spiritual instruction book that presents perspectives from the Buddha's view of the world and is offered as a remedial treatment. Just as medicines are intended to deal with dysfunction, illness, and injury, this spiritual path is meant to serve as a tool to bring radiating peace into our hearts and return us to our natural state of bliss.

About this edition

• Publisher: Weiser Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1578631467
• ISBN 13: 9781578631469
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 101