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steveno's review
5.0
Rebecca walks a fine line between theory and practice. The idea of Silent Illumination is relatively easy to understand. The challenge is how to put it into practice and she does a nice job of helping the reader to see how we can implement it. I also like how much she emphasizes that life is practice, rather than the cushion. It made the ideas feel accessible and achievable, rather than another thing to put on the list.
seasized's review
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
damn. genuinely life changing stuff
i might have a couple of bones to pick but it’s mostly got to with phrasing of certain ideas.
suffering mostly refers to individual suffering in this book, which makes sense cause that’s what the buddha’s teachings are about, but it’s still irksome to repeatedly read “present moment + vexation = suffering”. again, it makes sense cause that’s what the book is about… you know modes of operation i.e. the vexations but my brain kept going “but there is suffering that is not given rise to by you and way out of your control”. it could be argued though, that kind of suffering is caused by our collective vexations or that of a specific group of people. so not actually an issue sjejskk.
i might have a couple of bones to pick but it’s mostly got to with phrasing of certain ideas.
suffering mostly refers to individual suffering in this book, which makes sense cause that’s what the buddha’s teachings are about, but it’s still irksome to repeatedly read “present moment + vexation = suffering”. again, it makes sense cause that’s what the book is about… you know modes of operation i.e. the vexations but my brain kept going “but there is suffering that is not given rise to by you and way out of your control”. it could be argued though, that kind of suffering is caused by our collective vexations or that of a specific group of people. so not actually an issue sjejskk.