Bestselling author and renowned Zen instructor Steve Hagen penetrates one of the most important and enduring queries at the heart from the Buddha’s teachings: How do we see the world in each moment, instead of merely as what we think, wish, or fear it is? How do we base our actions on reality, rather than on the longing and loathing of our hearts and thoughts? How can we live lives that are sensible, compassionate, and in tune with truth? And how do we distinct the knowledge of Buddhism from your ethnic about Buddhism ISN’T What You Think: Finding Independence Beyond Values trappings and misconceptions that have come to be associated with it? Sketching on down-to-earth illustrations from everyday life and stories from Buddhist instructors past and present, Hagen tackles these fundamental questions with his trademark lucid, straightforward prose. The newcomer to Buddhism will end up being influenced by this available and provocative intro, and those more acquainted with Buddhism will pleasant this much needed hands-on information to understanding what it really means to be awake. By being challenged to query what we neglect, we come to start to see the globe as it truly is. Buddhism Is Not What You Think that offers a serious and clear way to a lifestyle of pleasure and freedom.