What Buddhism Is Not

2017January 1 by Steve

People have many misconceptions about what Buddhism teaches. Below is an interesting essay ( 9 pages ) by Buddhist monk Thanisarro Bhikkhu listing those common misconceptions and showing that those misconceptions actually come from 19th century European literature.

The essay is extracted from his book “Purity Of Heart”.

The Roots Of Buddhist Romanticism, by Thanisarro Bhikkhu