Book description
The long-awaited companion to The Naked Buddha. The Naked Buddha, a
timely, down-to-earth and highly accessible beginners' guide to
Buddhism, struck a chord with Australian and international readers
alike. In The Naked Buddha Speaks, feisty Buddhist nun Adrienne Howley
continues her mission to demystify Buddhism by showing how anyone can
integrate its practices into their everyday life. She also answers the
questions many of her readers have raised, such as: How can Buddhism
make me happy? How does a Buddhist cope with grief and loss? How do I
practise generosity when I'm having a bad day? How can I move away from
greed and hatred? How can I change my expectations? I want to meditate,
but how do I start? In her warm and humorous style, Adrienne Howley
unlocks the original basic tenets and practices of Buddhism, now the
fastest-growing religion in Australia, and shows us how we can apply its
principles in useful and meaningful ways to our lives. The Venerable
Adrienne Howley was ordained in 1982 by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and
in 1993 took the highest ordination vows possible from a Vietnamese
Buddhist master. She is the author of The Naked Buddha (Bantam, 1999)
and My Heart, My Country, a biography of noted Australian poet Dorothea
Mackellar (UQP, 1989). A mother of two and former nurse, she has sailed
around the world, survived a life-threatening cancer, and stumbled into
Buddhism after meeting the Dalai Lama. She lives in country NSW and
devotes her time to Buddhist practice and teaching.
