{"product_id":"6489","title":"Why Buddhism? | Why Theravada? | Theravada, Mahayana, Hinayana (MP3 Audiobook)","description":"\u003cp\u003e This is an audiobook of Bodhi Leaves No.53 by M. O C. Walshe, 'Why Buddhism?, Why Theravada?, Theravada, Mahayana, Hinayana: Three Essays' found in the Pariyatti Edition of \u003ca href=\"\/collected-bodhi-leaves-vol-2\"\u003eCollected Bodhi Leaves Vol. II\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExcerpt from \u003cem\u003eTheravada, Mahayana, Hinayana\u003c\/em\u003e by \u003ca href=\"\/maurice-walshe\"\u003eMaurice Walshe\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Let us return to  Basic Buddhism.  The third section of the Path consists of three steps: right effort, right mindfulness and right concentration. That some effort is needed is surely obvious, though some  Zenful  characters in the West have been heard to deny it. They should try just one week in a Zen monastery! Right mindfulness has been declared by the Buddha to be the  one and only way  to liberation. It is the way of vipassan  insight-wisdom. And how else could wisdom be gained but by  mindfulness and clear awareness ? Right concentration includes various things, among them the four Brahmavih ras: the development of loving kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity. So by practising these two steps of the Path we can develop the  twin pillars  of the Mahayana: wisdom and compassion. Perhaps it scarcely matters whether we set out to become an Arahant or a Bodhisattva. But suppose a Bodhisattva, by practising too much mindfulness, became an Arahant by mistake  That would be terrible. Or would it?'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003chr\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"iframe-container\"\u003e \u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/763134184?quality=1080p\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 20px\"\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003ca class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/download.pariyatti.org\/free\/6489\/single__Three%20Essays_Why%20Buddhism_Why%20Theravada_Theravada-Mahayana-Hinayana.mp3\"\u003eDownload Single File (15MB)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003ca class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/download.pariyatti.org\/free\/6489\/chapters_Three%20Essays_Why%20Buddhism_Why%20Theravada_Theravada-Mahayana-Hinayana.zip\"\u003eDownload Chapters (15MB)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Vwn3X7A6jJE\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"youtube_link\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eView on YouTube\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003chr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/audiobooks\"\u003eCheck out our complete audiobook catalog.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eWe are grateful to the volunteers who offered their time and skills creating this product so that we can offer it freely. If you wish to help us record more audiobooks, please email us at \u003ca href=\"mailto:volunteer@pariyatti.org\"\u003evolunteer@pariyatti.org\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   ","brand":"Walshe, Maurice","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101770190942,"sku":"703053","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3677\/0142\/files\/703053.jpg?v=1760548838","url":"https:\/\/pariyatti.org\/products\/6489","provider":"Pariyatti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}