This book is a lay-person’s guide to self empowerment that will help you break free from the habits of a mind imprisoned in the material world, using a contemporary approach to The Four Noble Truths that are at the heart of ancient Buddhist teachings.
Through meditation and contemplation, the Lord Buddha discovered the Four Noble Truths more than 2,600 years ago. However, they are universal truths that still hold true today for all of us, no matter our religion, race, gender or culture. For the lay person (non-Buddhist), the simple illustrations and descriptions in this book by Buddhist practitioner and teacher Supawan Green help us make sense of the suffering and problems we face in everyday situations. A first step to empower us to liberate our minds from internal suffering. Supawan’s presentation of the Four Noble Truths in a fun, simple and clear format with illustrations featuring characters Tom and Jerry in familiar conditions we commonly face daily, help us recognize the cause of our mental problems and more importantly, how to fix them. These frequent anecdotes illustrate how the chaotic cat-and-mouse mental antics of Tom (our inner self) and Jerry (thoughts and feelings), who constantly stirs up trouble for Tom, affect the way we think, feel and react in the everyday situations we experience through our physical senses.
Just like the cartoon cat and mouse characters, Tom and Jerry are constantly battling away inside us – fighting for control over our state of mind and the decisions we make. Their antics can turn our lives into a roller coaster ride of emotions, and the associated effects we experience are at the heart of the Four Noble Truths, which in turn, is the foundation of the Buddhist science of the mind.
Supawan’s step-by-step approach brings clarity and answers to those fundamental questions about the meaning and purpose of our lives as individuals in a ‘global’ society. She does this with ancient wisdom of simple truths that never change but are often obscured or forgotten by the distractions of today’s modern lifestyles. Read on and break free with a new direction, an inspired and fresh perspective on how to master the characters that rule our lives with worries and stress that keep us
trapped in rigid ways of thinking.
