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The Wisdom of Buddha
The Wisdom of Buddha
The Wisdom of Buddha
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THE WISDOM OF BUDDHA

Compassion, Peace, Love, Meditation, Life, Karma, Impermanence, Mindfulness, Reincarnation and Happiness - for inspiration, meditation and comfort for the soul.

With Buddha bringing peace to an estimated five hundred million devotees across the globe, the words found within this book can be seen as a path towards the comfort and solace a soul often seeks for within today's busy world.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Born in England, Julian is a documentary photographer, film maker and author. With photographic work featured on the BBC news, his photographs have been published in National Geographic, New Scientist and the international press. His work focuses on the social documentary of world culture, religion and traditions, with time spent studying meditation with the Buddhist monks of Tibet and Northern Thailand and spiritual teachers of India's Himalaya region.

Present for the Nepal earthquakes of 2015 he documented the disaster for eighteen months whilst working as an emergency deployment photographer for various NGO and international embassies in conjunction with the United Nations.

The author of novels 'The Geisha and the Monk', 'Subway of Light' and 'Life's Heart Eternal', when not on the road in Asia, Julian is based in the UK.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherJulian Bound
Release dateFeb 7, 2020
ISBN9781393111900
The Wisdom of Buddha
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Julian Bound

Born in the UK, Julian Bound is a documentary photographer, film maker and author. Featured on the BBC news, National Geographic and in the international press, his work focuses on the social documentary of world culture, religion and traditions, spending time studying meditation with the Buddhist monks of Tibet and Northern Thailand and with spiritual teachers of India’s Himalaya region. His photography work includes documenting the child soldiers of the Burmese Karen National Liberation Army, the Arab Spring of 2011, Cairo, Egypt, and the Thailand political uprisings of 2009 and 2014 in Bangkok. With portraiture of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Julian has photographed the Tibetan refugee camps of Nepal and India. His other projects include the road working gypsies of India, the Dharavi slums of Mumbai, the rail track slums of Jakarta and the sulphur miners at work in the active volcanoes of Eastern Java, Indonesia. Present for the Nepal earthquakes of 2015, he documented the disaster whilst working as an emergency deployment photographer for various NGO and international embassies in conjunction with the United Nations. Julian has published  photography books of settings across the world, including portraiture work, and city guides, and has also published several poetry books, including ‘Haiku, a Journey Through the Deepest Emotions’, Julian is also the author of  the novels ‘The Geisha and the Monk’, ‘Subway of Light’ and ‘Life’s Heart Eternal’.

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    The Wisdom of Buddha - Julian Bound

    The Four Noble Truths

    1.  DUKKHA – THE TRUTH of suffering.

    2.  Samudata –The truth of the cause of suffering.

    3.  Nirodha –The truth of the end of suffering.

    4.  Magga – The truth of the path that frees us from suffering.

    The Eight Fold Path

    1. RIGHT VIEW: THE belief that there is no death and that Buddha took a successful path to find enlightenment and enter the realm of Nirvana.

    2. Right resolve: The adoption of a life of a religious journey with no ill will to all sentient beings.

    3. Right speech: Not telling one person what another says and not telling lies of using profanities in speaking.

    4. Right action: No killing or injuring others, not taking what is not given and no sexual acts.

    5. Right livelihood: Working only for sustenance with no livelihood that can cause to others, such as warfare.

    6. Right effort: Protecting the mind against unwholesome thoughts that may hinder the act of meditation.

    7. Right mindfulness: Always paying attention and being aware of what you are doing, and understanding the impermanence of

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