Book Study with Noah Levine

What this episode covers

Welcome, everyone. I don’t have a major topic planned for tonight. Instead, as I’ve mentioned before, I’d like to talk about a book that I’ve had for years but recently picked up additional copies of while visiting Sri Lanka last month. This book was originally written in 1901, making it one of the earliest translations of the Pali Canon—the foundational Buddhist texts—first translated from the Sri Lankan language into German in 1901, then later into English around 1907 or 1914. The book itself is quite simple and small, but it’s been an important companion throughout my decades of Buddhist study and practice. My plan is to go through it with you and offer some commentary. I believe we looked at it together last week. Here’s my new copy; last week I showed you my old orange duct-taped version, which I think I left in my office. So, tonight, we’ll start exploring this book together. How long have you been interested in Buddhism? How did you find Buddhism? What got you interested?

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