Alert to the Needs of the Journey

The eight chapters of this small book follow a similar theme

to that of Unexpected Freedom, published in 2005. The second

chapter in that book was titled ‘We Are All Translators’, and

was aimed especially at encouraging readers to discern the

relevance of the Buddhist teachings as they moved from

East to West. The Buddha didn’t want his followers to

merely believe in him. And he didn’t teach simply so that

scholars might argue over what he said. He was clear in

his invitation for all those interested in truth to take the

teachings inwards and learn to see for themselves that path

which leads to freedom from suffering.