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Buddhism Plain and Simple: The Practice of Being Aware, Right Now, Every Day Alec Ryrie First published in 1983This book offers a clear, straightforward approach to Buddhism in general and awareness in particular. It is about being awake and in touch with what is going on here and now. When the Buddha was asked to sum up his teaching in a single word, he said, "Awareness." The Buddha taught how to see directly into the nature of experience. His observations and insights are plain, practical, and down to earth, and they deal exclusively with the present. In