The Buddhist on Death Row: The inspirational true story of how one man found light in the darkest place

by David Sheff

One of the key Buddhist teachings is that you don’t take anything as gospel just because someone told you. Try it out, and see if it’s true for you.”

Always appreciate that Buddhism is a “suck it and see” practice. Given the way it’s always trying to describe things that words will never truly be able to transmit…one needs to practice and see for themselves.

to help us break free of lifelong patterns in our thinking that cause our suffering.

Find this to be very true for myself. I see many who have built up these habits/patterns and inflict more suffering on themselves and others. Freedom of those reduces the amount of suffering.