Salomé Veder’s Reviews > No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners: Clear Answers to Burning Questions About Core Buddhist Teachings > Status Update

Overall, a brief and basic but solid intro for people like me who only know the modern/Western misconception of Buddhism and knowing virtually nothing about it.

Acceptance is about working with realty, not against it.

Funny how so much of Buddhism is in modern therapy practices and many of the books on psychology, be it on money/relationships/politics/etc.

Karma is not mysterious or hidden. It’s the action that’s taken, not the result.

The Buddhist teaching of nonself says that there is no permanent or fixed you – there’s only a complex web of inseparable, impermanent causes and effects..

Hmm, if I want money (just $$, fame and power--no thanks) so I can live comfortably and give my cats expensive pate for breakfast/lunch/dinner...is that still greedy of me???