The Buddha didn't only teach ideas, he taught a method through which we may obtain Enlightenment and invited people to come and try his method. The Pali Canon, the literature of Theravada Buddhism which is practiced in Sri Lanka, Thailand and Burma, contains many exercises that go back to the Buddha himself. This book is an introduction the the teaching of the Buddha and in these early texts of the practice they recommend. In it, exercises that go back to the Buddha himself become accessible to everyone.

Buddhist Psychology in Everyday Life, Joy Manne, Independently published, Paperback, 122 pages, $12.99

Joy Manne has a degree in Psychology and a PhD in Buddhist Psychology. She has practiced Vipassana meditation since 1965, and was taught by Dhiravamsa. She was trained in Spiritual Therapy by Hans Mensink and Tilke Platteel-Deur in Holland from 1986-1988. She had her own school of personal and spiritual development in Switzerland between 1989-1995. Joy is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the peer-review internet journal The Healing Breath: A Journal of Breathwork Practice, Psychology and Spirituality originally available through her own website www.i-breathe.com and now through www.healingbreathjournal.org.