You Don't Have to Sit On the Floor

You Don't Have to Sit on the Floor... to be a Buddhist. Nor do you have to wear special clothes, speak a foreign language or eat different food. You don't have to do most of the things you might have thought were essential. Author Jim Pym explains why...

Buddhism has come to the West bearing trappings of oriental culture and tradition, yet very little of this is necessary to be a Buddhist, and it is often presented as if we have to take the whole package or nothing. What the Buddha taught is the Dharma, a way of life that leads us out of suffering. He did not ask us to accept anything just because it is traditional, taught by a teacher or found in a holy book, but only if it is good and helpful in making our lives harmonious.

inYou Don't Have To Sit On The Floor... Jim Pym suggest ways in which the reader can find Dharma within their everyday lives and shows you how you can be a Buddhist without rejecting your own culture and traditions and taking on new ones.