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Review title: A Frightful Misunderstanding of Buddha's Teachings
Product review: This book will have many fans since it is written to convince one to follow and enjoy various attachments. It contains a frightful misunderstanding of Buddha's teachings regarding the nature of suffering, self, and the path to liberation.Epstein: "Allowing ourselves into desire's abyss turns out to be the key to a more complete enjoyment of its fruits." Open to Desire, page 41.Buddha: "I have always taught that sensual pleasures are an obstacle to practice." Majjhima Nikaya, Sutta 22.I would challenge the author and the fans to spend a week reading Buddha's original teachings as recorded in the Pali cannon (such as Dhammapada), and then compare them with the book.Open to Desire is a book for those who want to continue to cling to their attachments. It has nothing to do with Buddha's real teachings.
