This little volume is offered to all people everywhere, who know dukkha which is not only suffering, pain and grief, but all the unsatisfactoriness all of us experience during our lifetime.
It is that unfulfilled striving in heart and mind which keeps pushing us in so many directions to find the ultimate satisfaction.
When we have realised that all the avenues we have tried have brought
us to a dead end, then the time has come to turn to Lord Buddha's teachings
and see for ourselves whether his promise:
"There's only one thing I teachcan be experienced within ourselves and whether fulfilment is possible.
That's suffering
And its end to reach"
As practice progresses, we will find that by letting go of our preconceived ideas on how and where dukkha can be avoided, we come upon uncharted landscapes within ourselves, which provide a totally new concept of life, its purpose, its value and its ultimate reality.
May there be many "with little dust in their eyes" who can turn the
tide on dukkha and be liberated.
Sister Ayya Khema