Born in Berlin in 1923 to Jewish parents, Ayya Khema was educated in Scotland and China and later emigrated to the United States. The author of twenty-five books, she was ordained as a nun in Sri Lanka in 1979 and established several Buddhist centers, including Wat Buddha Dhamma in Australia, Parapuddua Nun's Island in Sri Lanka, and Buddha Haus in Germany. In 1987 she coordinated the first-ever International Conference of Buddhist Nuns. She passed away in 1997.
Who Is My Self? gives us the recipe and the motivation to practice
what is accessible to all, yet accomplished by few.-- "Inquiring
Mind"
Ayya Khema is a meditators' meditator, a real expert, as clear
about the nuts and bolts of technique as she is about the basic
sanity and profound peacefulness that is the goal of all technique.
Who is my Self? is a truly astonishing book. A commentary on the
Potthapada Sutta, it discusses the well-known eight stages of
meditative absorption. If you are interested in Buddhist meditation
in all its color, depth, and refinement, you will want to pay close
attention to this book.--Norman Fischer, Co-Abbot, San Francisco
Zen Center
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