This book offers a clear straightforward approach to Buddhism in general and awareness in particular. It is about being awake and in touch with what is going on here and now. When the Buddha was asked to sum up his teaching in a single word he said Awareness. The Buddha taught how to see directly into the nature of experience. His observations and insights are plain practical and down-to-earth and they deal exclusively with the present. In Buddhism Plain and Simple Steve Hagen presents these uncluttered original teachings in everyday accessible language unencumbered by religious ritual tradition or belief.