The third of Jean Smith's Beginner's Guides focuses on the Buddha's Eightfold Path - the concepts central to practicing the Buddha's Teachings in daily life. The eight steps on the path are: right understanding, thought, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration. Smith explains exactly what the Buddha had in mind , using translations of his own words and then elucidating them for us. Throughout the book are wonderful quotes from a broad range of Buddhist teachers, giving a taste of the very best each of them has to offer. The Beginner's Guide to Walking the Buddha's Eightfold Path is a prescription for happiness, not just for overcoming suffering, which is how many people think of Buddhism. Here is a book for Buddhists of every tradition.

Beginner's Guide to Walking the Buddha's Eightfold Path, Jean Smith, Harmony, Paperback, 239 pp, $14.00

Jean Smith is the author/editor of numerous successful books on Buddhism, including 365 Zen, A Beginner�s Guide to Insight Meditation, and Breath Sweeps Mind. A longtime associate of the Insight Meditation Society, she is the head of the executive board of the Mountain Retreat Center, in Taos, New Mexico, where she lives.