Original Buddhism: The Psychotherapy of Gautama Buddha: Healing the Mind, Living the Values, and Walking the Path to the Deathless (Gautama Dhamma - The Teachings Lead To Liberation) Paperback – December 18, 2025

What This Book Is AboutThis book restores the original purpose of Gautama Buddha’s teaching: liberation from the world itself.It begins with a simple but decisive recognition—that worldly existence is governed by aging and death. No refinement of society, psychology, or belief alters this law. From this recognition arises the central question that drove Gautama Buddha to leave his palace:Is there a real escape from aging and death?This work answers that question by presenting the Buddha’s teaching as a complete exit-path, not a philosophy of coping, moral improvement, or emotional regulation.A Recovery of the True Structure of the PathDrawing directly from early Buddhist sources and restoring their original direction, the book clarifies:Why dukkha refers to the structure of worldly existence itselfWhy liberation (Vimutti) means departure from the world, not annihilationWhy Nibbāna-dhātu is a real, attainable, Deathless Realm beyond the cosmosWhy renunciation (Pabbajjā) is central, not optionalWhy the Buddha’s teaching has one taste only: liberationThe book corrects modern misunderstandings that reduce Buddhism to ethics, psychology, or mindfulness techniques, and re-establishes it as a precise path of exit.The Middle ExitAt the heart of the book is the recovery of the Middle Exit (Majjhimā Nissaraṇa).Liberation is shown to lie neither in indulgence within the sensual world nor in dissolution into formless absorption. The Buddha’s realization reveals a middle ascent—through disciplined withdrawal (Sīla), lifting concentration (Samādhi), and direct realization (Paññā)—by which the mind disengages from the world and passes beyond the cosmos.This leads to the threefold realization:Nibbidā — disenchantment with the worldVirāga — fading of worldly attachmentVimutti — liberation into the Deathless RealmFor Whom This Book Is WrittenThis book is for readers who sense that life cannot end meaningfully in decay and repetition, and who seek understanding beyond belief systems.It is written for:Serious practitioners seeking doctrinal clarityReaders dissatisfied with modernized or diluted BuddhismThose interested in the original purpose of renunciationSeekers drawn to liberation rather than consolationNo prior Buddhist training is required, but the book expects seriousness and discernment.What This Book Is NotThis is not:A mindfulness manualA self-help guideA devotional textA philosophy of social reformIt is a restoration of a forgotten knowledge: that freedom from aging and death is possible, and that Gautama Buddha revealed a precise path leading beyond the world into Nibbāna-dhātu, the Deathless Realm.This book does not promise improvement of worldly life.It reveals the way beyond it. Read more