What the book discusses is not Buddhism as the Chinese usually understand it, the six realms of reincarnation, and the karma of good fortune, but a Westernized version of Buddhism, which is roughly equivalent to removing all the "supernatural" factors in Asian Buddhism and treating the Buddha as a person. The enlightened philosopher left only the methodology of philosophy and meditation practice. In a general sense, it is a simplified version of Buddhist "mindfulness meditation", from discove...

What the book discusses is not Buddhism as the Chinese usually understand it, the six realms of reincarnation, and the karma of good fortune, but a Westernized version of Buddhism, which is roughly equivalent to removing all the "supernatural" factors in Asian Buddhism and treating the Buddha as a person. The enlightened philosopher left only the methodology of philosophy and meditation practice. In a general sense, it is a simplified version of Buddhist "mindfulness meditation", from discove...