Part of the Buddhist View Series
This book is part of the Buddhist View Series, which explores familiar aspects of everyday life through the lens of Buddhist thought. Rather than presenting doctrine or asking readers to adopt a particular worldview, each volume invites thoughtful reflection on experiences common to us all.
Buddhism and the Nature of Certainty explores one of the most ordinary, yet most influential features of human experience: the feeling of certainty. Drawing on everyday observations and timeless Buddhist insights, it examines how perception, memory, expectation, explanation, and the stories we inherit gradually shape what we come to accept as true.
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Written in clear, accessible language, the book considers why certainty feels so reassuring, how it quietly influences our relationships and decisions, and what can happen when one person's certainty collides with another's. Rather than encouraging doubt for its own sake, it offers a more balanced approach: holding our understanding with curiosity, humility, and confidence while remaining open to the possibility that there is always more to see.
“Edward Horner’s wonderful little book Buddhism and the Nature of Certainty is a fabulous read exploring the human perceptual and cognitive condition, how we develop understanding, attitudes and beliefs.
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Somewhat in the philosophical aesthetic of Descartes’ The Discourse on Method and Huxley’s The Doors of Perception, it leads the reader through the subtle world of mind and mental perspectives, how we as individuals develop a consensus sense of the reality of our lives, while at the same time developing individuating psychological postures. It takes the Theravadin approach gleaned from insight meditation, and unravels the threads and knots for all to see with clarity. An extraordinary work indeed!”
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— Glenn H. Mullin
Author of The Fourteen Dalai Lamas
Author: Edward Horner
Publisher: Canadian Outdoor Press
Imprint: Mind of Peace Publications
Format: Paperback
Trim size: 4.25 × 7 inches
Pages: 136
ISBN: 978-1-990213-07-6
Price: $19.99 CAD (Subject to change)
Available October, 2026 through bookstores and libraries worldwide