To Understand Buddha`s Teaching
... the Five Poisons of greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance and doubt. They remain mired in all the troubles of human relationships and are swayed by personal feelings. In other words they are human. If a person has severed greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance, doubt and afflictions, the Buddha will acknow ...
... the Five Poisons of greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance and doubt. They remain mired in all the troubles of human relationships and are swayed by personal feelings. In other words they are human. If a person has severed greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance, doubt and afflictions, the Buddha will acknow ...
See the April 2017 Newsletter
... sexual activity motivated by craving always harms myself as well as others, I am determined not to engage in sexual relations without true love and a deep, long-term commitment made known to my family and friends. I will do everything in my power to protect children from sexual abuse and to prevent ...
... sexual activity motivated by craving always harms myself as well as others, I am determined not to engage in sexual relations without true love and a deep, long-term commitment made known to my family and friends. I will do everything in my power to protect children from sexual abuse and to prevent ...
Four Noble Truths
... èThe consequences (retribution) of what we do are determined by our past body actions (身), speeches (語), and thoughts (意) èThe consequences are what we are receiving today èKarma refers to an action and its retribution ...
... èThe consequences (retribution) of what we do are determined by our past body actions (身), speeches (語), and thoughts (意) èThe consequences are what we are receiving today èKarma refers to an action and its retribution ...
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... probably nearer to that of the Buddha than that of the Protestant Christians of a Europe bursting with imperialistic conceit. Obermiller's translation of Bu-ston's History of Buddhism (1931) showed us how Buddhists view their own history, and Bu-ston's masterpiece has been the model for the two gene ...
... probably nearer to that of the Buddha than that of the Protestant Christians of a Europe bursting with imperialistic conceit. Obermiller's translation of Bu-ston's History of Buddhism (1931) showed us how Buddhists view their own history, and Bu-ston's masterpiece has been the model for the two gene ...
PDF - Chan Meditation Center
... limited and transient. Until one has attained buddhahood, there is no true freedom of the body; one will experience birth and death. Thus, supernatural powers are not enough to lead one to liberation. When one’s perceptions are based on greed, anger, ignorance, pride, suspicion, and so on, the world ...
... limited and transient. Until one has attained buddhahood, there is no true freedom of the body; one will experience birth and death. Thus, supernatural powers are not enough to lead one to liberation. When one’s perceptions are based on greed, anger, ignorance, pride, suspicion, and so on, the world ...
A Buddhist Life In America, 1998
... married. He was the medical director of a project which gave LSD to people dying of cancer in order to help with their experience of dying. This was a kind of modern rite of passage. When I began this work, I was 30 years old. Although I thought I was somewhat experienced in a medical setting and in ...
... married. He was the medical director of a project which gave LSD to people dying of cancer in order to help with their experience of dying. This was a kind of modern rite of passage. When I began this work, I was 30 years old. Although I thought I was somewhat experienced in a medical setting and in ...
Lesson 14 – The Four Sublime Abodes
... Loss and gain, success and failure, praise and blame, pain and happiness are the eight vicissitudes of worldly conditions that affect all humanity. In such a fast moving and materialistic working environment, we are subjected to unjust criticism and abuses. Most people are perturbed when affected by ...
... Loss and gain, success and failure, praise and blame, pain and happiness are the eight vicissitudes of worldly conditions that affect all humanity. In such a fast moving and materialistic working environment, we are subjected to unjust criticism and abuses. Most people are perturbed when affected by ...
Lesson 6 - Castlemilk High School
... easier for them than Lay Buddhists 2. Describe 3 reasons why it might be more challenging for a Lay Buddhist to remove all Thana all ill-will towards others. 3. Why would a Theravada Monk never be described as a Buddha – even if they reach enlightenment/Nibbana? 4. Why do you think some people might ...
... easier for them than Lay Buddhists 2. Describe 3 reasons why it might be more challenging for a Lay Buddhist to remove all Thana all ill-will towards others. 3. Why would a Theravada Monk never be described as a Buddha – even if they reach enlightenment/Nibbana? 4. Why do you think some people might ...
Freeing the Heart and Mind
... great enjoyment, a very long life, beautiful bodies, and so on; but they are also impermanent. One day, their beautiful life ends, and again they descend to the less pleasurable existences. According to the Buddha’s teachings, from the highest heaven to the lowest hell, all of samsara is nothing but ...
... great enjoyment, a very long life, beautiful bodies, and so on; but they are also impermanent. One day, their beautiful life ends, and again they descend to the less pleasurable existences. According to the Buddha’s teachings, from the highest heaven to the lowest hell, all of samsara is nothing but ...
Introduction to Buddhism - Tushita Meditation Centre
... Anger is defined as a mental factor that perceives its object as unattractive, exaggerates its unattractiveness, becomes antagonistic, and wishes to harm the object. It disturbs our mind, prevents us from feeling peaceful and happy, harms our health, and can lead us to harm others. It can motivate ...
... Anger is defined as a mental factor that perceives its object as unattractive, exaggerates its unattractiveness, becomes antagonistic, and wishes to harm the object. It disturbs our mind, prevents us from feeling peaceful and happy, harms our health, and can lead us to harm others. It can motivate ...
THE LIVING MESSAGE OF THE DHAMMAPADA by Bhikkhu Bodhi
... The first level of instruction in the Dhammapada is addressed to the need to establish human welfare and happiness in the immediately visible domain of personal relation. The aim at this level is to show us the way to live at peace with ourselves and our fellow human beings, to fulfil our family and ...
... The first level of instruction in the Dhammapada is addressed to the need to establish human welfare and happiness in the immediately visible domain of personal relation. The aim at this level is to show us the way to live at peace with ourselves and our fellow human beings, to fulfil our family and ...
wesak - PowerPoint - Full Moon Meditations
... To live means to suffer, because the human nature is not perfect and neither is the world we live in. During our lifetime, we inevitably have to endure physical suffering such as pain, sickness, injury, tiredness, old age, and eventually death; and we have to endure psychological suffering like sadn ...
... To live means to suffer, because the human nature is not perfect and neither is the world we live in. During our lifetime, we inevitably have to endure physical suffering such as pain, sickness, injury, tiredness, old age, and eventually death; and we have to endure psychological suffering like sadn ...
Zen and Dzogchen: Unifying the Ground and
... implemented serve only to render these qualities manifest... The paths simply render the primordial luminosity of the dharmakaya manifest. They do not create (cause) it. . . When the mandala of the primordial ground—the authentic nature of primordial buddhahood—is realized, the mind becomes insepara ...
... implemented serve only to render these qualities manifest... The paths simply render the primordial luminosity of the dharmakaya manifest. They do not create (cause) it. . . When the mandala of the primordial ground—the authentic nature of primordial buddhahood—is realized, the mind becomes insepara ...
How Meditation Works
... may be achieved is through the elegant technique of "analogy." One feels a part of the body, such as the arm, relaxing, then discovers the mental analog of that feeling, i.e., what it feels like to relax thought. The second approach is to rest the attention on a specific object and gently return it ...
... may be achieved is through the elegant technique of "analogy." One feels a part of the body, such as the arm, relaxing, then discovers the mental analog of that feeling, i.e., what it feels like to relax thought. The second approach is to rest the attention on a specific object and gently return it ...
Theravada Philosophical Exposition of the Supramundane (Lokuttara)
... There are forty six Lokuttara Dhammas in Buddhism such as the four foundations of awareness or mindfulness (satipatthāna), the four right efforts (padhāna), the four roads to power (iddhi-pāda), the five spiritual faculties (indriya), the five spiritual powers (bala), the seven factors of enlighten ...
... There are forty six Lokuttara Dhammas in Buddhism such as the four foundations of awareness or mindfulness (satipatthāna), the four right efforts (padhāna), the four roads to power (iddhi-pāda), the five spiritual faculties (indriya), the five spiritual powers (bala), the seven factors of enlighten ...
“On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime”
... reveal one’s potential to experience all states of existence at any given moment — from the lowest state of hell to the highest state of Buddhahood. The Lotus Sutra, on the other hand, teaches that anyone — including ascetics, evil people and women who were previously considered incapable of attaini ...
... reveal one’s potential to experience all states of existence at any given moment — from the lowest state of hell to the highest state of Buddhahood. The Lotus Sutra, on the other hand, teaches that anyone — including ascetics, evil people and women who were previously considered incapable of attaini ...
buddhism - Faith Cathedral Deliverance Centre
... meditative and other practices which lead to direct realization of Buddha. Tantrism – magical powers used for enlightenment. The mind, speech, and body are used in meditation ...
... meditative and other practices which lead to direct realization of Buddha. Tantrism – magical powers used for enlightenment. The mind, speech, and body are used in meditation ...
Right Effort – One
... ward off that through which evil and unwholesome things, greed and sorrow, would arise, if he remained with unguarded senses; and he watches over his senses, restrains his senses. Possessed of this noble ‘Control over the Senses’ he experiences inwardly a feeling of joy, into which no evil thing can ...
... ward off that through which evil and unwholesome things, greed and sorrow, would arise, if he remained with unguarded senses; and he watches over his senses, restrains his senses. Possessed of this noble ‘Control over the Senses’ he experiences inwardly a feeling of joy, into which no evil thing can ...
Chapter VII The Parable of a Magic City - Nichiren
... already learned that our mind creates suffering, therefore, we must learn how to control our mind and to attain the Reality of All Thing is way to Nirvana in the teaching of the Lotus Sutra. ...
... already learned that our mind creates suffering, therefore, we must learn how to control our mind and to attain the Reality of All Thing is way to Nirvana in the teaching of the Lotus Sutra. ...
the way of the bodhisattva
... 4. Generosity, the outgoing emotion of connecting with other beings through giving. This is the positive side of renunciation; our willingness to share possessions, time and energy rather than clinging to and hoarding everything for ourselves. We develop this emotion by just giving! 5. The 4 Brahmav ...
... 4. Generosity, the outgoing emotion of connecting with other beings through giving. This is the positive side of renunciation; our willingness to share possessions, time and energy rather than clinging to and hoarding everything for ourselves. We develop this emotion by just giving! 5. The 4 Brahmav ...
Tian-tai Metaphysics vs. Hua-yan Metaphysics
... have accomplished the goal of extinction and they regard nirvana as the negation of the phenomenal world. They are not interested in helping others reach the same goal. At the next level we have the highest form of attainment for the Mahayana school: bodhisattvas. Bodhisattvas also regard nirvana as ...
... have accomplished the goal of extinction and they regard nirvana as the negation of the phenomenal world. They are not interested in helping others reach the same goal. At the next level we have the highest form of attainment for the Mahayana school: bodhisattvas. Bodhisattvas also regard nirvana as ...
“Modernity exists in the form of a desire to wipe out whatever came
... egotism and autonomy exists on a phenomenological and existential basis. We tend to desire tangible things because they are easily attainable and we have studied their effects on our consciousness and existence. In so doing, we develop habits directed toward certain objects or phenomena over others, ...
... egotism and autonomy exists on a phenomenological and existential basis. We tend to desire tangible things because they are easily attainable and we have studied their effects on our consciousness and existence. In so doing, we develop habits directed toward certain objects or phenomena over others, ...
DHAMMA LISTS The Four Noble Truths 1. Dukkha exists
... 1. Buddha – both the historical Buddha and one’s own innate potential for Awakening 2. Dhamma – the Buddha’s teaching of liberation and the ultimate Truth towards which it points 3. Sangha – the monastic community, those who have achieved at least some degree of Awakening, and more recently the comm ...
... 1. Buddha – both the historical Buddha and one’s own innate potential for Awakening 2. Dhamma – the Buddha’s teaching of liberation and the ultimate Truth towards which it points 3. Sangha – the monastic community, those who have achieved at least some degree of Awakening, and more recently the comm ...
