Buddhism - Origins, Spread, Teachings: The Buddha was a charismatic leader who founded a distinctive religious community based on his unique teachings. Some of the members of that community were, like the Buddha himself, wandering ascetics. Others were l
In general, since the definite cause for attaining perfect buddhahood is the resolve for awakening, at all times and in all ways, at the time when you produce the root of virtue that is [like] a vast wave, at the time of whichever practice you are nourishing, at the beginning of the ...
Buddha, the enlightened teacher and spiritual leader, revolutionized religious thought with his teachings on compassion, mindfulness, and achieving liberation from suffering.
We have selected and translated eight articles from five books in the Third volume of the Miao Yun Collection; namely "The Dharma is the Saver of the World", "The Three Essentials in Practising the Teaching of the Buddha", "The Buddha lives in the world", "To investigate the Dharma ...
The Key Points of Dzogchen Practice by Yanpa Lodey are pithy and direct instructions on the practice of the Great… Pure Dzogchen Posted: January 31, 2021 “The beginning of Dzogchen is the same as the end of Dzogchen, which is that Buddha nature is inherent in… ...
At Sārnāth, the Buddha encountered his old companions and delivered his first sermon in a place called the Deer Park. That set the "Wheel of the Law," the Dharmacakra, , in motion. The form of the Dharmacakra at right is identical to the one on the flag of India and is copied ...
for other people their beliefs are quite separate from what they do. But the Buddha says all intentional actions, whether thoughts, speech or bodily actions, however expressed, arekammaand lead the doer of them to experience a result sooner or later. In this sutta the Buddha classifies kamma ...
One’s gati are based on the types of sankhāra that one cultivates (basically how one thinks, speaks, and acts). Background Material in Buddha Dhamma 3. Continuing with the key points in #2: Another key point is that “kammic energy” that lead to future vipāka (results) are ...
Sīla is not a set of commandments handed down by the Buddha, and it need not be confined to Buddhist teachings. It actually derives from a basic sense of humanity. For example, suppose we have a spurt of anger and want to harm another being. If we put ourselves in that other be...
were eager to learn about Buddha’s teachings. Venerable Chandaratana initially served as the Primate of the first Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhist temple in France, established in 1984 by members of the Association Bouddhique Dhammachakka (“Dhammacakka Buddhist Association”) in the town of Ermont...