Writer: Bouawat Sithi
The ultimate goal of Buddhism is to attain the state of nothingness or the state of no rebirth and no death called Nirvana ( Nibbana in Pali) through rigorous mindfulness meditation practice or Vipassana in Pali. A person who is taught and trained this way may gain a constant awareness of their actions and could do no wrong. The end of suffering is when all one’s desires and attachments are totally extinguished.
The Buddha taught us that we are masters of our destiny and no one else. We create our own hell and heaven; therefore, we must watch our minds before we act. If we act with a wholesome state of mind, we create ourselves and others a heaven (peace), but if we act with an unwholesome state of mind, we create ourselves and others a hell (suffering).
Buddhism is not about them; it is about us.... it is about ourselves. It is not about changing the world to be better, but it is about changing ourselves to be better, and it is about selflessness, unlimited and unbiased compassion, and love. What people in the rest of the world do, think, act, and behave have nothing to do with us, but what we do, act, and behave will affect and impact the people around us.
Buddhism is not just about teaching men and women to be good people, organizing a fancy ceremonial event, and making offerings to please the Buddha, God, or supernatural forces in an exchange for protection, peace, happiness, and wealth.
Buddhism is not dependent on blind faith that creates fear in the mind of its followers, that if one does not submit oneself to the Buddha, he would go to hell on judgment day (the day one dies).
Buddhism is about the understanding of experience through the use of human intelligence and self- transformation through the cultivation of the mind, leading to the ultimate end of our own suffering.
The Buddha taught us that we are masters of our destiny and no one else. We create our own hell and heaven; therefore, we must watch our minds before we act. If we act with a wholesome state of mind, we create ourselves and others a heaven (peace), but if we act with an unwholesome state of mind, we create ourselves and others a hell (suffering).
Buddhism is not about them; it is about us.... it is about ourselves. It is not about changing the world to be better, but it is about changing ourselves to be better, and it is about selflessness, unlimited and unbiased compassion, and love. What people in the rest of the world do, think, act, and behave have nothing to do with us, but what we do, act, and behave will affect and impact the people around us.
Buddhism is not just about teaching men and women to be good people, organizing a fancy ceremonial event, and making offerings to please the Buddha, God, or supernatural forces in an exchange for protection, peace, happiness, and wealth.
Buddhism is not dependent on blind faith that creates fear in the mind of its followers, that if one does not submit oneself to the Buddha, he would go to hell on judgment day (the day one dies).
Buddhism is about the understanding of experience through the use of human intelligence and self- transformation through the cultivation of the mind, leading to the ultimate end of our own suffering.
The Buddha taught us that everything is impermanent, "Anicca". Grasping the impermanence is like grasping our own suffering, therefore we must let go of all the phenomenon as that come in and go out in our mind.
In Buddhism, wisdom does not come from reading more books or listening to others. Wisdom comes directly from the understanding of our own mind, thoughts, and our own suffering. Wisdom comes from the understanding of the true nature of things as they really are.
In Buddhism, wisdom does not come from reading more books or listening to others. Wisdom comes directly from the understanding of our own mind, thoughts, and our own suffering. Wisdom comes from the understanding of the true nature of things as they really are.
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