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 one's action and could do no wrong. The end of suffering is when all one’s desire and attachments are totally extinguished.
Lord Buddha taught us that we are master of our destiny and no one else. We create our own hell and heaven; therefore, we must watch our mind 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 the 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 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 Lord Buddha or supernatural forces in an exchange for protection, peace, happiness, and wealth.
Buddhism is not dependent on blind faith that creates fear into the mind of its followers that if one does not submit oneself to Lord Buddha he would go to hell on his judgment day (the day he dies).
Buddhism is about the understanding of experience through the use of human intelligence and self- transformation through the cultivation of mind leading to the ultimate end of our own suffering.
Lord Buddha taught us that everything is impermanent "Anicca". Grasping the impermanence is like grasping our own suffering, therefore we must let go 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 and our own suffering. Wisdom comes from the understanding of the true nature of things as they really are.
Lord Buddha taught us that we are master of our destiny and no one else. We create our own hell and heaven; therefore, we must watch our mind 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 the 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 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 Lord Buddha or supernatural forces in an exchange for protection, peace, happiness, and wealth.
Buddhism is not dependent on blind faith that creates fear into the mind of its followers that if one does not submit oneself to Lord Buddha he would go to hell on his judgment day (the day he dies).
Buddhism is about the understanding of experience through the use of human intelligence and self- transformation through the cultivation of mind leading to the ultimate end of our own suffering.
Lord Buddha taught us that everything is impermanent "Anicca". Grasping the impermanence is like grasping our own suffering, therefore we must let go 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 and our own suffering. Wisdom comes from the understanding of the true nature of things as they really are.
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