Some Westerners because Buddhism has found a balance and a sense of his life, and a growing number of people. First, because Buddhism has helped them know what to do ( a the deep very easy dinhung real question: we live but do not know why we live and live to do? Buddhism helps us understand the meaning of each his hanhdong, look at his every act and help her behave as do we in each case situation) . Buddhism does not make false promises that outlines a way to help each of us to remove the action has turned into a habit in daily life ( anger, lust, hope, dreams, calculating, scheming, talking non-stop, a happy, cheerful , grief, jealousy, fear, etc.) , we are bound to make us not be able to live a real way.

Buddhism encourages us to see the importance of his own existence and to know how to live in accordance with the feel it deep within his heart, and that is what is essential.

For Buddhism there is nothing available. We have the ability to strive to rise above hatred and violence as well as all VIU subam and that frustration to build a more peaceful world (the author raises mucdich of Buddhism is simple and well very tricky. Buddhism help us firmly believe in their own ability and is not on the hands to pray more forever. I was greedy, from the physical to the spiritual. Buddhism helps us back to reality, with their availability and their responsibility for the world and people in general) .

Buddhism praised for a a hero to mucdich temperament helps us overcome fear and to face dangers. Indeed, to live among an age no longer protected more lofty ideals is indeed the encouragement of Buddhism is what could be burning our enthusiasm. Yet Buddhism is also just a gido simple. It is an art of living that today the Western world almost lost, an art of living comes from the practice of meditation, which is a specific method for transforming oneself virtually mingle with reality and life.

But how to present Buddhism to be able to prove that it is a true path?

This work is not easy because Buddha Giaodai living a continent of many countries in very different ways. Main because Buddhist thếmà have become so diverse and complex. Continuous history of Buddhism, since it was formed in India and spread to most other countries in Asia, until it came to the Western world into the kyXX, lasted all nearly two thousand five hundred years. Over the course of history long behind dangdo many different schools of thought have also been formed.

I've written ten books about Buddhism, history of Buddhism, Buddhism in India and Tibet, and I also used to analyze the role of myth as well as the art image in Buddhism. I understand that I am facing a great challenge, which is how expectations helped many Westerners can understand Buddhism correctly, so that they can carry out in daily life applications Sunday. I decided to sacrifice all their lives for that purpose, that that is going to try to teach how to practice meditation how to everyone who everyone can penetrate.

But have to admit that I have never dared to think about writing a book on "Briefings Buddhism" star to be simple so that everyone can understand. I am very worried because of the fear that viecdo will cause Buddhism to simplify and variations?

His publisher is director Michel Grancher has repeatedly advised me not to give up before these challenges. Encouragement of ongda makes me think a lot.

Then a solution occurred to me. In meditation, or sitting next to a teacher or admire a sculpture (a statue of the Buddha, for example ) , people may also be exposed to the Buddha in a way that is authentic, authentic times buried in the volumes theory, or the collection or interpretation of historical materials. Therefore I decided sekhong present Buddhism through the aspects covered, nor the deployment of the basic concepts of doctrine, including the main features of the history of Buddhism. The content of this book therefore also not for the purpose of a summary overview of the basic concepts in Buddhism, it is only necessary to explain some questions you may have for belief This, duday just simple questions. In summary purpose of the book is how Buddhism can affect you, security issues and help you, to help you find yourself a little touch of something sacred.

Bottom line is I do not intend to come up with a summary of Buddhism because work has been so many other authors do, but rather just want to help you find a little sweet taste scents from the Buddhist religion. Buddha's truth in every moment of reality, is the deep quiet place of your own heart, is a pure love, a vote wide open space ... Buddha is seated in the place, and exists in the hearts of our own hands today.

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I mention this practice has more than twenty years. And beginning to stand up to preach, I was immediately aware that if you want high positive Buddhist flag (in the Western world ) it is necessary to be a Buddhist with tectonic lines reflect the West, that is a form of Buddhism same simple doidon, avoid remove some forms of religious ceremonies worshiping dark Adam. However, and even then, we should keep the fidelity and depth of belief and at the same time it must also reflect the particular contours of the modern Western world today.

If you want to achieve mucdich that it must have been to rely on the power of poetry with all its broad sense ( can be interpreted as very pure vibration of human emotion) . Indeed for us we, the West, poetry is the most obvious way to help us with implementation and integration the most specific form of freedom ( poetry is a way of revealing deep feelings in his heart beyond up on the practices, conventions and ordinary formula, in order to connect with some "edge" of the reality around us. If you look under the human aspects, the West as well as East Asia are not human very different. Indeed on the calendar suPhat line of Asian Catholic also had countless of Buddhist poet uses poetry to bring the Eastern people closer to the teachings of the Buddha. During World Asian poetry - including art, music, and calligraphy - is also the source of great touch to help many people overcome what "trivial" where their people to open their heart to help hoco can integrate with the clarity and purity of reality. Yet unfortunately some people, both the West and the East, too much "reality" and "arid", has closed his heart to suppress and forget the real emotional fragility of their people. poetic - or art in general - will not be able to make a small impact on ho.Vi the hearts of those who that the vibrations with poetry in his heart, should also try to sing and sing again to awaken emotions are asphyxiated bibop in the depths of some others that all we thecung in holding hands step in the footsteps of the Buddha) .

I always respect the fundamental principles of the secular trends in society, as well nhuluon try to maintain a cautious attitude to religious organizations current, keca for the Buddhist.

Some authors choose different ways to present Buddhism. Think should be on the face of it it ( some Buddhist scholars or not to write about Buddhism Buddhist understanding of them aimed at their private purpose. fact also not uncommon Western scholars and philosophers wrote about Buddhism, but it is just a way to show off your erudition only) . I have no ambition to claim that he was telling the "truth", which simply raised the way to help people learn to live with Buddhism.

I try to present a comprehensive major trends of Buddhism throughout the book, thenhung also special for more emphasis on Tibetan Buddhism and Zen meditation. Particularly in Asia, and if, based on the number of followers, the two schools of thought hold only a minor role, but for most people in the West ( Buddhism ) , but of these individuals I, then all we have thanks to two schools of thought on this for Buddhism and Buddhist to become.

In order to avoid the cumbersome, do not raise the Sanskrit term, Pa-li, Japanese or Tibetan. However, if you want to avoid using the word, is not an easy task, because our language ( Western languages ​​) inaccurate and difficult to express an honest character non- usually of Buddhist thought, and further, the translation process ( to complete language nguTay The ) has been done for a long time too often clumsy ( anyway the opinion of the translator, the language West also revealed some of the nguthuoc the areas of science and philosophy sometimes quite appropriate to take tamot number of Buddhist concepts. Meanwhile, the Buddhist term "Chinese Vietnamese" are too old and heavily influenced too much by the Han language, sometimes the lack of scientific as well as the broad and abstract aspects of philosophy, so do not express an honest depth and precision of many concepts in Buddhism. That's not to say today that not many people know fluent in Chinese, and this is no small obstacle in the dissemination of Buddhism) . tried my above nothing just a way to help you avoid the problems in terms of terminology, that can help you step with me more easily on the great path of Buddhism.

Each particular when forced to use a term coined by my own translation from Sanskrit, I always write more original Sanskrit into two brackets. Since no consensus on the translation from the original Sanskrit should be writing more between the two above quotes can also help some people have some knowledge of the common language of Buddhism can be understood what it is.

Only a single exception, there is the case of the word Dharma ( Dharma ) . I will not translate this use Sanskrit straight to the teachings of the Buddha ( English translated texts the word dharma is "'law." From this derives from the word "DHR-" which means that the carrying, holding, holding general .... The word dharma has many different meanings, but the two most essential meaning of the word dharma is: a) the teaching of the Buddha, b) all phenomena in the universe, though it is tangible or intangible, material or thinking, that is all what thehinh text or imagined ... Usually to avoid confusion between the two meanings is often capitalized - Dharma - when used to only Buddhist teachings cuaDuc also known as "Dharma", and write lowercase flowers - dharma-being of use to only that all phenomena in the universe, and Vietnamese texts, call it "legal". However it should be noted that not all Western authors also comply with rules on how to write this or not flower) . Become a Buddhist is to follow Dharma , ie the desire to be integrated with it . END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.VIETNAMESE BUDDHISH NUNS.( GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY ).AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.26/8/2012.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).