BUDDHIST GOAL.

 

As Buddhist practitioners, we must know what Buddhism is? Buddha Shakyamuni is German right? Text here only for a Buddhist man was enlightened. Besides Sakyamuni Buddha, the enlightened as well have called him Buddha. So said to refer to Buddhist enlightenment.

For years we doubt why the North, from the thirteenth century ago called Buddha "Buddha", is now known by his Buddhist. So who's calling right? I will explain this. In ancient times, Luy Lau area is a land very prosperous trade, Indian merchants to bring this trade monks evangelized. Indian guru to Vietnam still speak Indian. He called the Buddha is "Buddha", the Chinese translation is "enlightened." Enlightenment is enlightenment, is the author. The word "Buddha" means "The Enlightened". Ancestors called the "Bud" as "Buddha". So called "Buddha" is very close to Sanskrit transliteration, but why today we call "Buddha"?

Because in life, the Chinese Tripitaka printed in Han, who was visiting Vietnam about to read. The word "Buddha" kanji translation sound as "Buddha". The word "Bud" read "Buddha", the word "DHA" read "Da". Should "Buddha" is the Vietnamese Han read the music. So deceive himself, or about the XVII - XVIII of the new word "Buddha", but only time before the word "Buddha". Understand so we know how to call of the ancient Buddhist and how far different. The other name but still the same sense, the Buddha was enlightened only.

The Buddha was enlightened by his direct communication should also enlightenment. So say Buddhism is enlightenment. We claim to be Buddhist Enlightenment ie the level of, or was also a little bit of enlightenment. Little bit of enlightenment, not without a little enlightenment. Coming to Buddhism is to be enlightened, can not be blind. But there are Buddhists to Buddhism for many years, still saying nothing unenlightened. Actually yes, but you do not know it all.

Buddhism is enlightenment, Buddhist practitioner should have enlightenment. Enlightenment from near to far, from low to high. Enlightenment is how close, how far enlightenment? I ask you for several years has studied Buddhism know of impermanence, of causality, causal reason does not? If you know the news rather then enlightened. For the idea that life is impermanent enthusiasts often, very often we know life is impermanent sense.

Enthusiasts have thought the sky was evil is punished, the sun is fun bonus. Buddhists do not like, that have their evil is created by the bad people from his past life experience is so fresh goodness has created, so today felt good and evil to his results, not from heaven. Knowing the truth is so true sense then nothing. So you just say you do not sense, it is not mastered by the direction Buddha.

Buddhists understand the present law it is gathered into the causes and conditions, nothing that was called suddenly. It all depends on causal newly gathered. Because of conditions is gathered into the solution is real or fake? The law is false. I led a few things to you that there is a Buddhist sense, not only in attentive, not paying attention to, so thought I still love you as any youth.

Buddha suddenly being told that is not enlightenment at all, the vision Bodhisattva means enlightened part, there is chronic Buddha means enlightened sense full circle. We test to see what class you belong? If the news has been feeling a little bit small, if not the official Bodhisattva is the Bodhisattva, right?

Bodhisattva is a call of music off the Sanskrit "Bodhi-slap-chunk" (Bodhisattva), Han translated as enlightenment. Bodhisattva is a partial sense, Buddhism is the sense fullness, fullness, not missing. We sense a little bit, then also the descendants of the Bodhisattva then. To understand the religious sense is not the right love. Mexico is not known. You are a Buddhist, religious news should also know little bit more sense then. We are moving on the path to enlightenment, not the ranks of enthusiasts completely. Dared claim to be Buddhist, or Buddhist children means that we are a little bit of enlightenment, not as the ancient love.

But tell the truth clearly, enlightened us anything? Buddha trim should not awaken beings in samsara damnation. Delusion of birth and death is damnation, only new enlightenment liberation of birth and death. What our delusion and enlightenment what? That is what is most essential that all Buddhists should know.

Ordinary person always seen itself is true, also a Buddhist practitioner knows that this body is fake. But the authors fear that only when singing songs, listening to the Dharma, is facing the real story soon. It is not absorbed by the truth of each person living in the circuit, only the author on inference only, not immersed.

When I saw this body was, naturally we value it. The treasure should find every way to its prosperous beneficiaries. All that is good, what beauty, what on earth are happy to provide for it. Beneficiaries so that we pursue worldly pleasures. I try to ask questions, if the full enjoyment of sensual fullness all over the world, that person die? For many beneficiaries and also to die. Then they fought for everything in life, only to finally find a rotten time, mean what? Body lies that people thought was real, so new pieces to eat fought, one by default. As hard as winning it, so that suffering comes from ignorance, obviously so.

If we assume temporarily this body, not real, we will customize the living conditions, depending on cultivation conditions that should reduce shock win. Less grab is less fighting, less painful. Thanks to the right of the body, how much we suffer. Assume that damage the body, when all Buddhists coast outgoing not afraid? It temporarily assume the decay is common sense, have nothing to fear. Relatives who accept it, the enjoyment for many, when dying, the frightened, attachment immerse themselves immensely while competing to be the beneficiary was suffering, was about to leave the body also suffering. Two three-stage format.

The author knows this body is very simple life, not more competition for their part, suffer less so. When death that was all grace, it must go, we laugh,'s nothing but fear. Regarded as such, so that as we stand before the dead in peace, and liberation. So, feeling a bit is how much suffering was less then.

People do good, help others, eventually die, people do not do anything, just enjoy it lo also died. Both come to die, but how many people you killed, and one many people hate the dead. So who knows where his religious right uses to benefit the life, the director. People do not know any religious offerings, do not dare sweat, but eventually it died, no more at all. It is a truth.

The body awareness lies temporary damage, it was sufficient conditions, it lacks grace tan necrosis. Seeing as this is the truth. Seeing and feeling is truth. That sense of family. And the second is the visual sense of the mind. You must think the Buddhists, the other wrong; who do what I think the trade, the opposite is also hated. Who says what he thinks is right is respected, say what he thinks is wrong, then disregard. But really, what can be wrong in life is not the truth? Is not the truth. Because I have here is not that right there, that's right this is the right of others. It was found that was not something that he thinks is right, they immediately argued his anger, and he hated. Suffering arises from it.

The thinking, more than lost to distinguish harassment ... of the mind, but the mind thoughts, nowhere lie, not honesty. Because if so it must remain intact and not change always so. We must know in order to stamp out, do not cling to those things, can see his real heart. Center sadness, anger hate ... is the birth and death do not stop. Birth and death that has not stopped as it is acceptable to us in the birth and death.

However, it lies next to the damaged heart with honesty. We have to do to wipe out, look for the true mind. That is the root of the practice. As we meditate to do? To remove the damaged heart lies, let it calm down. Heart failure is a lie quiet honesty is. It is this enlightenment is itself false, false heart failure thinking, then honesty is presented. As long as find and live with honesty almost completely new called enlightenment. So, we're on the road to enlightenment owners often.

In society, people cling body, the mind should cling to samsara. So economic sense Members, Bodhisattva Manjushri asked the Buddha: "What is the birth and death?". He says: "The authors accepted four great body of truth is itself, observance false birth and death are heart failure is real interest, which is the cycle of birth and death." We now know this news was feeling then. We are religious awakening, should try to get rid of that delusion. This is why we specialize meditation. Meditation for? To stop, calm the mind whirring. Calm down the mind whirring honesty is enough. That is enlightenment. By making sense right where they, rather than looking elsewhere.

The sadness, anger ... happens to us every treasure harboring deep in knowledge, now want to exclude from. This year a little, there a little in new clean it, not once cleaned immediately. So meditation is the core of the shadow of the past remains in the mind, making it melt away. They are all true then that is money, every feeling of his reign is presented. Perception that the Buddha nature. The Buddhas born only purpose to teach us this much time.

Recognizing the constant nature of the Buddha every intellectual discipline, not thinking, not love to hate, no more losing is definitely good and bad karma. Not productive of good and evil, what is samsara. It is human liberation. Thus enlightened practitioner, know they have to take back the truth, the author discarded. Leave things lying damaged, was completely honest with the enlightened mind. Enlightenment is free of birth and death.

We just exactly as the Buddha taught that religious morality. From a long time everything will reduce suffering delusions. When all is our delusion is enlightenment. So last news worthy sons of the Buddha Buddhists. The practice is to release the birth and death, not just go forever in delusion. So Buddhists see Buddha, is your teacher remind practitioners that have great merit, not often. If not will sink forever in the sea of ​​birth and death and suffering, to pursue the temporary things of this world, suffering unknown to new never before!

So who knows everyone from brand, not hate anyone, because they also like their delusions, chasing illusory shadow and causing misery. So naturally found enlightenment and compassion. At the start unenlightened compassion, e that it is not compassion. That is what we must note, in order not to be confused during the religious use. Hope all understand the purpose of their practice to achieve results as integers.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.( SRAMANERIKA(NOVICE-NUN).VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUNS.GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.31/7/2012.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).

EXPORT OF WHAT IS INVOLVED.VENERABLE MASTER HUA.

Buddha was a crown prince but the Indian state regulations but for his wife who `re born fruit Ngai boring very deep, so he wanted to leave the throne to export from the director. He also wanted to be for all living beings know that all of the world solution are per delusions. this world where the bar code? Was born by the general outlook of the future form and will also test the idea of sentient beings expectations destructive consumption, so no question: As visionaries, such as fruit market . (There was no human test results).

Stay in the world, everything is impermanent unrest. Bo Tat boring worldly, replay increasingly distant more worldly. He was not born fruit attachment methods that infected cells. Ngai permanently rupture craving, desire the world. What they do not take life, the Buddhist part, things that men preferred the Buddhist is not preferred, because he can not take anyone so he did not release yet. version yet that we have now is why this student a?. La consultation with one is born! If I did not participate, there is no selfishness, selfishness without a test proving no sessions. Why should we take?. In educational concept because we were dominated, causing the generation of intelligent craving without variants will satisfy the test session yet born; no session shall have the crazy island; have crazy island construction pollution. Now the pure intelligent practice ie to do so to eliminate all pollution everything. Buddha also always try to benefit sentient beings. Competition at Buddhists in the United provision does not take honor before everything greens regulations; at debarkation, He ordained majesty's empty but secular, does not provide illumination others are fighting, so obtained Ngai Tam Not Fighting fishy :

Painting town center promoted side,
the same director of multiple residues,
Room born from the same mind,
as ha elect " samadhi ".

Services are:

Painting is more than losing interest,
contrary to the director,
born four similar shield;
How is " samadhi ".

Buddhist Painting not dwell where legal. Ngai has completed up to his old vows, Full vast amount of merit. He used the luminous wisdom of the University to eliminate all confusion in the world, mixed black and tan me all the ignorance. He is the general field of merit impermanence of life on earth, always tan because they were born that coal merits of the three Buddhas, students are making them look Phuoc Bridge, all wisdom and virtue to cultivate where Tam Guarantee. Buddhist wisdom text will be visible to the eyes of all true-born striker cup, and then again because they were born that dissolve in coal export merit.

" Export Date "is to export" in Tam world "(Education gender, gender identity Lust and Radio) and also the export secular family." secular family "means a person's life, then out of the house you are only not I imagine as people hungry. " Export Date "which means that export in Version yet . We, each person on this earth, they all are in the house version yet. When I feel angry that any food delicacies that strange creature would also have no flavor at all, so when they produce in la want to export out of the session yet. " Export Date "means the export the Radio intelligent part . "Ignorance" ie there is no clear understanding, what provision does not clearly, do something crazy island offers both. Therefore the house right out of ignorance. Export family are also many different motivations. As in China, a lot of people because then aged without relatives to rely, so they came in later on someone to take care of easily. She told of the desperate circumstances that should be ordained; or crimes, murder should like to change the name change blades, the opposing garment, do you export to the king's family does not care anymore. She said the implementation of breeding stock so the family decided to bring to the temple. That's three types of the renouncer, no practice or competition is not yet known; can they be religious, that they may not of been! Back lemon she said foot of problem students, play that emerged in Mind . Goods exported in such only if they never test the shield lemon care practice. They grieve to think of living death issues that play the Mahabodhi center, y under which the Buddha's teaching practice.

So renunciation has many moods and different circumstances. However, after the renunciation then, do not make mistakes that have become pure, away from sin, restore friendship center bar by yourself, permanently out of the tabernacle world, out of the session yet, out of ignorance, out of the secular.
.................................... .............................. The problem why do you men, why do you women, it is because the preferred like that out. Hebrews who have ideas like doing his daughter shall be your daughter, if men do ideas like these will test the men. That's how that career for yourself created, solely results, depending on drug metabolism career. Song also has the power to control people with their own karma. They were not planes shift, on the contrary, they can transform the cosmos, making career through the border and master themselves. If career test smart card according incompetent restraining it. If we know the professional, which means that I have no restraining capacity. Why Bodhisattvas are evolved? La giong to control the movement of workers. They used to pray that university backbone, so that each shift is at work. So if they can say that professional career switch that is not the Throne; the world he can transition does not shift that is the realm of Ngai; of how he can move through many results not moved the Throne! .

Actually, can clink industry, but must have wisdom. If the letter only in ignorance, ignorance, professionals do crazy story, how could it clink. Ask you that: "Why do you want to do the crazy island". The answer you: "Do not know ". Since no career so settled on by!. Therefore a woman is not without potential to become Buddha, nor is that Buddhism is negative positive bogey. , however, also says that Buddhism is purely positive, negative imp is purely positive and people are half negative half!. Not that men and women is completely positive where is completely negative! If indeed the man is completely positive test did not need to marry women who do and if water supply is completely negative test should not marry men who do. Because, after marriage and then test becomes positive half negative half, no longer purely negative or purely positive.

Religious practice that wealth arriving for contraband, ie, to place net positive. Nam was positive but no negative-positive, was negative but the Queen has positive sound. Therefore, after married, have children have the capacity to install the yin-yang combination of new convertible. Namely relative world. Not that that is completely positive men and women is completely certain sound. In Business Services has said that: "Nhut faint sound positive, you steer. Natural sound, natural ocean, you just quit. "

"Natural" means extremism unbiased negative or positive test has natural malady, which means a mistake then. No radical is called Central, there is no transformation is called Dung; it is dogmatically Trung Dung. Therefore, you men do not view themselves as completely positive, because if so, why want to marry?. By a person while married men have negative and positive test in women when married again there and then test positive in the negative; it is a matter of yin and yang exchange. How now called "You"?. You just assumed name. Before, I've said many times that at the initial words "you" was coined to indicate the pupil. If at first used the word "for", so now most intelligent people are calling "for" then!. So long test solution into the habit, the word "you" was just a name only. time now to question " the most positive Nhat because of their negative "means that a negative is a positive person. In the negative-positive, the negative has a positive, in winter, no hidden tang summer, as well as in bought galaxy also has hidden tang Winter. In winter, I always be a born-positive (east cost) and in summer, to a time that would generate negative (published). A year is a natural change of Yin and Yang. Music bar code to test positive pole, positive drug test to become negative pole. Therefore, human birth is positive, as sound goes dead, play a leadership measuring cup. We call ourselves "human", but initially referred to the pupil is called "chicken", the word "ga "and then taken to calling will not know who said to another bizarre. Like the boy named a "child" when he grows up and then, if anyone call "for children", it knows no name it is called. Was just the name and just assumed name only. You identifying yourself as they implement their Truong Truong. Ask him why he was Zhang; meet that test because their father was Zhang. What they asked his grandfather; exam Zhang replied that supply them. She asked him, he rose, what is their ancestor, where again; access to test the far guy also did not know their ancestors is their anything else, because that time assumed name!. Therefore , do not be attached, do not say I like it or I like that there. Say anything because then also have the "I" in it, ie selfishness. There was no session would be selfish. Without the rule "I" is not selfishness, that's where you can gi session ha? star pupil of that anger? La acts for others that are not good for me, despise smart, intelligent mistreating , and then generate anger. But if they do anything beneficial for me, I again fun and happy. Measuring things is ignorance was pathetic so do yourself! END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.( SRAMANERIKA,( NOVICE-NUN ).VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUNS.( GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY ).AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.31/7/2012.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).

WHY DO I NEED TO MEDITATE ON BUDDHA ? THICH TUYEN HOA.

Why should we be at normal nianfo? While normally we often recite Buddhist is to prepare for.

Then why not wait till then take forestry General nianfo? Customs is the order of episodes over many routine was, several months. So, if you do not have the normal customs nianfo then arrives at forestry generally you won't miss out as she needs to. Thus, at his need to learn normal nianfo, France-Sports Net Max, at new forest, not panic, but they are definite on the contrary, the world would be an Extreme fuel current birth-Lac!

Why do we need the current birth to World Pole? It's because when the Buddha's place in A Di Da austerities as pretentious, he was teacher Bhikkhu played forty-eight great prayer which says:

"After I become Buddha, if there are any beings in the ten ' A-Di-Da Buddha, ' the title of me, then I am certain will lead them to the world, and in the future, he will be in the world of the Buddha., who also is culture of birth from Lotus, so their body completely invisible pollution equanimity."

By A Di Da Buddha has such large aspirations, all beings are subject to amendment, a France-France-keeper Nianfo suitable grounds of everyone and is also very easy. In also teach:

In French, a libertine who Dresses austerities rarely get a DAC Dao; the only French-keeper Nianfo have tu is one also of escape.

Italy said that out of a libertine who austerities, very rarely has a person who was administrator of the year; only France – Nianfo is can help the people of the world the current birth and thus be of Sukhavati exit. Especially during the current French Dresses, nianfo is disciplines for most people's apartments.

Song, European States not being in on the era Dresses that can say is are in the Primary era. Why say the U.s. is in the era of European Works in France? Because Dharma transmission to countries newly in the West and are currently at the flourishing. Therefore, present in the US there are a lot of people are like meditation, meditation is located; It is also the expression of the Chief Justice.

The Chief Justice, who is also French-Mon. tu Fashion Dresses the French people also tu-Mon Nianfo, at any time, you can also order this traditions. If there are people with regard to the other disciplines could not be recognised, should tu France. Ming Yan Shou Meditation – Professor Vinh has said:

Organic Meditation, Net Max,

Like bed feeling ashamed.

(There are meditation, there is Net-Max,

As Tiger grows more horns.)

Those just taking Meditation and Buddhist mantras, like Tigger that grows more horns, dread the immensely. They can:

Does the micro-Sphinx,

The future Buddha works.

(In this Master people,

The future Buddha, nesting.)

Therefore, the foot of the Chief Justice took Meditation IE foot mindfulness of Buddha, the Buddhist mindfulness foot is the foot of the Chief Justice took meditation. In depth a little further, the foot is the foot's Chief maintenance About meditation, and the Chief took the Chief part of meditation is also the feet foot works over the world. Then, the primary teaching Bible truths, i.e., the true teaching faculty Economics, because that is also the primary foot took Meditation!

In the Credentials area, Vinh Dao Dai-have said that:

Tribe herons, herons, Theory

Minh Dinh, Hui Park. real delayed

(Also, Theory also through Apostolic,

Dinh, Hue, for example delayed.) bright round

So, who knows take Meditation teaching is just know who smoothly both tribe and the presentation. Say a little more, then the deep leg Chief maintenance Notes, foot works tu A Tribe Chief, also participated in the leg. For that reason, but said meditation, religion, law, Security, Net is in French, but if you consider the sources are all just a rather wrong. If teaching more deeply, even "a bit further" is not longer, then do that "years" is anyway? The primary study Dharma legs need to understand this for clarity.

These guys tend to divide the sectarian for that France-keeper, also the highest Buddhist Mantras Meditation is not true; There are also speakers of French, Take meditation is also Recited the Buddha's mistake, who has a concept like are those who have not understood the Dharma. To know that:

Necessarily from the Dharma, the undefeated DAC.

(All of the Dharma, which cannot be certified Dak.)

Thread "no French whatsoever can be certified as being," all must accept before adding HA things that should not be accepted in advance, there is no story to find more stories, or stories.

If you truly understood French, then "no legal proof of what can be won." But, for those who do not understand the Dharma that saying something is also absolutely no at all then they would be disappointed. So the Buddha taught French (full legal rights, temporary) to take on France (France true) and preaching Right to phased Implementation.

So, what is Intelligence? Actual Position is a "DAC facility regulations," back seat not certified Dak. True, there is no second Prime Minister of the Prime Minister, but without the "no pictures," the new Government is hue legs indeed!

END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.( SRAMANERIKA,NOVICE-NUN ).VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUNS.( GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY ).AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY ).31/7/2012.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).

THE BUDDHA.

 

The Buddha was a man born approximately 2500 years ago in ancient India. He set the wheel of truth turning through his realizations and teachings of The Four Noble Truths.
Gotama Buddha broke through the cultural norms of his times and realized a truth that still applies to this day. It is said that it took six years for Buddha to fully awaken. A part of awakening is overcoming your inner demons. This is what Buddha accomplished.

Awakening

What this means is that Buddha worked hard at becoming enlightened, or awakened to truth. It did not come easy. It was not revealed to him by a mystical means. He learned from various teachers of his day. He tried asceticism which was a form of neglect. He also realized that extremes of wealth did not bring contentedness either. In fact, these things contributed to the problem.

Using Experience To Garner Wisdom

He awakened through an experiential process. In this manner Buddha realized that The Middle Way, or approach is a good way to find inner and outer peace in a confusing world. That too much, or too little of anything is probably not that good. That somewhere in-between there is the right amount. The right amount of anything in life in order to move along your path to a better place, to move towards enlightenment!
Buddha explains the middle way to Sona, one of his followers with the story of how to best tune a stringed instrument such that it works best to produce the sound it was meant to produce.
"Sona, when the strings of your instrument are too loose is the sound good?"
"No Lord, the sound is not good."
"When the strings are too tight is the sound good?"
"No Lord, it is not good."
"Then, with the strings tuned in the middle how is the sound?"
"Just right, Lord."
-The Buddha, Anguttara Nikaya, Sixes 6.55

The Tathagata

He is now known as the Buddha, but the word Buddha refers to anyone who has awakened in the true spiritual sense. The word Buddha does not exist in the Pali Canon and the Buddha never referred to himself as Buddha.
He referred to himself as the Tathagata, meaning 'thus gone' or 'thus come'. Tathagata basically refers to the fact that the man, Siddhatta Gotama, had awakened. That he realized the truth of existence and realized full enlightenment through the shedding of false beliefs and having no illusions obscuring his senses.

The Three Characteristics

Buddha said there are three characteristics that are important in understanding life and ultimately awakening. These are the truths of impermanance, suffering, and not-self, sometimes people will say no-self. Also, people will argue over the difference. If there is one!
Impermanance is obvious, in that all things, absolutely everything, including you, me, and everyone we know and don't know, will arise and pass away. This refers to all things in existence being subject to this same truth no matter what these things are.
The Buddha was also referring to the fact that even our mind is constantly in a state of change or flux. That it too, is not permanent. That we should not get carried away with any one thought, urge, feeling, or emotion as it will arise and then pass away. The Buddha felt this understanding of impermanance had to be embodied in order to awaken.
Suffering is the next characteristic. I prefer unease, dis-ease, or any number of words that scholars are now using instead of suffering. It's fairly easy to understand this in the right context. Have you ever felt fear, anxiety, panic, confusion or any of their components?
If you look close enough at your own life or the life of those you know you will see the unease, sometimes powerful, sometimes near imperceptible, that pervades all life. This unease can and does exist even during joyous times. This characteristic exists as anxiety, panic, depression, fear, etc. This is what the Buddha realized.
Not-Self is the third characteristic that the Buddha realized and taught. Many people think this means that we don't really exist, that we are illusions or something of that matter. The truth is we do exist and we do have a self!
I believe what the Buddha was referring to is that the self, that inner essence, is often layered with misconceptions of who and what we are. That, we are not what we think we are in most cases. That once we remove misconceptions about ourselves or simply unbind we are something other than we previously knew as ourselves.
The Buddha continues with the link below and what he taught regarding our minds and our thoughts. THICH CHAN TANH.( SRAMANERIKA.( NOVICE-NUN ).VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUNS.( GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY).30/7/2012.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).

BUDDHISM BELIEFS.

 

Welcome to Noble Buddhism Beliefs. This is my journey through Buddhism, and an explanation and narrative of my Buddha path -what I have learned, what I practice. The wisdom here is how I see Sakyamuni Buddha's teachings. I believe it to be a wise way to walk the path of life.
With these teachings as a solid guide I try to understand the essence of the good life as taught by Sakyamuni. I believe these teachings may be helpful to all that open their minds. Hopefully you will experience something good here too, with your visit today.

What I found buried in the Buddha's teachings or dharma is that it is a clear and concise path that leads to a peaceful and contented approach to life. Hopefully, all of you that stumble upon these pages will in some way be better off for your venture here. In particular, may you find that seemingly ever-elusive life happiness that the Buddha went searching for long ago and ultimately realized.
These pages are also about Buddha quotes. Scattered throughout these pages you will find plenty of Buddha sayings from the suttas. There are also a few pages dedicated with only Buddha quotes.
In this way I have sifted through many layers of Buddhist teachings and traditions from many sources, and continue to do so, to what I believe is closer to the true and relevant teachings of the Buddha. There are many Buddhist beliefs, so this isn't an easy task.
Because Buddhism beliefs are so varied I seek out that which can be applied to my life in a way that is real, and works. I have come to believe that the Buddha's way, that is, the intentions of his dhamma or teachings, is to allow for the movement through life in a 'poised and ethical' way. I seek in the manner and nature of the Buddha's teaching:
"Don't blindly believe what I say. Don't believe me, nor another, based on how others convince you with words. Don't believe anything you read or hear, whether of tradition, authority, religious teachers or texts. Neither should you speculate, nor rely on logic alone. Don't be deceived by appearances. Find out for yourself what is true and virtuous. Abandon those things that lead to pain and suffering."
- The Buddha, Anguttara Nikaya, Kalama Sutta
In this way I continue to discover the Buddha's guiding wisdom and apply it in my life to improve my life and the lives of people that I know. I believe you can do this too. This path or way is what the Buddha called the Middle Way. It is a practice that is threaded throughout the suttas. They are teachings that lead to a path of awakening for all that choose ethics, integrity and clarity.
The Buddha realized and taught a path to awakening more than 2500 years ago. This is an ancient path. His truth and teaching has grown and spread from the ancient world to the modern world. In doing so, much has changed with what the Buddha originally intended.
This site is my journey and discoveries of what I've found Buddhism beliefs to be, or better stated, what the Buddha taught. This, as opposed to the dogma and confinements of any one tradition.
In short, what I've found is a path of practical understanding that leads to clarity of mind and, subsequently, a better way of experiencing life when put into use. There is no spiritual leap of faith required other than to start putting into practice in your life the Buddha's wisdom.
This site is divided into two sections: The Buddha's Dhamma (teachings) of truth that applies to understanding life that leads to the experience of a better life, and general knowledge regarding the various traditions and Buddhism beliefs that have grown out of what the Buddha originally taught.
The Buddha set the Wheel of Truth turning some 2500 years ago with his realizations. This momentum allowed for true wisdom and insight to be accessible to all people that seek truth, understanding, and a an experiential aspect of life. The essence of what the Buddha taught can be summed up into healthy and virtuous living.
We, as seekers, can choose to awake from our slumber, open our eyes, and experience life. Understand what awakening truly is -being free of the clutter that pervades our senses- and knowing. This is what the Buddha intended for all that choose freedom from the restraints of illusions. He laid out a path that leads to awakening for all that actually put it into practice.
Knowledge, patience and understanding are key factors. Take your time to understand as it is a gradual path of learning. One of the secrets to understanding is through experience. This is where daily meditations allow you to not just intellectualize but to embody the Buddha's dhamma.
I regard all of the traditions that follow Buddha Sakyamuni's teachings and mean no disrespect by what I have written in these pages. All traditions have something to teach. Understanding this opens your mind. To me, this is an essential aspect of Buddhism. This is also good wisdom for any path one follows.
In any regard, my work here, may allow you to make a choice of which tradition you'd like to follow. Or, you may choose to be open to all traditions and simply be a follower of the Buddha's dhamma. Noble Buddhism Beliefs is about the Buddha's teachings and intentions of wisdom as opposed to following any one tradition.
The Buddha's teachings are a simple, natural truth that leads to enlightenment, or I believe, better stated as awakening. He was a man of deep understanding of how and why life is what it is. Who knows, finding your path may entail discovering your life purpose, inspiration, motivation, passion and even the internal energy to live life every day to your fullest.
"All that we are is the result of what we think and have thought. What we are is founded on our thoughts, made up of our thoughts."
-The Buddha, The Dhammapada
The teachings are a path to helping you shed the false constructs of what your mind perceives. Call this your ego or what you may, but you can go beyond your thoughts. In this way you can discover how life truly is, and as such improve life and relationships. One way to do this is by understanding others, people you co-exist with, so that true love and compassion for yourself and them is realized.
This means sharing and ultimately leaving an imprint of great contribution of your abundance for others. In this way you will experience the kind of life that deep down, you always knew you were meant to live.
I believe that Sakyamuni Buddha simplified all this with a noble path. Buddhism is the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. Translated, this is the man that originally taught this magnificent philosophy, his teachings that will free you, and the people that follow his teachings as well as the people in your life.
Buddhism beliefs captures the elements of a noble life of unconstrained freedom and personal development that was devised by Sakyamuni Buddha with clarity and purpose. I believe there's no need to re-invent the wheel. We only need to apply the teachings to the way of our modern day.
Of course, meditation is a big part of Buddhist traditions and Buddhism beliefs. Meditation in itself, though, is not the complete answer. When combined with distinct knowledge of the core teachings your life will evolve. Meditation is highly beneficial and, regardless of the path you follow, will enhance your life for the positive.
Sakyamuni was so 'on' with his observations that more than 2500 years later his words and philosophy are quoted and used in everything from Christianity to new-age spiritualism. The essence of Buddhism is the The First Noble Truth. This truth is the first of Four Noble Truths the Buddha realized or awoke to.
"Bhikkhus (seekers of truth), there are Four Noble Truths: The Truth of Suffering, The Truth of the Origin of Suffering, The Truth of the End of Suffering, and the Truth of the Path that Leads to the End of Suffering."
-The Buddha

The Evolution of Buddhism

Since Sakyamuni's time there have been many additions and embellishments to his teachings. As a result, the basic or core Buddhism beliefs have been altered in a manner not intended by the Buddha. This is why Buddhism appears to be very confusing at first glance. Many of these additions are cultural and some are the result of the merging of a culture's religion into the Buddha's teachings. Others have developed specific ways in order to attain awakening. For example Zen teaches 'sitting meditation'. Tibetan Buddhism follows the Lamrim.
Let me implore that none of the various traditions and schools are wrong. They are simply different. That is, they have chosen for one reason or another to move on a somewhat different path. This can be confusing to new Buddhists and those seeking the spiritual path. It is also confusing when you hear or read something about Buddhism and it's not what you had previously heard. It is because an uninformed source is stating a belief from one tradition or school which doesn't apply to all traditions and schools.
Other additions are the result of influential teachers since the time of Buddha. Even the 'new-agers' misquote the Buddha. As a result of all this Buddhism history is colorful. More or less, the same sort of thing has happened to Christianity. Whatever the case, the actual teachings of the Buddha are clear and concise. Buddhism beliefs are somewhat varied depending on the school. The core beliefs are followed by all.

Buddha Image Contributed by Pansiluni from Sri Lanka

"Do not give up your authority and follow blindly the will of others. This way will only lead to delusion."
- The Buddha
The best part of this is that you can use the Buddha's original teachings as he intended. Whether you are Buddhist, new Buddhist or simply a person seeking a spiritual path or on an open quest for happiness. Buddhism beliefs are for everyone!
The Buddha talks about the three fires or three poisons that prevent you from awakening. These truths are important to gaining wisdom.

Buddhism Beliefs, Discover the Truths

Discover the truths and myths of Buddhism. There are many. One new to the spiritual path of Buddhism is often lost in the complexity of the teachings. With some study, there is no need for this. Many of the ideas of the new age spiritual movement are taken from Buddhism and other ancient religions of India and elsewhere. Often, simple concepts are made to be convoluted and non-sensible. This is why there are many misunderstandings regarding Buddhism and other ancient religions.

Buddhism Beliefs, Discover Happiness

"Find out for yourself what is truth, what is real. Discover that there are virtuous things and there are non-virtuous things. Once you have discovered for yourself give up the bad and embrace the good."
- The Buddha
You may be yearning for something different, something real? Other teachings may not seem quite right to you. If you’ve been seeking peace and harmony in your life, embrace your open mind, some patience, and find out for yourself. You are invited to experience the Buddha's teachings and learn first-hand Noble Buddhism Beliefs.
Welcome to Noble Buddhism Beliefs. Please visit as often as you like -my place of lessons learned and shared. Wherever you may be, may you find your path on solid ground. All the best to you. THICH CHAN TANH.( SRAMANERIKA.( NOVICE-NUN ).VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUNS.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.30/7/2012.

SIGNATURE TASTES AND LOVE PEOPLE.

Vietnam's Buddhists have traditional tastes on the full moon day of July report annually. It was an end of a summer practice wisdom and compassion and egolessness of lettered Buddhists. We call on the traditional tastes of that day's life, love people. Because in today's heart of authentic voices to speak up, voice but worldly looking. What is the meaning, the season get rid of tributary Rises again ended with the opening of the voice. The first step to come out of the negativity is the first step to go into and that the sanctity of human life.
As the heart holds b. destined to a body, holding his literally living, students face is the soul of the culture of humanity. Can any human culture without praising love the opening is mother, father children?
In our country, two lines of Roman literature and folklore are all enthusiastically praised the intellectual tastes. The mother was nourished, cherished son since the beginning of its life by both mentally and physically, with the shared responsibility of considerate of her father. The mother was transmitted to children the milk sweeter with full love: have mớm rice porridge with affectionate, for the judicial each gesture, each eye affectionately encouraged, for those who love Lullaby marinated into soul in white crib, which has remained from Diu pimp walkedeach school day, until he grew up. Almost the entire Prep on life of children as belonging to her parents. The deep affection that heavy that was ours felt deeply and sang into the ca dao of traditional "drink to remember the source" of the nation. As:
The father as mount Taishan
Meaning I like water in the flow.
A mother dear father
New Director for circular filial son.
The great father meaning parents high
Hard not to govern for life because of him.
Should people be sorry
A temple that weighs as light.
etc.
It's the guns whom her parents had given to children from the source of life
The sense of the relationship status of others are germinated from women, and form elements. The sense of responsibility, duty, conscience, altruistic and equitable really was waking from a grateful attitude, meaning of life grace the temple which is a start that grace Temple. ' Growing up, when perceptions and life experiences, children identify love parent is not only the largest but also the grace lives. Ca dao to sing:
The father as the bubble,
You are not the father as tadpoles off tail.
While his father and his mother, than
No father no mother as forums ligament.
Because grace means mother father is probably alive, is noble, sacred, so Vietnamese people see the dutiful valued on a par with freed themselves:
Where to by tu Tu home
Church father, who is also a monk.
Leading intellectuals peoples also uphold as Hao Nguyen Du dutiful and home decor artist Nguyen Trai. Thi Kieu Nguyen Du Hao has put her in front of a supposed choice between pleasing tastes glass for mother father and sentimental life, promising her happiness, Her marriage with Kim. decided that sell themselves because filial Church father, an option it comes up its traditional tastes of imposed. Nguyen Trai, sex education pioneer is curious that:
CU lao German high thickness,
The glass on the night to worry tastes opinionated.
When cold it is warm most of the care,
See porridge. rice, medicines every surface.
Visit often when, on
Who da unscathed is the peace of mind.
Traditional sex, ethics of ethnic Vietnamese. Phuong chi when Buddhism, with doctrine full of compassion, kindness, see important filial set foot onto the country, plants are people we accepted, and was living with peoples throughout the journey nearly twenty centuries.
Buddhism taught what about curious leader?
-Economic Distinction (Northern Tibetan plateau) record:
"We spent many past effort now new Buddha, purely for parents. So, who wants to study leader can't help smiling with MOM dad effort.
-Trading Rings Humiliation record:
"The Supreme good is even curious, the Supreme evil is real fondness".
-Increased I, 75 pages, write:
"There are two ranks, the Bhikkhu Pretentious, unable to pay for: MOM and dad. If a party as a party as mated the father, mother, mated to do so throughout his life, most of the lower vứa punched squeeze just ... well not doing enough in response to a temple for mother father ".
-Business School The Ceremony Friday, Danh, referred to the relationship between the mother and father children is the relationship sacred worth revered, Danh. Children have a duty by doing practical temples such as:
-Obedience to parents, helping parents as needed.
-Study hard, laborious work.
-To preserve his honor family.
-Preserving property of the parents.
-Serve up parents at old age.
-Lo true parents funeral customs, when his parents died.
-Encouraging and introducing direct freed, Chief Architect to the parents.
My happiness (Southern Tibet) record:
"Serve up MOM and Dad's fortunes"
Traditional North-South communications and doctrine are ranked crime TV father, killed his mother in the biggest sin in life called "felony" or "active hostility".
Thus, the mind is mind tu Hieu că? copies, from which the mind and mind freed to develop, especially with Buddhists in the country.
It's obvious that someone who is not curious glass for mother father hard then may be a bad person who behaves filled against others, for pants, society. Hieu Hanh as virtue stands top of the virtue of human beings.
From dutiful, who was educated and nurtured. Experience life in reality, who's shown through your partner press release, via devices called siblings called her son, through, people called and called, through the country. Also from the beautiful she would that sentiment and love life. When sentiment is chart reveal behavior to build good relationship social interaction, build peace and happiness for the family, then known as behavior directed by e? # 7913; c. contents of the moral right is the true. Volunteer stream flowing into the culture, people's education creates culture, education of cloning. In culture mirrors are no contradiction from essence of filial piety, love, meaning, because the essence of fondness, affection, love, just the same old beautiful thing. Men's mind, there aggressive, is there, the Central sense. As tastes Beautiful mind is the heart of her virginity that dusty maneuver of the fifteen years the trườ? g also can't do that marred contest dime Nguyễn Du wrote:
As she retrieved tastes do trinh,
Any dust to carve if I could borrow.
And, hence the non-Khanh Nguyen stuff taught first born Nguyễn Trãi when followed by Instrumental weeping on the equipment escort out BAC HA that:
"Children are educated, have a wash, should look for ways to humiliate, to avenge his father. Like new great fondness. Mựa is to take the father weeping as the woman is curious why ". (Nguyen Trai, Hanoi, 1976, p. 14)
Today's society is said to be "tastes with a population Center, with water". The concept is worth more than the value of cloning is different in terms of taste, the conventions, the estimated value, meaning-pushing practices put people in many cases to the conflict deadlock, and ends in the form of fully operational bi.
Now we try to learn the word curious in Buddhism has made other contributions to our nation, and opened the new?
Terms for mother father, in addition to its meaning for that society records, Buddhism also recorded an additional means for other parents have taken children to life, whereby sons have charm school, understand and Taoist freed line.
In terms of a temple, in addition to those responsibilities, duties which children life noted, Buddhism also recorded yet another responsibility, other important duties: introduction to Primary French with his mother, father, father help her mother walked out of all things suffering.
The Buddha teaches:
"Who paid for his mẹbằng way of cultivating cozy atmosphere with surges of money is never enough to meet temple for parents. But this Pretentious, Bhikkhu for parents there is no trust Jewels are recommended for unbelievers Jewels, for parents living in the world, then encourage the pagan Chief, for parents who start participating, then encourage dāna, for parents, encouraging comments on primary deviant commentsThus, until this is done, the pretentious enough By and answer thank you enough for MOM and Dad ".
(Fees I, p. 75)
Like, here tastes the same direction with almond freed of the Chief Justice.
Why bringing credit to the Chief Justice, the Chief Justice, the father can be a temple? "for that heavy?
Here, Buddhism opens a new awareness for life. No one can deny that everyone has thirst for happiness, and living is finding happiness in earthly.
But almost always happy in out of reach of man. Before the turn, impermanence, suffering of disease, old age, death is still there. Children could not be by means of material that can bring parents happily and happy, except for the Chief Justice. Only the Chief Justice, intellectual new help parents far left join, pitch, si, the agent of all defilements suffering. Only the Chief of the French original of suffering is to specify a key anniversary idea owners fell in mentality to remove. Only the Chief Justice new devoted parents a safe, ethical lifestyle boarders firmly with Germany, and intellectual property, walked out of the suffering and walked on the happiness of the soul in the present and here. Giving parents the path to lasting happiness is actually tastes like new releases. Happiness is a result of efforts to exclude mind accept the ego, selfless, altruistic life path, path, egolessness of humanity lived happy, family and society. By the way, through experience, people will discover that:
-Happiness is the goal of nobility in his life.
Moral life-path is the path to happiness for themselves and people in each step, or the morality's happiness.
-Happy synonymous with selfless anatta, so duty liable for happiness in themselves become duty, responsibility for the welfare of humanity, collective, social and human populations. Range altruistic, bring much happiness and lasting happiness. When altruism extends to all who are now happy ours is the happiness of the people, and conversely the happiness of people's happiness. Here, there is no contradiction between individual and collective or individual collective
Conception on filial and People like that will lead to an attitude of Buddhists see duties for the family society, national duty to self and well-being of themselves. This is exactly what that ethics are looking to. Look graciously egolessness and intellectual egolessness of Buddhism how did next add vitality to your heart and put more resources for the falls of the Vietnamese nation flows heavily in that life immensely.
We can suspend across here to conclude that Buddhism in Vietnam and ethnic Vietnamese have in common a sight of heart opening the dutiful. Two of history's going to have to continue sticking through the long history.
Today, there are a lot of comments that people are getting into centuries of civilization and moral person, after having fully experience the consequences of harm, hatred and oppression resulting war. In the third century before Western calendar, Aristotelian theories-a Greek philosopher has said:
"Happiness is the developed completely full e? # 7913; c human".
Seventeen centuries, Western calendar, Spinoza-philosopher of Jewish-wrote:
"Happiness is the goal of every action." (Ilid, p. 228)
Banzeladze, an ethic Russians, 1973, writes:
"The problem of the ideal of the Supreme and the meaning of life is in fact a matter of happiness"
The concept were tinged with color mirror. But also new is just the thought is not the way the experience of happiness in the present. Buddhism, with whole doctrine aimed at the ending suffering, as roads were gradually lead to happiness, go step by step to happiness of people towards the infinite. Buddhism unfold for the times found the path that the era would expect. The first is the original point forward (mirror):
-The Buddha advised people "back to his title, the title belongs to the Princess of France, not the title that belongs somewhere else" (Dhp, XII, p. 4)
Point forward is the second love:
-The Buddha taught, "it is born because peace benefits for Nature and mankind, as Divine compassion idea" (in many)
The third point forward is the only living orientation goes into happiness right here in the present, here:
Buddha specified root of all negativity, suffering is involved, and si. That took, and boot up from free to accept also the si falls, so the way to happiness is the way to put down the Prime Minister. The result is that people are qualified to carry out in the present and here. People completely responsible for themselves in the implementation path, which is not due to a heaven interfering.
Point forward to the fourth is respect for the lives of all sentient beings and build peace, peace for the world:
Legal practice and claims of Buddhist stronghold was built on the basis of compassion, protection of life for the owners. Tibetan Buddhism will throughout the economy, without which the Buddha's teachings is severely altered target is walk out. Brief catechism lessons shelves Buddhist stating the purpose is that:
Renounce the evil,
Do all things,
Keep in mind the equanimity,
The word minuscule Buddha.
(Dhp. 183)
Renounce the evil is the meaning away from craving and anger, because the engine of the evil deeds's craving, anger and delusion. It is also the contents of Buddhist ethics.
Do all things heal is meant to build peace and happiness for himself and people, fosters do not craving. compassion. Here, the moral is manifested in higher levels, more positive.
Keep in mind that equanimity is firmly established at peace, happiness, liberation for themselves and for humanity. This is the content of learning and wisdom School of Buddhism.
If love, generosity, altruism, compassion, true happiness and wisdom are the contents of ethics, the entire doctrine of Buddhism is a very ethical system is cloned and is very realistic.
Like Buddhism is a live mirror. develop value mirror to infinity and integrity. Buddhism do not go into a rotten idea. The value of cloning would be the people's praise:
Oil built nine ranks in line map
Not by doing well for a person.
(Walk, Recording The diameter of va Ca dao Việt Nam)
Injured people as if injured.

 Pumpkin and gourd ơi obtain
But other breeds but that a common truss.
(Ca dao Việt Nam)
As long as people also thirst for happiness, as long as that situation and ethics of cloning as a standard value, and other values must rotate around it; as long as that doctrine compassion, egolessness, altruistic Buddhist also brilliant in his life, construction building trust for life, and Vu Lan-day tastes-traditional must be on very beautiful, very respectfully: good will dwell hearts, and hearts are intellectual will reign and? on the Earth.
END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.( SRAMANERIKA.( NOVICE-NUN ).VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUNS.( GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY ).30/7/2012.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).

BUDDHISM:A METHOD OF MIND TRAINING.

 

When you hear something about Buddhism in the daily news you usually think of it having a background of huge idols and yellow-robed monks, with a thick atmosphere of incense fumes. You never feel that there is anything in it for you, except, maybe, an exotic spectacle.
But is that all there is in Buddhism? Do the news photographers take pictures of the real Buddhism? Do the glossy magazines show you the fundamentals, or only the externals?
Let us see, then, what Buddhism really is, Buddhism as it was originally expounded and as it still exists underneath the external trappings and trimmings.
Although generally regarded as a religion, Buddhism is basically a method of cultivating the mind. It is true that, with its monastic tradition and its emphasis on ethical factors, it possesses many of the surface characteristics that Westerners associate with religion. However, it is not theistic, since it affirms that the universe is governed by impersonal laws and not by any creator-god; it has no use for prayer, for the Buddha was a teacher and not a god; and it regards devotion not as a religious obligation but as a means of expressing gratitude to its founder and as a means of self-development. Thus it is not a religion at all from these points of view.
Again, Buddhism knows faith only in the sense of confidence in the way recommended by the Buddha. A Buddhist is not expected to have faith or to believe in anything merely because the Buddha said it, or because it is written in the ancient books, or because it has been handed down by tradition, or because others believe it. He may, of course, agree with himself to take the Buddha-doctrine as a working hypothesis and to have confidence in it; but he is not expected to accept anything unless his reason accepts it. This does not mean that everything can be demonstrated rationally, for many points lie beyond the scope of the intellect and can be cognized only by the development of higher faculties. But the fact remains that there is no need for blind acceptance of anything in the Buddha-doctrine.
Buddhism is a way of life based on the training of the mind. Its one ultimate aim is to show the way to complete liberation from suffering by the attainment of the Unconditioned, a state beyond the range of the normal untrained mind. Its immediate aim is to strike at the roots of suffering in everyday life.
All human activity is directed, either immediately or remotely, towards the attainment of happiness in some form or other; or, to express the same thing in negative terms, all human activity is directed towards liberation from some kind of unsatisfactoriness or dissatisfaction. Dissatisfaction, then, can be regarded as the starting point in human activity, with happiness as its ultimate goal.
Dissatisfaction, the starting point in human activity, is also the starting point in Buddhism; and this point is expressed in the formula of the Four Basic Statements, which set out the fact of dissatisfaction, its cause, its cure, and the method of its cure.
The First Basic Statement can be stated thus:

Dissatisfaction is Inescapable in En-self-ed Life

In its original meaning, the word which is here rendered as "dissatisfaction" and which is often translated as "suffering" embraces the meanings not only of pain, sorrow, and displeasure, but also of everything that is unsatisfactory, ranging from acute physical pain and severe mental anguish to slight tiredness, boredom, or mild disappointment.
Sometimes the term is rendered as "dissatisfaction" or "unsatisfactoriness"; in some contexts these are perhaps more accurate, while at other times the word "suffering" is more expressive. For this reason we shall use both "suffering" and "dissatisfaction" or "unsatisfactoriness" according to context.
In some translations of the original texts it is stated that birth is suffering, sickness is suffering, old age is suffering, and pleasure is suffering. In English, this last statement fails to make sense; but if we restate it as "pleasure is unsatisfactory" it becomes more readily understandable, for all pleasure is impermanent and is eventually succeeded by its opposite, and from this point of view at least it is unsatisfactory.
Now the Buddha-doctrine teaches that dissatisfaction or suffering is inescapable in en-self-ed life; and the term "en-self-ed life" needs some explanation. In brief, the doctrine teaches that the self, considered as a fixed, unchanging eternal soul, has no reality.
The central core of every being is not an unchanging soul but a life-current, an ever-changing stream of energy which is never the same for two consecutive seconds. The self, considered as an eternal soul, therefore, is a delusion, and when regarded from the ultimate standpoint it has no reality; and it is only within this delusion of selfhood that ultimate suffering can exist. When the self-delusion is finally transcended and the final enlightenment is attained, the ultimate state which lies beyond the relative universe is reached. In this ultimate state, the Unconditioned, suffering is extinguished; but while any element of selfhood remains, even though it is a delusion, suffering remains potentially within it.
We must understand, then, that the First Basic Statement does not mean that suffering is inescapable; it means that suffering is inescapable in enselfed life, or while the delusion of selfhood remains.
We can now move on to the Second Basic Statement, which says:

The Origin of Dissatisfaction is Craving

If you fall on a slippery floor and suffer from bruises, you say that the cause of your suffering is the slippery floor. In an immediate sense you are right, of course, and to say that the cause of your bruises is craving fails to make sense.
But the Second Statement does not refer to individual cases or to immediate causes. It means that the integrating force that holds together the life-current is self-centered craving; for this life-current — this self-delusion — contains in itself the conditions for suffering, while the slippery floor is merely an occasion for suffering.
It is obviously impossible, by the nature of the world we live in, to cure suffering by the removal of all the occasions for suffering; whereas it is possible in Buddhism to strike at its prime or fundamental cause. Therefore the Third Basic Statement states:

Liberation May Be Achieved by Destroying Craving

It is self-centered craving that holds together the forces which comprise the life-current, the stream of existence which we call the self; and it is only with self-delusion that unsatisfactoriness or suffering can exist. By the destruction of that which holds together the delusion of the self, the root cause of suffering is also destroyed.
The ultimate aim of Buddhist practice, then, is to annihilate the self. This is where a great deal of misunderstanding arises, and naturally so; but once it is realized that to annihilate the self is to annihilate a delusion, this misunderstanding disappears. When the delusion is removed, the reality appears; so that to destroy delusion is to reveal the reality. The reality cannot be discovered while the delusion of self continues to obscure it.
Now what is this reality which appears when the delusion is removed? The ultimate reality is the Unconditioned, called also the Unborn, the Unoriginated, the Uncreated, and the Uncompounded. We can, inadequately and not very accurately, describe it as a positive state of being. It is characterized by supreme bliss and complete freedom from suffering and is so utterly different from ordinary existence that no real description of it can be given. The Unconditioned can be indicated — up to a point — only by stating what it is not; for it is beyond words and beyond thought.
Hence, in the Buddhist texts, the Unconditioned is often explained as the final elimination from one's own mind, of greed, hatred and delusion. This, of course, also implies the perfection of the opposite positive qualities of selflessness, loving-kindness, and wisdom.
The attainment of the Unconditioned is the ultimate aim of all Buddhist practice, and is the same as complete liberation from dissatisfaction or suffering. This brings us to the last of the Four Basic Statements:

The Way of Liberation Is the Noble Eightfold Path

The eight factors of the path are these:

1. Right understanding, a knowledge of the true nature of existence.
2. Right thought, thought free from sensuality, ill-will and cruelty.
3. Right speech, speech without falsity, gossip, harshness, and idle babble.
4. Right action, or the avoidance of killing, stealing and adultery.
5. Right livelihood, an occupation that harms no conscious living being.
6. Right effort, or the effort to destroy the defilements of the mind and to cultivate wholesome qualities.
7. Right mindfulness, the perfection of the normal faculty of attention.
8. Right concentration, the cultivation of a collected, focused mind through meditation.

Now you will see that in this Noble Eightfold Path there is nothing of an essentially religious nature; it is more a sort of moral psychology.
But in the East as well as in the West people as a whole demand external show of some sort, and — on the outside at least — the non-essentials have assumed more importance than the essentials.
While some external features in the practice of Buddhism must of necessity vary according to environment, the essential and constant characteristics of that practice are summed up in the following outline of the Noble Eightfold Path, the Middle Way between harmful extremes, as taught by the Buddha.
Although it is convenient to speak of the various aspects of the eightfold path as eight steps, they are not to be regarded as separate steps, taken one after another. On the contrary, each one must be practiced along with the others, and it might perhaps be better to think of them as if they were eight parallel lanes within the one road rather than eight successive steps.
The first step of this path, right understanding, is primarily a matter of seeing things as they really are — or at least trying to do so without self-deceit or evasion. In another sense, right understanding commences as an intellectual appreciation of the nature of existence, and as such it can be regarded as the beginning of the path; but, when the path has been followed to the end, this merely intellectual appreciation is supplanted by a direct and penetrating discernment of the principles of the teaching first accepted intellectually.
While right understanding can be regarded as the complete understanding of the Buddha doctrine, it is based on the recognition of three dominating characteristics of the relative universe, of the universe of time, form and matter. These three characteristics can briefly be set out in this way:

1. Impermanence: All things in the relative universe are unceasingly changing.
2. Dissatisfaction: Some degree of suffering or dissatisfaction is inherent in en-selfed life, or in life within the limitations of the relative universe and personal experience.
3. Egolessness: No being — no human being or any other sort of being — possesses a fixed, unchanging, eternal soul or self. Instead, every being consists of an ever-changing current of forces, an ever-changing flux of material and mental phenomena, like a river which is always moving and is never still for a single second.

The self, then, is not a static entity but an ever-changing flux. This dynamic concept of existence is typical of deeper Buddhist thought; there is nothing static in life, and since it is ever-flowing you must learn to flow with it.
Another aspect of right understanding is the recognition that the universe runs its course on the basis of a strict sequence of cause and effect, or of action and reaction, a sequence just as invariable and just as exact in the mental or moral realm as in the physical. In accordance with this law of moral action and reaction all morally good or wholesome will actions eventually bring to the doer happiness at some time, while unwholesome or morally bad will-actions bring suffering to the doer.
The effects of wholesome and unwholesome will-actions — that is to say, the happiness and suffering that result from them — do not generally follow immediately; there is often a considerable time-lag, for the resultant happiness and suffering can arise only when appropriate conditions are present. The results may not appear within the present lifetime. Thus at death there is normally a balance of "merit" which has not yet brought about its experience of happiness; and at the same time there is also a balance of "demerit" which has not yet given rise to the suffering which is to be its inevitable result.
After death, the body disintegrates, of course, but the life-current continues, not in the form of an unchanging soul, but in the form of an ever-changing stream of energy. Immediately after death a new being commences life to carry on this life current; but the new being is not necessarily a human being, and the instantaneous rebirth may take place on another plane of existence. But in any case, the new being is a direct sequel to the being that has just died.
Thus the new being becomes an uninterrupted continuation of the old being, and the life-current is unbroken. The new being inherits the balance of merit built up by the old being, and this balance of merit will inevitably bring happiness at some future time. At the same time, the new being inherits the old being's balance of demerit, which will bring suffering at some time in the future.
In effect, in the sense of continuity, the new being is the same as the old being. In just the same way — that is, in the sense of continuity only — an old man is the same as the young man he once was, the young man is the same as the boy he once was, and the boy is the same as the baby he once was. But the identity of the old man with the young man, and with the boy, and with the baby, is due only to continuity; there is no other identity.
Everything in the universe changes from day to day and from moment to moment, so that every being at this moment is a slightly different being from that of the moment before; the only identity is due to continuity. In the same way, the being that is reborn is different from the previous one that died; but the identity due to continuity remains as before.
These teachings are basic to the Buddha-doctrine — the illusory nature of the self, the law of action and reaction in the moral sphere, and the rebirth of the life-forces — but there is no need for anyone to accept anything that does not appeal to his reason. Acceptance of any particular teaching is unimportant; what is important is the continual effort to see things as they really are, without self-deceit or evasion.
So much for a brief outline of the doctrine under the heading of right understanding. The second step, right thought or aim, is a matter of freeing the intellectual faculties from adverse emotional factors, such as sensuality, ill-will, and cruelty, which render wise and unbiased decisions impossible.
Right speech, right action, and right livelihood together make up the moral section of the path, their function being to keep the defilements of the mind under control and to prevent them from reaching adverse expression. These defilements, however, cannot be completely eradicated by morality alone, and the other steps of the path must be applied to cleanse the mind completely of its defilements.
Now in the next step — right effort — we enter the sphere of practical psychology, for right effort in this context means effort of will. In other words, the sixth step of the path is self-discipline, the training of the will in order to prevent and overcome those states of mind that retard development, and to arouse and cultivate those that bring about mental progress.
The seventh step of the path is also one of practical psychology; this is the step called right mindfulness, and it consists of the fullest possible development of the ordinary faculty of attention. It is largely by the development of attention — expanded and intensified awareness — that the mind can eventually become capable of discerning things as they really are.
The primary function of the seventh step, right mindfulness, is to develop an increasing awareness of the unreality of the self. However, it functions also by continually improving the normal faculty of attention, thus equipping the mind better to meet the problems and stresses of the workaday world.
In the Buddha-way, mindfulness consists of developing the faculty of attention so as to produce a constant awareness of all thoughts that arise, all words that are spoken, and all actions that are done, with a view to keeping them free from self-interest, from emotional bias, and from self-delusion.
Right mindfulness has many applications in the sphere of everyday activities. For example, it can be employed to bring about a sharpened awareness, a clear comprehension, of the motives of these activities, and this clear comprehension of motive is extremely important.
In right concentration, the last of the eight steps, the cultivation of higher mind-states — up to the meditative absorptions — is undertaken, and these higher mind-states serve to unify, purify, and strengthen the mind for the achievement of liberating insight.
In this ultimate achievement the delusion of selfhood, with its craving and suffering, is transcended and extinguished.
This penetrating insight is the ultimate goal of all Buddhist practices, and with it comes a direct insight into the true nature of life, culminating in realization of the Unconditioned. While the Unconditioned is the extinction of self, it is nevertheless not mere non-existence or annihilation, for the extinction of self is nothing but the extinction of a delusion. Every description of the Unconditioned must fail, for it lies not only beyond words but beyond even thought; and the only way to know it is to follow the Noble Eightfold Path to its end.
This, then, is the original Buddhism; this is the Buddhism of the Noble Eightfold Path, of the path that leads from the bondage of self to liberating insight into reality.THICH CHAN TANH.( SRAMANERIKA.( NOVICE-NUN ).VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUNS.(GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY ).AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.30/7/2012.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).