🚫 The 5 Blind Habits: Our Obstacles to Understanding Dharma 🌺 🐍 Greed: The Impurity Trap Greed captivates our hearts and minds. Our greed makes our hearts so impure that we can no longer observe anything. We are not free to observe ourselves, let alone the complex system of life (Dharma.) 🔥 Anger: The
Understanding the Heart Sutra: A Simple Guide The Heart Sutra is a bit like a guidebook to understanding our own minds and the world around us. Imagine you’re playing a video game. In the game, you have missions to complete, obstacles to overcome, and rewards to gain. The Heart Sutra is like the instruction manual
Deciphering the Heart Sutra: A Journey to Spiritual Awakening The Heart Sutra is the technique of how to awaken. The first two lines of the Heart Sutra immediately teach you two methods to awaken: Observing self-being 6 Bodhisattva characters. It then explains that if you genuinely practice these methods, you will realise that the five
What is the Heart Sutra? Heart Sutra Translation POR LER BOR LOUR ME DUO SHING CHING Wiki link here: This is the book of consciousness (true heart) philosophy for using wisdom to observe and be aware of the eternal truth of life. Observing Self-Being Bodhisattva developed deep wisdom to observe and be aware of the
Cultivating Kindness: A Six-Step Journey through the Kindness Hearts Meditation. Part 1 So how do we find inner peace? Is it waiting for us? Must we create it? This Kindness Hearts Meditation is one way we can grow it ourselves. It comes from the wisdom of Siddhartha Buddha in the Metta
Introduction Life is getting faster and faster, so where can we find inner peace? A meditation practice is aa way to create this space, a tranquil oasis, offering a sanctuary for self-discovery. The journey through meditation is not just a path of mindfulness, but a passage of profound self-awareness and transformation. Delving into the intricacies
Life is a journey. Life is a journey and a journey is an illusion. Enjoying this illusion comes from not chasing because the destination is the present. What to do in the present? Practice Observing Self-Being Because the present is always changing, observing it is always fresh and new. But our suffering can keep on
7 Chakras The body has important energy centres called chakras that impact physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual wellness. The Body’s Meridians and Nerve Points Before delving into the concept of chakras, it’s essential to have a grasp of meridians and nerve points. In our body, meridians serve as a network of freeways, facilitating the transfer
Equal Heart Dharma: Great Self-Being Every I is no I Every ego is an illusion, Illusion is empty, so there is no ego understanding of this, then you will awaken – Equal Heart Dharma: Great Self-Being No – I No – human No – lifeform No – lifetime Aware your ego position amongst all the
Introduction to Dharma Meditation: In the Buddhism philosophy class, we learned about Dharma meditation – including what Dharma is, awakening through meditation and observation techniques. The class aimed to help students improve their meditation practice and develop their observation skills. First, learn meditation ability – every I is not me. Second, practice observing. No I
Meditation: 3 Ways to Change Our Life Frequency Summary of Changing Our Life Frequency Everything in life is a frequency, and humans exist in a 6-sense frequency. Meditation can help individuals break the limitations of human frequency and connect to different frequencies. Tai Chi is a frequency that helps with moving meditation and training in
How can we enjoy freedom if we don’t understand the word, Free? The more definitions we have – the more pathways we can take to reach it. What subject is even more important than any job, career or identity? The subject of Freedom! Here are many ways awakened consciousness, like the Buddha and Bodhisattvas,
Strengthening Our Inner Force In our practical Buddhist philosophy class last night, we discussed this sentence about inner force: If everything depends on the outside (outside forces), then you will not be free and will become the slave of the external. If everything depends on the inside (inner forces), then you have wise discipline able
Levels of Meditation: The First Two The First Level of Meditation: Forget-I (忘我 Wàng Wǒ) The levels of meditation are explained in many places through Daoist Philosophy as well, so I will summarise: Thinking takes a lot of energy. Thinking is not the highest level of any activity. For example, no professional sportsperson has time
