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
Your presence has no presence. This is the same for all consciousness. Having the presence means you have to let it go every second, and then you have no presence. It means everything from your past has been hooked onto you. Whether you want it to or not, it will still hook onto every part
The Six Bodhisattva Characters are Generosity, Discipline, Patience, Concentration, Meditation, and Wisdom. The Six Bodhisattva Characters is another way to say “Bor Lor Me Duo” from the title of the Heart Sutra, “Pour Ler Bor Lor Me Duo Shing Ching”. Developing these characters develops your spiritual ability.
The Six Bodhisattva Characters are Generosity, Discipline, Patience, Concentration, Meditation, and Wisdom. When the first five Bodhisattva Characters are fully developed, then Wisdom will appear. The main wisdom of a bodhisattva is the wisdom to be aware of the truth of life. The truth of life has two parts united as one: the forms of
