Fake Vain

What Is Fake Vain? Simon: It’s like being proud of something you should be ashamed of. Sifu: That’s an overly strong way to put it, but it’s essentially correct. Sean Pig: Pretending you’re sure and that you know something you really know nothing about. Sifu: That’s also part of it. Sean Rat: Putting importance in

Joy with Wisdom

Having Good Character In Buddhism you have to have good character to learn Spirits because a spiritual consciousness will only share their wisdom with someone who has good character. You wouldn’t want to give your wise, strong self-defence power to people who are aggressive, selfish, egotistical, or bullies. You also don’t want to give them

Introduction to Buddhism – Part 4

Question and answer Question (Shona): How do I apply Buddhist philosophy to my life? If I try to analyse my feelings the way you described, I sometimes get trapped in the psychology and make the emotions stronger. How can I stop doing this? Answer (JC) I can relate to the question because that’s what I

Introduction to Buddhism – Part 3

The history of Buddhism Tai Chi power is a perfect philosophy: it teaches you how to bring your energy together into any point. The longer you train, the more detailed philosophy you know – how to connect the energy, how to release tension, how to have better posture, how to concentrate, how to put emotion

Introduction to Buddhism – Part 2

The difference between Buddhism and religion Buddhism teaches us what dharma is. Dharma is a word that represents The system of life The complete truth of life The complete awareness of life The essence, function, and goal of life Why did Siddhartha Buddha bring dharma to Earth? Because he knew that there were consciousness –

Introduction to Buddhism – Part 1

What is Buddhism for? Sharing creates emotion. Humans can’t survive without sharing, so they have very strong emotions. There aren’t many animals that take care of their children for as long as humans do. We feed them by hand for two or three years, we house and protect them until they are adults. Many animals

Knowing by Heart

Knowing by Mind Whenever you think that you know something by mind, it’s actually a sign that you aren’t aware by heart; when you aware by heart, you don’t use your brain to think. When your heart is aware, you don’t have to use your brain anymore; you just do it, perfectly, by intuition. Your

How to make your life stay perfect

Child Heart Inside your heart there’s a natural power that makes you want to feel perfect, that life is great, that every second is fresh and joyful and happy, and that the future is exciting. Your heart is always searching for this feeling, especially when you are a child. As a child, your only goal

What does Spiritual mean?

What does “Spiritual” mean to a child? Sifu: When you heard the words “spiritual reality” or “Spirits” when you were a child, what did you think of? Tim Pig: Magic. Michelle: Ghosts. JC: The essence of something: its soul. Simon: Some kind of power. Scott: I thought of angels. Sean Rat: The power that is

Emotion, Trust, and Freedom

The Heart Sutra is a test that teaches you how to become a bodhisattva or Buddha. It’s the true philosophy for learning Buddhism. Buddhism has many levels, some of which are called warm-ups. These are temporary-time Buddhist philosophies. It’s like when you have to trick a child into taking medicine. To trick them, you tell

Original Blindness

Life can be very clear if you understand the wisdom that life comes from cause and effect. Everything which happens surely has a cause. A wise person observes that reality, and understands the whole system of life; how life works. The key point is to use your observing power to observe your life and all

How to refuse

What are the true and fake values of life? To make the true value of life appear you have to learn to refuse all negative character traits. Your character comes from your intention, thinking, and action. These come from your heart. If you are aware of life in the wrong direction, your intention becomes like