Hell Karma
The Five Unreleasable Hell Karmas Intention to kill Buddha Using Buddhism for greed Intention to kill Disrespecting your parents Disrespecting Buddhist philosophy or teachers
Habits
Part One: Forbearance Sifu: There are some people who keep losing things: they are always looking for something but can’t find it. Where does this habit come from? Red Bull: Carelessness. Sifu: Where does that come from? Scott: Being too busy. Red Bull: From being too lazy to be precise. Sean Pig: They have a
What do I value most?
When I travel overseas, there are three things I miss most: my students, our philosophy classes, and the dojo statues of various Buddhas and bodhisattvas. Which one do you think has the most value? Giant Dog: The philosophy classes, because it’s the foundation to it all. Without the classes, we’d never change our consciousness. It’s
The Story of the Frog in the Well
There was once a tadpole that hatched in the bottom of an old well. His name was Doubt, and all he knew was the well and the circle of sky overhead. When Doubt was old enough, he changed from a tadpole into a frog. Even though he was now able to hop out of the
Tips for a good day
How to develop a happy heart You build up stress and get “psycho” because of a bad habit: you don’t balance your stress every day. It’s like a snowball rolling down a hill. In the beginning, it’s small and you can stop it. As it rolls, it becomes bigger; eventually, it is big enough to
The First Three Types of Bodhisattva level Spiritual Kindness
https://soundcloud.com/tim-fairweather-1/3-types-of-bodhisattva-kindness This book from Pure Name Buddha teaches thirty different types of kindness without ego. Another book teaches a thousand, and they are just examples. If you want to make your kindness power a hundred per cent pure, you can spend your whole life learning about kindness. We won’t try to learn thirty types
Energy is not energy
Energy is not energy. Energy is what we call energy. Energy is a mystery. It’s a mystery that we can aware of. Energy exists but truly is empty. Energy is the creative force, but is without observable reality. Your idea of energy is wrong. Light is not bright; light is dark: it reflects off things.
No Beginning, No End Great Sun Buddha – Vairocana
No Beginning, No End Great Sun Buddha – Vairocana Full spiritual name for bowing: No Beginning, No End Great Sun Buddha Sanskrit Name: Vairocana. See wikipedia here. Mantra: Lyrics: Om Namo Bhagavate Sarvate Gate, Varsuddhani Rajaya, Ta Tha Ga Ta Ya Arahate Sam Yak Sam Buddhaya, Ta Dya Tha Om Sodhani Sodhani
What is Your Favourite Philosophy?
What helps you most? Which do you feel the most? (Everyone shares their favourite philosophy.) Arse-kicking: people don’t do it to themselves enough. Not making negative comments is one example I can work on. Hold nothing, in relation to the first Eternal Dharma Truth that all the appearing form is constantly changing. When I’m experiencing
The Five Developments: Two Parts of Life
The Five Developments are a sequence of ideas that describe how you create your experiences or awareness boundary. (Your awareness boundary is the limitation of your consciousness, e.g. how far you can see, the level of your education, or your emotional maturity.) The ideas consist of two different concepts: Illusion Being and consciousness. Illusion Being
What is worry?
Worry is a strong feeling of concern that you might experience about a temporary situation in the present or future. Because you are focused on your worry, you blind yourself to many of the variables involved in that situation. Eventually, your worry will cause depression, obsession, and anxiety. Although worry is a psychological phenomenon, it
What is emotion?
Emotions are feelings: negative emotions like sadness and fear cause suffering; positive emotions like happiness and gratitude cause joy. They appear when you are aware of yourself in relation to your surroundings. They change according to changes in that relationship and your intention. Everyone has their own way of using emotions as a tool for
What is desire?
Desire is the power of wanting. The power itself is neither good nor bad. It can be the cause of unlimited joy, but also the cause of a black hole of suffering. Blindly following your desire will cause your life to swing between joy and depression, pleasure and pain, without any control. Desire is a
The Law of Martial Art God: Weapon Training
Discipline 1: Pose and Feeling Control Start with the pose, as if being eternal, ending with silence, as if there is no time. Beginning with any pose, you must concentrate fully, without fear, and feel as if the whole universe is focused on you as its centre. Trust yourself as if you control the entire