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

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

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

Emptiness Meditation

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

See Buddha in Three Steps Meditation

https://soundcloud.com/daofit/meditation-how-to-see-buddha   First step Wait for a time when you feel calm, and pure. Often this is early in the morning. Purify yourself: shower; don’t eat meat, garlic, or caffeine; brush your teeth. Practice no searching heart to become calm and pure Have a calm heart. Don’t be anxious, desirous, or try to force it.

Two Buddha-Essence Meditations

In order to climb even the highest mountain in the world, you have to start from the lowest point. You can understand this wisdom today, but it will take you a million lifetimes to feel it from your heart. Buddha’s First Essence Meditation Buddha essence is in you: it wants to teach you to become

Suffering

What is the cause of suffering? Suffering is created by your blindness and then received by your consciousness. If your food is hot, but you are hungry and eat it, then your mouth gets burnt. Suffering has no form, you cannot describe its colour, you cannot point at the suffering itself. Suffering comes from your

The Six Bodhisattva Characters: Meditation

The Six Bodhisattva Characters are Generosity, Discipline, Patience, Concentration, Meditation, and Wisdom. Meditation Meditation is the power of creation, the ability to create complete awareness of the opposite forces of life. To create: being lively, wild and free, being calmly but sharply aware with no tension, of all the details of the present and possibilities

The Six Bodhisattva Characters: Discipline

The Six Bodhisattva Characters are Generosity, Discipline, Patience, Concentration, Meditation, and Wisdom. Let us delve deeper into the subject, and it’s the relationship with freedom. Discipline Discipline has a steady power to develop strength or habit in the long-term. It can be bad, neutral, good, or spiritual. If the intention, direction and goal are wrong,