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What is worry? Where does it come from? How can you get rid of it?
Red Bull: This philosophy comes from the teachings of Pure Name Buddha. “What is worry?” Sean Rat: Worry is when your care for something becomes a negative feeling, causing suffering. Tim: A persistent thought preparing you for something in the future. Red Bull: Worry is defined as the habit that develops as a result of…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…