How to Practise Buddhism Yat-Biu Ching
Buddha QuotesBuddha Quotes Hindu Prince Gautama Siddhartha, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C. "Do not believe in...
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The Fourteen Mindfulness TrainingsThe Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings The First Mindfulness Training: Openness Aware of the suffering created by fanaticism and intolerance, I am determined not to be idolatrous...
Whenever we perform a task, we must do it completely and successfully. To believe in a religion, one must first understand the principles of a religion to determine if it can satisfy the needs of mankind and himself. Does it explain the question about the universe and life thoroughly? Does it answer all the other questions one has? Does it do it convincingly? To be a Buddhist, one must first study and understand Buddhism. The Buddha said: "Believe and follow the principles of a religion, not the person preaching the religion." This way, what one develops will be rational belief, not blind faith.
After reading the previous chapters of this book, you may have developed favourable impressions about Buddhism, and you plan to learn more about it. Now, you may have some questions in your mind: "How do I become a Buddhist?" and, "How do I practise Buddhism.' These questions will be answered in the following sections.
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----------------------The End ------------------- PS 1: Above is one of my many postings in the series of "Engaging Buddhism to benefit all living beings, and contributing to educating Buddhists." I hope you find useful knowledge and beneficial insight from reading the above posting. To truly benefit from Buddhism, one has to practice. I hope you find happiness and wisdom from Buddhism.
May all beings have happiness and create the causes of happiness. May they all be free from suffering and from creating the causes of suffering. May they find that noble happiness that can never be tainted by suffering. May they attain universal, impartial compbuttion, beyond worldly bias towards friends and enemies.
PS 2: I have compiled a page of useful Buddhist links to share with you. It is available at:
The Five Wonderful Mindfulness TrainingsGood day, I found that this training article is also one of the handouts in a Pholosophy clbutt in a university in Canada Cha`o Bi`nh =================================================== The Five...
Sincerely,
Binh
