The Heart Of Buddha's Teaching

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Intentions, these are the goals you chase. Often people believe getting status, fame or possessions will make their lives better, but it actually leads them towards more unhappiness. It’s helpful to listen to what people who are already rich or famous are saying about this. For example, the famous comedian and movie actor Jim Carrey has some awesome speeches about this, here’s a quote from one: To face your suffering, touch deeply both the good and bad parts of life. It’s about experiencing everything that happens to you indiscriminately. Knowing that both the positive and negative things pass with time. Thich Nhat Hanh grew up in the middle of a war. He was surrounded by immense suffering and destruction that most of us can’t imagine. Adults and children being killed. Bombs dropping on homes. People hungry and starving. Society and cultural values being broken. He says those wounds of suffering are still there inside him. But that’s okay because… Buddha’s First Noble Truth that “life is suffering” is not him being pessimistic. He is simply stating the fact that nothing in life is ultimately satisfying. We all suffer through our health, relationships, accidents, etc. And even when things are going good, we still worry how they could go wrong. Yet suffering is useful because it’s allows Buddha to speak to our hearts. He was a human and suffered too. 4. Look deeply to find the causes of your suffering (The Second Noble Truth)

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Buddha mentioned four kinds of source materials that we must be aware of: food, sense impressions, intentions and consciousness. Let’s look at these closer: And finally we have consciousness, this is what is going through your mind. Our consciousness can be a great source of suffering if we are not in control of it. Thich Nhat Hanh describes it like this: Nhat Hanh doesn’t seem concerned about rigidly following one school of Buddhism. To understand what Buddha really taught in the clearest way, he studies multiple schools and translations. While most of the schools share important core teachings in common, sometimes one of the schools offers a point of view that better reflects what Buddha actually taught. Jump To Where to start, Meditation, Difficult emotions, Going Deeper, Interbeing, Zen, The Buddha’s life and teachings, His own life, Engaged Ethics, Relationships, Ecology, Buddhism and Christianity, Poetry, For children The Buddha’s life and teachingsThe heart of Buddha’s teachings are The Four Noble Truths. These truths were part of the first lesson Buddha gave his disciples after he became enlightened. Thich Nhat Hanh focuses heavily on these four truths at the beginning of the book to give us a foundational understanding of Buddhism. Buddhists believe that because Buddha shared these truths, he “put into motion the wheel of the Dharma” which in this context means “the Way of Understanding and Love”. Right Action– Being compassionate and protective of all life, including people, animals, plants and minerals. Not killing. Being generous about sharing your time, energy and other resources with those in need. Not stealing. Being sexually responsible, which means only making love inside of a long-term committed relationship. Eating mindfully rather than destructively. And not using alcohol or other intoxicants. From ancient wisdom to modern science, we study every area of human knowledge. So you can be inspired every day with the best ideas that really help you grow.

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Today the two major schools of Buddhism are Theravada and Mahayana. The main difference between them is they follow two separate Transmissions or records of Buddha’s teachings. These are called the Southern and Northern Transmissions and they were written down in different places after Buddha’s death.Thich Nhat Hanh says it is good to say “hello habit energy” when you see old destructive thoughts, emotions or behaviors rise up again. Greet your old habits without judgment as if they are an old friend. Don’t feel guilty because we all carry these energies. The Southern Transmission is a record of Buddha’s teachings written down about 400 years after Buddha died. It was written down in the language of Pali by Sri Lankan monks. (This one is also known as the Pali Canon.) The Buddha often said his teachings are like a finger pointing at the moon. All the books and lectures are meant to point us in the right direction, but at some point we are supposed to stop thinking about them. Nhat Hanh says it is like following a map to get to Paris. Once you arrive, you fold up the map and enjoy yourself. These eight practices are not really religious or moral rules in the traditional sense. Buddha said you shouldn’t follow these rules because someone in authority tells you to. Instead, you should first see with your own awareness how the wrong practices lead to suffering and the right ones lead to peace.

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We have to learn the art of stopping — stopping our thinking, our habit energies, our forgetfulness, the strong emotions that rule us.Jump To Where to start, Meditation, Difficult emotions, Going Deeper, Interbeing, Zen, The Buddha’s life and teachings, His own life, Engaged Ethics, Relationships, Ecology, Buddhism and Christianity, Poetry, For children Interbeing

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Jump To Where to start, Meditation, Difficult emotions, Going Deeper, Interbeing, Zen, The Buddha’s life and teachings, His own life, Engaged Ethics, Relationships, Ecology, Buddhism and Christianity, Poetry, For children Poetry Buddha’s Fourth Noble Truth is the path of eight right practices we can follow to stop ourselves doing what causes suffering. These practices are called The Noble Eightfold Path and they include: right view, right thinking, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right diligence, right mindfulness, right concentration. 7. Stop your old habit energies with mindfulnessDoing something with our full awareness can break the pattern of our old habit energies. Practices like mindful breathing, mindful walking or mindful listening can help us stay in control of our habit energies. Easy to understand. Clear and simple writing. Lots of bullet points. No long boring paragraphs. Even visuals, illustrations and comics!