The Heart Of Buddha's Teaching

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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 Going Deeper The next step to ending suffering is facing it directly, which means not avoiding aspects of experience which are unpleasant. (Remember Buddha didn’t just teach that life is suffering, but he also taught how to end suffering. )

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The Noble Eightfold Path includes Right View, Right Thinking, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Diligence, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration. Here is a brief overview of how Thich Nhat Hanh explains each of these eight practices: 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 Relationships 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.In the mid-2000s Nhat Hanh was finally allowed to return to Vietnam, but his health has been slowly declining. In 2014 he suffered a stroke leaving him in a wheelchair mostly unable to talk. He’s now returned to the same temple where he first became a monk and wants to remain there until he dies.

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You have to understand that Buddha’s teachings were passed down orally from monk to monk for many generations. So after 400 years, there was only one monk alive in Sri Lanka who could recite all of Buddha’s teachings from memory. It’s a bit ironic, but this monk was arrogant so the other monks had to persuade him to recite the teachings. The Southern Transmission is followed by members of Theravada Buddhism who live mostly in southeast asian countries like Sri Lanka and Thailand.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 teachings 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 In The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching Thich Nhat Hanh introduces us to the core teachings of Buddhism and shows us that the Buddha’s teachings are accessible and applicable to our daily lives. 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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With poetry and clarity, Nhat Hanh imparts comforting wisdom about the nature of suffering and its role in creating compassion, love, and joy – all qualities of enlightenment. Covering such significant teachings as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, the Three Doors of Liberation, the Three Dharma Seals, and the Seven Factors of Awakening, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching is a radiant beacon on Buddhist thought for the initiated and uninitiated alike. Calming– When you feel an overwhelming emotion like anger, you can first recognize it is there, then accept that it is present (rather than denying it), then embrace the anger like a mother comforting her child. When you are calmer you can look deeply what brought this emotion out, and gain insight into what causes contributed to the anger. This is how mindfully accepting and embracing our emotions can calm us.

Doing 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. Right Livelihood– Earning your living without violating any of the right actions we just listed. Buddhism also says not to sell alcohol, drugs, poisons, arms, meat or slaves. And don’t peddle prophecies or fortunes. You must face your suffering, which means touching deeply both the good and bad, experiencing everything that happens indiscriminately. How? You can do it through mindfulness practices like mindful breathing and mindful walking. Mindfulness lets us appreciate all that we take for granted, like our great gifts of the ability to breathe, walk and see. 6. Follow the Noble Eightfold Path to stop doing what causes suffering (The Fourth Noble Truth) Your old habits of thought, emotion and behavior carry you down the same roads on autopilot. This can make you suffer more and do things you regret. Mindfulness breaks the pattern of those old habit energies. It also allows us to stop our mental chatter, calm our emotions, rest fully, and heal our body and mind. Conclusion