The Wisdom of Buddhism
07/22/2015
Atisha (11th century Tibetan Buddhist master) About Buddhism The greatest achievement is selflessness. The greatest worth is self-mastery. The greatest quality is seeking to serve
This Portal focuses upon living a good life, taking “right action,” seeing the sacred in everything, being true to oneself and this world, and living a life of meaning and significance.
The First Noble Truth
Life is Suffering
The Second Noble Truth
The Origin of Suffering is Attachment
The Third Noble Truth
The Cessation of Suffering is Attainable.
The Fourth Noble Truth
The Path to the Cessation of Suffering.
Life is Suffering
Being / Consciousness / Bliss
March 1, 2013
To live means to suffer, because the human nature is not perfect and neither is the world we live in. During our lifetimes, we inevitably have to endure physical suffering such as pain, sickness, injury, tiredness, old age, and eventually death; and we have to endure psychological suffering like sadness, fear, frustration, disappointment, and depression.
Although there are different degrees of suffering and there are also positive experiences in life that we perceive as the opposite of suffering, such as ease, comfort and happiness.
Life in its totality is imperfect and incomplete, because our world is subject to impermanence. This means we are never able to keep permanently what we strive for, and just as happy moments pass by; we ourselves and our loved ones will pass away one day, too.
The Buddha’s First Discourse
The First Noble Truth: Life Means Suffering
07/10/2015
To live means to suffer, because the human nature is not perfect and neither is the world we live in. During our lifetimes, we inevitably
The Four Noble Truths: Pragmatic Buddhism
07/14/2015
The Four Noble Truths describe the path to the cessation of suffering. The First Noble Truth: Life Means Suffering. This is the nature of existence.
Time is a Subtle Energy
05/15/2015
“Vedic physics states that time is a subtle energy or force which is manifested before the cosmic manifestation. Time moves the unmanifest material energy and
The Portals
