Spiritually, the community is humankind globally as a family. The interaction between members of this family is based on the idea of seeing to it that each person’s basic needs are taken care with concern, loving kindness, and actual service. This is one of the two reasons why we are here. The first reason is […]
Month: March 2012
Grand Parents
The Buddha Shakyamuni preached in many of his sutras, that all beings at one time or another were one’s mother. Spiritually this makes all beings one’s grand parents. This becomes the motivation of respecting and cherishing these infinite sentient beings with unconditional love and altruistic compassion. They are our motivation for spiritual practice. We must […]
Souls
The idea of a self or a soul is maintained by the five aggregates of conditioned existence. They are; a form body, five senses, consciousness, and emotional reaction or involvement with these first three which cause inclination or propensity to action. All of this is the drama of karmic tendencies and the results of this […]
Rapture
Rapture, also called Bliss or Joy is a state of mind already existing universally. We humans experience this in many ways such as sexual orgasm, near-death experiences, the use of psychotropic drugs etc. Most humans don’t value these experiences as insight into their ultimate nature of mind and the nature of the universe itself. They […]
Salvation
This Catholic word means to be saved or granted access to a heavenly realm or to be born again. Spiritually, according to the teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni, this is not necessary and in some cases, counter-productive or delusional. Our relative mind (or nature) is caught in a loop of emotional involvement with that which we […]