Entering the Way by Principle means to awaken to the Truth through the doctrine, with a deep faith that all sentient beings have the same true nature. Entering by Practice means following four practices that encompass all other practices. They are: accepting adversity, adapting to conditions, seeking nothing, and acting in accordance with the Dharma.
"'Everything exists': That is one extreme. 'Everything doesn't exist': That is a second extreme. Avoiding these two extremes, the Tathagata teaches the Dhamma via the middle.
One who is a disciple of the noble ones — his mind thus free from hostility, free from ill will, undefiled, & pure - acquires these four assurances in the here-&-now,
The tao is perfect like vast space where nothing is lacking and nothing is in excess. Indeed, it is due to our choosing to accept or reject that we do not see the true nature of things.
The tao is perfect like vast space where nothing is lacking and nothing is in excess. Indeed, it is due to our choosing to accept or reject that we do not see the true nature of things.
One who is a disciple of the noble ones — his mind thus free from hostility, free from ill will, undefiled, & pure - acquires these four assurances in the here-&-now,
"'Everything exists': That is one extreme. 'Everything doesn't exist': That is a second extreme. Avoiding these two extremes, the Tathagata teaches the Dhamma via the middle.
The basic need that probably unites all human beings, is the need for a satisfactory and peaceful existence. It seems to be our most fundamental stimulus that consciously, subconsciously or unconsciously underlies most of our activities. Buddhist Way outlines the way to peace of mind offered by the Buddha by providing resources that allow you to study and understand the way proposed, and if you find it useful to practice it in your everyday life.
We ought to live in such a way that we’re above the world - which sounds odd: live in the world but be above it’s influence, but remember it: live in the world, but be above the world, that is, don’t sink, keep the mind above the things that can cause happiness and unhappiness, that can cause suffering, then we can live in the world but be above its power, above its pressures. The body dwells in the world, and the mind dwells with the body, but the mind is above the pressures of the world, there’s no power in the world that can pressure this mind, make it happy or unhappy, make it give rise to greed, anger and delusion, because it has the Dhamma. The world and the Dhamma are connected in this way: dwelling in the world having conquered it’s influence, that’s Dhamma. The matter is at an end.
Thich Nhat Hanh explains, that our suffering comes from our wrong perceptions, from our misunderstanding. The practice of meditation, the practice of looking deeply has the purpose of removing wrong perceptions from us. If we are able to remove our wrong perceptions we will be able to be free from the afflictions and the sufferings that always arise from wrong perceptions.
Shunryu Suzuki highlights, that the characteristic of Buddha’s teaching is to go beyond things. “Things” means the various being and the various ideas we have. When we go beyond the objective and subjective world we come to the understanding of the oneness of everything. The oneness of subjectivity and objectivity, the oneness of inside and outside.
