The Love We Share, The Trust We Have..
Monday, November 06, 2006


The 4 Nobles Truths ( No. 3a)
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The Buddha's realization of the END OF SUFFERING and His attainment of Nirvana at the age of 35, crowned his search for the Truth with success. For 6 years, he had spread no effort to find a solution to the problem of suffering.. He had tried the principal methods of ending suffering and had found them inadequate. Eventually He found His own solution to the problems of life.


Confidence In The Buddha's Teaching
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Having realised the Truth through His own efforts, the BUddha offered it to all who were ready to listen.. There is an old story of a turtle and a fish.. The turtle lives on land as well as in the water while the fish lives only in the water.. One day, when the turtle had returned from a visit to the land, it told the fish of its experiences.. It explained that creatures living on land walked on solid ground.. However, the fish could not imagine a place where other fish did not live and where creatures walked rather than swam. The fish refused to believed that dry land really existed because that was something beyond its experience.. In the same way, we may not have experience the end of suffering, but it does not mean that the end of sufferings is not possible.. A patient must have confidence in an experienced doctor, otherwise he will never take the medicine that the doctor has prescribed for him and will not be cured of his sickness.. Similarly, pepole must have confidence in the Teaching of the Buddha (or your own religion) who has shown that the end of sufferings is really possible.

The End Of Suffering
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The end of suffering is the final goal of the Buddha's teaching.. It can be experienced by anyone here and now.. For example, when greed and anger arise in our minds, we experience unhappiness, and when thoughts of greed and anger cease, we become happy and peaceful.. To end sufferings completely, we must remove desire, ill will ?, and ignorance.. This is the Third Noble Truth, that is, the End Of Suffering..

Signed out by hungry ghost


Mogallana was here at 5:22 PM

1000 years later, our bond would still remain unchanged; our heart will still beat as one..

We wholeheartedly take refuge in the Buddha and respect the Buddha as our teacher.
We wholeheartedly take refuge in the Dharma and pratice the Noble teaching
We whole heartedly take refuge in the Sangha and accept the guidance of the Sangha
We pledge to cultivate kindenss, to keep right speech and to do good deeds
With the blessing of the Triple Gem,
May our wisdom grow for the betterment of our conduct and study.
May our deeds be filled with loving kindness and compassion
May all beings attain the State of Calmness,Peace, Prosperity and Happiness.
Sadhu, Sadhu, Sadhu.
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