Dharma Talk
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Vegetarian and Civilization
Vegetarian and Civilization Once we have a clear definition of civilization in our hearts, we naturally understand what kind of actions, speech, and thoughts align with civilization. Now, let’s talk about vegetarian diet. Why does it seem that no matter what topic we discuss, it always leads back to vegetarian diet? Because vegetarian is the beginning of all positive change. It is the beginning of kindness, the start of abstaining from evil, the path to liberation, the foundation of spiritual practice, the gateway to wisdom, the means to dissolve negative karma, the starting point of personal growth, the return to our true nature, the end of suffering, and the pursuit…
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What is Civilization?
What is Civilization? What is civilization? When people discuss civilization, the definitions that come to mind must be diverse, but it is certain that they all consist of beautiful and positive words. Civilization represents development and progress. Civilization is certainly not barbaric or backward. Humanity hopes that its cities and nations become increasingly civilized. In fact, when each individual progresses and develops, the entire Earth becomes more civilized. Civilization exists in every aspect, from the smallest details to the grandest scales. The improvement of an individual’s behavior is also civilization, just as the fate of humanity and the elevation of Earth’s dimension are also aspects of civilization. Below, I will…
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The Middle Way and Noble Eightfold Path
The Middle Way and Noble Eightfold PathAUG/26/ 2023—AUG / 27/ 2023 Hello everyone, welcome to our Dharma talk at Dharma Rain Meditation Center. If we divide Dharma cultivation into three parts,it would be precepts, samadhi and wisdom. The purpose of the precepts is to cultivate the concentration of thoughts and mindfulness, helping people attain the samadhi by keeping the precepts. The samadhi’s function is to cultivate the consistency and stability of thought, to accomplish the amend of thoughts, to rise the wisdom beyond the world’s insights, which is finding the own wisdom in samadhi. Therefore, it can be seen from this that the purpose of practising Dharma is not simple…
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The Noble Eightfold Path
The Noble Eightfold PathAUG/19/ 2023—AUG/20/ 2023 Hello everyone, welcome to our Dharma talk at Dharma Rain Meditation Center. The Noble Eightfold Path is originally from the 37 bodhakkhiya-dharma. it is an important guide for our cultivation. What exactly is the Noble Eightfold Path? Noble Eightfold Path, Sanskrit: Ārya aṣṭāṅga mārgaḥ, in Sanskrit, Ārya (Yalia) is holy, perfect, comprehensive. The meaning of aṣṭa is the number eight, āṅga is the meaning of “item” and mārga is the way of cultivation, so the literally we call it Noble Eightfold Path, which refers to the eight methods for Buddhism cultivation and attaining the Nirvana, so it is also called eight ships, eight boats.It…
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From Four Noble Truths to the Four Grand Oaths
From Four Noble Truths to the Four Grand Oaths AUG/12/ 2023—AUG / 13/ 2023 Hello everyone, welcome to our Dharma talk at Dharma Rain Meditation Center. You will probably feel curious; why we have to talk about the logical relationship of the Four Noble Truth, Dukkha is eight sufferings, samudaya are causes, nirodha is Nirvana, marga is thirty-seven bodhipakṣa dharma, they are four independent parts, why Buddha concluded them in Four Noble Truth? Indeed, in the modern society we are so easy to ignore the Dukkha, ignore the fact that the life journey in this world is suffering; it is so difficult to read the phenomenon of life, to understand…
