Sublime

In this final chapter, the Buddha sums up this teaching that combines wisdom and compassion: not only is it grasped without grasping, it is explained without explaining. Whoever explains this teaching like this does what a buddha does. This is why the Buddha gets up in the morning and goes to town. This is the way to buddhahood and the way of

We do not need to brush off dignified and pretentious phrases from the history of Buddhist philosophy in order to describe the reality of being here and now. The alternative of course is to create a new language, a language of existential poetry.

to be a Buddhist is to try to protect life, to practice generosity, to protect the safety and integrity of adults and children, to refrain from sexual misconduct, to practice deep listening and loving speech, and to refuse to consume the many toxic items available in our society.

And each time it is meant to further develop our understanding of the bodhisattva’s practice as well as the nature of buddhahood and a buddha’s body. This is not an idle exercise in semantics but is crucial to understanding the nature of what the Buddha acquired as a result of his own practice as a bodhisattva as well as the nature of what he

—Toni Packer

This Middle Path is generally referred to as the Noble Eightfold Path (Arija-Aṭṭhaṇgika-Magga), because it is composed of eight categories or divisions: namely, 1. Right Understanding (Sammā diṭṭhi), 2. Right Thought (Sammā saṇkappa), 3. Right Speech (Sammāv ācā), 4. Right Action (Sammākammanta), 5. Right Livelihood (Sammā ājīva), 6. Right Effort

I am who I am right now. And that very state of being is the Buddha.

One of the cardinal values in dharma is non-injury to all beings, or ahimsa, a universalization from one’s experience of pain to others.