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• Buddhism is a philosophy – it is a way of living your life following a path of spiritual development that leads you to the truth of reality. There is no one definition of Buddhism because it is a practicing philosophy that you cannot truly understand until you actually experience it. However, that does not mean that this book is useless; rather, it...
• On the sixth day, so the story goes, Siddhartha Gautama opened his eyes upon the morning star. It was at this time that he reached Nirvana – total enlightenment. He knew without a doubt that whatever it was that he had been looking for, it was really never truly lost. In fact, anyone could find it. There was no reason to struggle and live an arduou...
• Dharma – The Path to Perfect Enlightenment   When the Buddha reached Nirvana, he did this by following the path of the dharma. In Buddhism, dharma refers to a sort of cosmic law and order – a way of thinking that believes there is a greater force at work than anything within us; not a divine god, but a divine force that ensures the scales are alway...
• The dharma offers protection from all of the negativity around you. Buddhists believe that the problems and suffering we experience in our daily lives stems from ignorance. To eliminate ignorance, you simply have to follow the dharma. Dharma improves your quality of life. It does not focus on external factors, such as wealth and material objects, b...
• "The Buddha or a disciple of the Buddha [teaches] the Dhamma for the elimination of all speculative views, determinations, biases, adherences, and underlying tendencies, for the stilling of all mental constructs, for the relinquishing of all attachments, for the destruction of craving, for dispassion, for cessation, for Nirvana." —Middle Length Dis...