Exploring Buddhism

This text provides brief information on views of Buddhism. There is no claim to completeness. This is intended to provide an accessible understanding and to enable you to engage in meditation. Different views may stand side by side with equanimity. Do not make a conflict out of it and put aside the views that do not seem appropriate and stay with what is right for you in your heart. This introduction contains five aspects:. There is a reference to the origin of metta meditation and an explanation of the terms meditation and metta meditation.

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Speaking to an audience of Western students, the Dalai Lama shows us how to apply basic Buddhist principles to our day-to-day lives. Starting with the very foundation of Buddhism, the Four Noble Truths, he provides the framework for understanding the Buddha’s first teachings on suffering, happiness, and peace. He follows with commentary on two of Buddhism’s most profound texts: The Eight Verses on Training the Mind and Atisha’s Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, often referring to the former as one of his main sources of inspiration for the practice of compassion.

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