Category: Teaching posts

Being able to follow the teachings is one of the 5 circumstantial advantages of having a precious human life. It is beneficial to contemplate this often. In so doing, that this enters into our mind stream and that we cherish life and live life meaningfully.

Being born in a time a Buddha has descended, being born in a time a Buddha has taught and being born in a time the Buddha’s teachings exist are 3 of the 5 circumstantial advantages of having a precious human life. Living without these advantages how would we know of and practise the Dharma and … Continued

These 4 of the 8 freedoms ( not born as a barbarian, an heretic, a fool and born in the time of no Buddha ) relate to being born as a humans that are not favourable to practise the Dharma. The previous 4 of the 8 freedoms related to being born in non human realms … Continued

Being able to practise the Dharma as we have not been born in as an animal or in the god realm

Due to not being born in the cold hells we have the freedom to practise the Dharma

Introduction to the 8 freedoms, a short discussion regarding results of or perception and cause and effect, the hot hells

Introduction to precious human life and then the comparisons Buddha offered to help us realise, appreciate, value and cherish the good fortune of attaining a precious human life.

Amitabha Buddha, meditation, recitation of sutras and taking Eight Mahayana Precepts, Kalachakra day (Full Moon) We are what we think Gautama Buddha