A Few Thoughts On The Buddha Dharma For Those Who Have Never Experienced The Teaching

The Buddha is not the creator. He is not a god. The Buddha is our Teacher.

A Buddhist temple is not a place of worship. It is a place of learning.

Each day of our life we learn.

The Practice is not in the reading of books.

Sitting in meditation is not the whole of the Practice as so many believe. Sitting is one-eighth of the Practice. The Eightfold Path is the Practice.

The Eightfold Path is 8 steps. All and each are the Practice.

Our life, our daily life, our moment-to-moment life is the Practice. Our Practice is about relationships, our relationship with everything.

A Western Zen monk defined the Practice of Buddhism this way, “Do not be a jerk.”

This means don't be a jerk to yourself, to others, to other species, to all things.

“The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem.” —Captain Jack Sparrow

"All created things are like a dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow; like dew or like lightning. View everything like this.” —The Diamond Sutra