Buddhist Cosmology; e-book available

Buddhist Cosmology

The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Artfulness in Speech (4)

The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Third Group of Blessings. Blessing Ten :- Artfulness in Speech

Author’s Preface

Buddhism is unique in teaching a way to overcome suffering, with its aim definitively to liberate oneself from the Cycle of Existence [vadda-samsara] thereby attaining the highest eternal happiness

The Noble Truth of Suffering : 1. Suffering as a result of Birth [jati dukkha]

The Lord Buddha taught that suffering as a result of birth is ‘built in’ suffering for every living being conceived in the realms of the Cycle of Existence

The Noble Truth of the Origin of Suffering #1

After explaining the Noble Truth of Suffering, Lord Buddha continued with an explanation of the origin of suffering

The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Abstaining from Unwholesomeness (3)

The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Sixth Group of Blessings. Blessing Nineteen :- Abstaining from Unwholesomeness.

The Noble Truth of the Origin of Suffering # 3

The Lord Buddha compared craving to the resin of the persimmon tree or varnish which are some of the stickiest forms of sap

From Boston, after 759 years - Boy enthroned rinpoche near Darjeeling

The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Abstaining from Unwholesomeness (5)

The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Sixth Group of Blessings. Blessing Nineteen :- Abstaining from Unwholesomeness.

The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Setting oneself up properly in life (1)

The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Second Group of Blessings. Blessing Six :- Setting oneself up properly in life