: ?????? ???? ????? ???? Introduction to Buddhism & Meditation 2009/6/20 Buddhist Association of Canada Cham Shan Temple Sunday Dharma Class


: Buddhist Association of Canada Cham Shan Temple ná mó fó tuó ? ? ? ? Namo Buddha ná mó dá mó ? ? ? ? Namo Dharma ná mó seng qié ? ? ? ? Namo Sangha


Slide 3:????? – Dharma, Teaching of Buddha ??? 3 Dharma Zeal ??? 4 Reliance ?? 10 Good Deeds ??? 4 Noble Truth ??? 8 Fold Path ???? 12 Causation Link ?? 6 Paramita ?????? 84,000 Approaches


Slide 4:Ten Schools in China


Slide 5:Agenda ???? Text Lecture – Listen ? Q&A – Think ? Experience – Practice ? Format: Assignment / Test / Outing


Slide 6:???? – The 10 Realms


Slide 7:?? Ten Good Deeds ?? : ??????????? ?? : ??????????????? ?? : ???????????


Slide 8:Four Noble Truth ?? ? Eightfold Path to end suffering ? Suffering ? Cause of suffering ? Cessation of the cause of suffering ? Effect ? Cause ?? Mundane ??? Supramundane


Slide 9:????????? 12 Links in Chain of Causation - 3 Periods in Life Cycle


Slide 10:18 Elements of Cognition ?


Slide 11:Cultivation approach???? The repeating cycle of death-and-rebirth never ends unless the chain is broken. Control the three causes in the present life: Attachments (?), Grasping (?), and Existence (?). Breaking out from the chain to liberates from the vicious suffering cycle of death-and-rebirth. Pratyeka-Buddha (??) accomplish their level of enlightenment by breaking out of the chain.


Slide 12:?? 6 Paramitas ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? Dana (Charity) Shila (Discipline) Kshanti (Forbearance) Virya (Zeal) Dhyana (Concentration) Prajna (Wisdom)


Slide 13:?? 6 Paramitas ?? ???? ???? ?? ???? ???? ?? ???? ???? ?? ???? ???? ?? ???? ???? ???? ???? ?? ???? ???? ???? ???? Dana (Charity) Shila (Discipline) Kshanti (Forbearance) Virya (Zeal) Dhyana (Concentration) Prajna (Wisdom)


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Diamond Sutra «???» :Diamond Sutra «???» At meal time, the World Honored One put on his robe, took up his bowl and entered the great city of Sravasti to collect alms. After his sequential alms round was finished, he returned to his dwelling. When his meal was completed, he put his robe and bowl away. After he washed his feet, he arranged his seat and sat down. ??,????,????,????????????????,????????,???????,?????


Slide 16:??? 4 Attractive Relations ??????????????? ????? (Generosity) ?????:???,???????:????,??,???????: ??,??,??,??,????;???????,?????? ????? (Kind Words) ??????,????,????,????,??????????? ????? (Benefiting Others) ???????,?????,????,??????????,????,??? ??????,??????? ????? (Teamwork) ????,??????,????,?????????,???????,?????????????,???????


Slide 17:???? 3 Aspects of Giving ?? Subject of Giving ?? Object of Giving ?? The Gift ?? are Void


Slide 18:?????? - 84000 Approaches ????,???? Not Dogmatic ????? Practice, not words ?????? Different stroke for different folk


Questions and Comments ?? :GM’s version of Truth: Suffering: A $50-billion government bailout and bankruptcy. Cause of Suffering: GM officials bankruptcy filing blamed the economic collapse, liquidity crisis, exigent economic circumstances. The only use of the term “responsible” is to make the point that GM is “not responsible” for certain retiree benefits. Not mentioned are management responsibility: large vehicles, slow reform and cost-cutting, failed to turn the tide against $88 billion in losses over four years. Questions and Comments ??


Questions and Comments ?? :GM’s version of Truth: Nivana: “Today marks the beginning of what will be a new company, a new GM dedicated to building the very best cars and trucks, highly fuel-efficient, world-class quality, green technology development.” The Path: The bankruptcy avoid a potentially fatal systemic failure, would have hurt GM, and hundreds of thousands of others in the auto industry. The bankruptcy, a “once in a lifetime opportunity”, could sweep away the problems of too much debt, too many dealers and too many workers. Questions and Comments ??


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