Buddhism & Jainism
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Ahimsa in Jainism #317
Jainism goes back some twenty-four generations prior to Buddhism, and over that extended time period it has always held the vow of nonviolence (ahimsa) unbroken and uncompromised. Here, a list of the golden precepts of Jainism, many of them unheard of and never practiced by the Western world, are listed for the sensitive soul who is dedicated to the nonharming of all living beings.
Daigo-Tette — Grounds of Satori #300
The Supreme Goal of Satori in Zen is reached via step by step practices that net the dedicated aspirant the very ground upon which such a powerful spiritual edifice stands. Gradual, gradated Satori is already the goal itself, paving the way for the full expression of the mastery of the inscrutable “not-two” realization. It is the way of the Diamond Cutter, well illustrated on this dharma art wisdom chart.
Jugyu — Zen Ox-Herding #192
The strange phenomenon of forgetfulness of the Self, of ones true nature, is an unwelcome facet of life on earth in the human body. Zen has a wise and winsome way of explaining not only this unconscionable loss of essential memory, but also the successive steps necessary in recovering that most precious and foremost of qualities — as the famous ten steps on this dharma chart reveal.
Jujukai — Ten Basic Precepts of Buddhism #293
Following along the lines of systems like Judaism’s Ten Commandments, and Yoga’s Ten Yamas and Niyamas, the Ten Precepts of Zen Buddhism cover both exoteric and esoteric ground. Since Zen represents a more contemporary Buddhist stance and way, its precepts are directed towards problems of a more contemporary age and time — such as detrimental acts of imbibing alcohol and other intoxicants. For the practitioner seeking enlightenment, these harmful habits are to be carefully avoided and discarded in favor of a straightforward, disciplined spiritual practice blended with a pure, simple, and unostentatious life and lifestyle.
Mahamudra — The Great Seal #75
There is a definite “seal “over all of Awareness, one that declares an apt conclusion around everything divine, everything spiritual. It is an incomparable “mudra,” a position assumed by Divinity Itself that confers upon Its highly qualified votaries the three precious gems of Enlightenment — The View, The Practice, and True Action. All devotees of the Lord and Mother of the Universe, and all adherents to every religious tradition, should aquaint themselves with this precious teaching of the dharma, which is Tibet’s own unique contribution to the philosophy of Nonduality in this age.
Mayoi — Zen Principles & Distractions #260
To train the human mind in all the many superlative spiritual artforms is to encounter and face off with its shortcomings and deficiencies present within. It is often stubborn, obstinate, and contrary to its own best good. In Zen, these problems have been observed, studied, and listed down by masterful teachers for the benefit of those dedicated practitioners who strive daily to reach Enlightenment, and who want to be able to identify these discrepancies when and as they rise. This dharma chart accomplishes a listing of many of the main obstacles common to the difficult task of purifying the mental body.
Precepts, Points, Practice & Process of the Vajrayana Path #200
In the noble pathway of Tibetan Buddhism, which received India’s spiritual teachings as early as 700 A.D., to proceed along the road to realization is to follow a well-mapped out scheme of gradated disciplines designed to allow the aspirant to gain access to the direct perception of Reality. All requirements at all levels of the spiritual quest are duly covered, guided by a well-informed system of spiritual progress that has produced many illumined souls over the centuries.
Ri-B — Zen Truth Principles #164
Coursing through some 50 generations of refinement and distillation, wherein India’s sterling spiritual principles and teachings reached Japan, the result was the culmination of a unique pathway, simplified yet nonetheless powerful, called Zen. Here, qualified nondualistic teachings of the dharma found their full maturation in nonduality, all communicated in their own specialized way. The select teachings on this wisdom chart are a perfect example of this welcome fact.
Sangai-Yui-Isshin — The Three Worlds #292
Following in Mother India’s footsteps, Zen Buddhism proposes its own version of the famous and beneficial teaching of the Three Worlds. In Vedic scripture this trio is described as the gross physical world, the subtle realm of the mind, and the causal level of formlessness. Zen poses them as the realm of desire, the sphere of desireless form, and the sphere of formlessness. Though very similar, Zen’s contribution to this ancient dharma teaching is valuable, adds several fresh aspects, and can be easily accessed and studied in this dharma art wisdom chart.
Teachings on the Bardo States #69
An entire course on the richest teachings of reincarnation available in this day and time, the relating of esoteric wisdom around the bardos in Tibetan Buddhism leads the soul to knowledge of the dynamics of birth and death concerning the transmigrating soul. The veiled occurrences of what this conglomerate of conditioned consciousness, or “subtle body,” experiences in between the death of the former body and the appearance of the new body also becomes revealed, leaving it open for the rarified experience of a conscious death and a fully dharmic life, or lives, thereafter.
The Chain of Rebirth With Its Twelve Nidanas (Links) in Buddhis #117
The esoteric teaching of the Twelve Nidanas is one of Buddhism’s three main dharmic pillars. To come to know the movement and location of the embodied soul in relativity — at least until it remembers its static, all-pervasive nature — is a great aid to the process of getting free of transmigration on the wheel of birth and death. Most sensitive beings, rare as they may be in this world, who come to know of the possibility of Freedom, will take three life times to accomplish this penultimate goal of spiritual life. A major part of the process will consist of snapping the links that bind the soul to pleasures, worlds, relatives and families, wealth, and all the karmas that have accumulated due to habitual relations with all of them. For the adamantine seeker, then, this chart and its teachings will act as an inner road map to the radiant lands of pure, conscious Awareness.
The Three Pillars of Zen Practice #297
One of Zen Buddhism’s most well-known and effective spiritual practices, The Three Pillars of Zen, place the aims and objectives of the spiritual path in easy reach of every sincere practitioner. Satisfying every criterion for the path, and resolving all issues in the way to attaining it, this teaching both simplifies and deepens the end result of daily practice, turning it toward the much sought after direct experience of the Supreme Goal.