…reate suffering, thereby obscuring our real nature. Awakening the heart of compassion and expressing it through selfless activity. Meditation Meditation is the foundation of our religious practice: through it we can discover the Truth directly for ourselves. It is to sit still with an open, alert and bright mind, neither suppressing nor indulging the thoughts and feelings that arise. In meditation, one learns how to accept oneself and the world…
…and the renewal is conditional on having regular contact with a senior priest or priests (their refuge monk), and having kept up their religious practice. Lay ministers are governed by relevant rules of the Order, which are made available at Order temples. The Rules, together with the license, are an assurance to the public that they are supported by and answerable to the Order. Lay Ministry Vestments Lay ministers wear the black robe and small b…
…d purified, He developed the supernormal knowledge of the true way to the destruction of the passions and, comprehending things as they truly are, realised His original enlightenment exclaiming, “I was, am and will be enlightened simultaneously with the universe.” He was thirty-five. He was born human and He lived and died as a man; however, although He was human and neither deified nor immortal, He became an extraordinary man. He must not be thou…
…o I have made use of several dictionaries, books of character analysis and commentaries on the term itself to put together this article and ask forgiveness for its shortcomings. The first character, mo, has an element in it that means black or darkness, making the whole character signify “dark, secret, silent, serene, profound” and also “to close the lips, to become silent”. The second character, chao, has as element meaning “the brightness of the…