014-Buddhism in daily life - Immerse yourself in the Dharma

As often as the term "dharma" is used linguistically, its
definition is unclear.


According to Wikipedia, the word "Dharma" can include law, right
and custom, as well as ethical and religious obligations and
values, but also denote religion, ethics or morality in general,
or concrete religious rituals, methods and actions.


But with a simple definition one cannot do justice to the term
"Dharma", because through the "Dharma" we reach "enlightenment",
we can therefore (according to the teachings of Buddha) determine
life, death and any change with the right Dharma. The body is
mortal, but do we know about the causes and consequences of our
human existence, so with the "right" Dharma do we decide more
wisely, or more consciously, for example with more mindfulness?


All day long we are busy, the work, the children, the car, the
apartment, the hobbies, good food, the beloved TV evening, the
sport, there is always enough to do. So much we would like to
forget that at the end of all efforts we will die, so we always
want to have something "to do", useful or not, just not thinking
is the modern motto.


Then the result of any thinking can only be that life is finite
and therefore terrible, the result makes us sad.


But whoever looks at human life openly and honestly, can actually
only come to one conclusion, namely to the complete abandonment,
to surrender, it is of no use at all to want to suppress these
FACTS, but if we accept the finiteness of our fate, then we find
the urgently needed salvation, the words of Buddha are true, the
fears must first be conquered, only then the state of
consciousness changes, the "enlightenment" comes closer.


The path of Dharma should be without judgment, without desires,
without wanting, without craving, without hatred and without
delusion, free from forms, according to the true Buddha nature in
harmony with the universe.


Dharma is the truth propagated by the Buddha himself, virtuously
and righteously following the noble eightfold path of the great
teacher, through right understanding, right thought, right
speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right
mindfulness and right meditation, following the teacher's path on
his way.


Who am I?


Where do I come from?


Where am I going?


Can we (for ourselves, not for others) overcome the nature of
change, "enter" deeper into reality, and then discover our
"immortality"? For if the Dharma can determine life, death, and
any change, then in the end it is all up to ourselves.


Is there a timeless reality without any form that exists
unchanged, that is preserved?





Time is a great teacher. The misfortune: it kills its disciples


- Buddha - honorary name of the Indian philosopher Siddhartha
Gautama - 560 to 480 before the year zero





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