To seek dharma (an untranslatable world,
loosely meaning 'insight').
To achieve nirvana (a state of relief from the pain
and anxiety of the world).
To reach freedom from karma (the endless cycle
of rebirth).
Buddhism is not centerd upon
veneration of any kind: Buddha is not a God, nor a heavenly mediator,nor a
redeemer, and the most important thing for a disciple of his to seek is
direct recocnition of dharma. Enlightenment and salvation are linked
- Buddha's knowledge, so painfully gained, was not simply intellectual
knowledge, but an insight concerned the interdependence and inpermanence of
all things.
The main aim of the Buddhism is to realize nirvana: the true refuge, the
eternal realm, liberation from kharma and freedom from all ties to
this world and its cycle of rebirth. The ineffable state of nirvana can only
be achieved by meditation, austere practices and great personal effort.
Study in intruction are only capable of pointing a student in the right
direction.
The Buddha taught that, although humans do have free will, the law of karma
operates in all dimantions of human life. Karma is the force created
by evil deeds or bad feelings, which binds people of the cycle of death and
rebirth. Through reincarnation, humans suffer the concequences, good or bad,
of their previous lives. It is this legacy which leads to dukkha, in their
present livea. However, it is posible to transcend the effects of karma by
resisting desires until, like an untended fire, karma, like an untended
fire, karma dies down.
The
Teachings
