What, for an individual being, is the greatest form of suffering?
Therefore, for every sentient being, the greatest suffering is not death itself, but failing to recognize the nature of mind, failing to understand the three Mahāyāna views, and not knowing the true nature of life.
What impact does materialism have on modern society?
A completely materialistic person who deeply and comprehensively believes in the survival of the fittest will behave in a very terrifying way.
Three Principal Aspects of the Path
This part explains the three key elements, Renunciation, Bodhicitta, and Emptiness, needed for pursuing the Buddhist path.
The Roadmap of the Buddhist Path
This part explains how to begin the Buddhist path to liberation and Buddhahood.
Could AI ever think like us？
If AI could have human-like innate cognitive abilities, it would shake up the very core of Buddhist teachings, maybe even rewrite them entirely
Tibetan Buddhism
This part explains the four lineages of Tibetan Buddhism, their theories and practice methods.
Chinese Buddhism
This part explains the eight schools of Chinese Buddhism.
Introduction to Buddhism
This part gives an overview of Buddhism.
Why is Buddhism not PUA (Pick-Up Artist)?
Buddhism is not PUA because it is open to discussion and debate
How does cognition help our spiritual practice?
In everyday practice, you're essentially honing your cognitive abilities.
What is cognition?
Can AI cognize? No, it cannot
The Introduction to Worldview
Worldview refers to our ideas and cognition of the world. That how we view the world is twofold: what do we use to view and how do we view? They are different. understanding the worldview is a crucial question because it has a tremendous impact on every aspect of our life.
Three Common Worldviews
This part explains the three non-Buddhist worldviews: Materialism, Objective Idealism, Subjective Idealism.
Differences In The Two Observational Methods
Why do we have so many different worldviews today? This has something to do with the different ways we use to observe the world. The East and the West observe the world in different manners and from different perspectives. We thus have different categories of philosophy. They share similarities, while there are huge differences between them.
The Impact of Materialism
Many regard Materialism as the mainstream, correct worldview. However, materialists cannot, both theoretically and in practice, prove their statement of “matter is the fundamental substance of the world in nature, and that spirit is the result of material interactions.” It is just a hypothesis. There has not been a single mathematical formula or physics equation out there that came to the conclusion that the world is made up of matter. This hypothesis cannot be proved by the direct valid cognition.
The Impact of Objective Idealism
Objective materialism does have a positive impact on our life and society. Nonetheless, it can never experience the happiness that emerges from the course of searching for the nature of mind or the ultimate liberation.
Buddhism Is More Than A Spiritual Comfort Zone
Buddhism is more than burning the incense or saying your prayers. You cannot just offer two bananas to the Buddha, and then ask for a luxury car in return; or after you make your offerings, you thought that the undesired would not come to bother you at all; or after you commit sin, you can clear it out just by merely making your confession to the Buddha;
Buddhist Worldview
The Buddhist worldview is multifold. There are the stages of path and the ultimate one, including the Theravada, Cittamatra(the Mind Only), Makhyama (the Middle Way), the Great Completion, and so on.
Why are you not created by God? Neither is the world?
Buddhism states that the mind changes as well, so it does not stand up for the tag of "one"; this is exactly why it transforms. This is how Buddhism views the universe. If there is an inherent "one" out there independent of the mind, no matter if it is the spirit or matter, as long as it remains unchanged, there is no way that it could interact with us at all. Logically and cognitively, it does not make any sense.
Yes, There Is Rebirth
If one fails to eliminate attachment and ego-clinging and to attain Arahatship, afflictions and habitual tendencies stemming from the notion of "I" and "mine" are connected to the mind that functions at the moment of death, which will inevitably bring forth the mind that causes the next transmigratory existence to happen.