The Core Teaching
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Admit you have suffering
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Realize the cause and the nature of your suffering
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End the suffering
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The path to the end of suffering
The Practice
First, you must admit you have suffering and want to end the suffering.
From the point of
suffering, you have a chance to look back into what causes the
suffering, what wants or beliefs you hold that lead to the experience of
suffering. Looking further, these beliefs are set-ups to satisfy who or
what? You continue to look and check until you find out the cause
and nature of this system of suffering.
When you look deeply to
realize the system of suffering, how it works and what it is, the
suffering will end. The end of suffering is unconditional peace and
happiness.
No one can do this
inner work for you. You must do it for yourself. Then you will deeply,
truly know from your own direct experience. Don’t borrow someone else’s experience
or knowledge. Explore and discover for
yourself!
Doing the inner work to realize the system of suffering is the core
teaching and practice at Universal Door Meditation Center (Thiến Viện
Phổ Môn) in Houston, Texas and Awakening Meditation Center (Thiền Viện
Nhiên Đăng) in North Carolina.
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