Our seminar with Geshe Jampel Senghe will be held on June 19th to21st 2009.
Ayurvedic and Tibetan food will be given along acommodation in Anavissos/ATTICA
Please book your seat as SOON as possible.
The teaching will cover the following topic:
The goal of a Buddhist is to achieve freedom from suffering because nobody likes suffering. In order to do that, one must first understand ones own suffering, otherwise, there is no way of wanting to get out of that situation. For example, if one is sick, first one should realize one is unwell, then only one will take steps to get a cure. Therefore the individual practitioner needs to meditate on the aspects of ones own suffering. Through understanding ones own suffering, ones feels the need to free oneself from that suffering. One gets a sense of disenchantment of samsaric life and wants to achieve nirvana. This feeling is called renunciation. This is the first of the three principal paths. In order to achieve that freedom one must find the cause of the suffering and the cause is ignorance. Ignorance can be eliminated only by realizing the nature of things which is called emptiness. The reason why we are in Samsara is because of not knowing the reality, the true nature of things and so the only anti-dote is realization of emptiness which dispels ignorance and helps the individual to achieve Nirvana. This is the second Principal Path. For the Mahayana followers, the main goal is not just personal liberation or Nirvana but Buddhahood. The individuals are not merely satisfied by personal freedom but want to free all beings from suffering. In order to fulfill such an ideal, the altruistic intention called Bodhicitta is essential. This is a thought which takes into account the happiness of each and every sentient being and wishes to free each and every one from all forms of suffering. This is the third Principal Path. All the Buddha’s teachings are encompassed into these three Paths. So those who seek to achieve Nirvana must have renunciation and the realization of emptiness even though they don’t need Bodhicitta while those who seek to achieve the state of a Buddha, must achieve all three paths.