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Inner Stability of Body and Mind through the Six Principles
Remember the Six Principles for Daily Living? They are: One Mindedness, Two Loves, Three Virtues, Four Givings, Five Excellences, and Six Perfections.
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Accord with Primordial Awareness, Accord with Sentient Beings
Throughout the course of life, one inevitably encounters obstacles of varying degrees. But what is an obstacle? It becomes an obstacle only when one perceives it as such.
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Transcending the Sufferings of Samsara
The foremost purpose of practicing the Buddhadharma is to free ourselves from the suffering of samsara.
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The Non-abidance of the Mind
The view of practice is the Middle Way: it is not a matter of taking full delight in neither virtues nor non-virtues. Rather, our view is that “the mind does not abide in anything”—it does not fixate on any conditioned arising or changing circumstance.
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Contemplative Observation Throughout Daily Life
Only when there is contemplative observation within the flow of daily life do we perceive a simple self and live with ease and freedom.
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Work as Dharma Practice
Our guiding principle in life is that, “Life is the field of merit, and work is Dharma practice.”