Bodhi Path Gent

22/02/2020

It may feel as though we are living in an increasingly dangerous and scary world. It is true that many people face the daily reality of war and violent conflict. For most of us, though, this negative impression flows from the news that we see on our screens or read in the newspapers. While it is important to be aware of what is happening around the world, when we constantly consume violence and fear, there is a risk that it can consume us.

When we look up from our screens, and take time to meditate on the nature of our mind, we may see a very different world. A world of hope. A world of loving kindness and compassion. Most importantly, we are able to calm our minds, respond with wisdom, and not react with anger or other afflictive emotions.



(Photo/Thule)

11/02/2020

Nog 4 plaatsen beschikbaar. Om zeker te zijn van je plaats is het beter om niet lang meer te wachten om je in te schrijven.

Uitnodiging lezing: "Karma en hergeboorte".
Op maandag 17 februari om 20u door Acharya Tenzing Wangpo.
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Kostprijs 10€.
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Nog 4 plaatsen beschikbaar. Om zeker te zijn van je plaats is het beter om niet lang meer te wachten om je in te schrijven. Op maandag 17 februari komt Acharya Tenzing Wangpo een lezing geven in ons centrum. Het onderwerp is “de twaalf schakels van afhankelijk ontstaan“. Dit basisprincipe in het...

13/01/2020

Nog 4 plaatsen beschikbaar. Om zeker te zijn van je plaats is het beter om niet lang meer te wachten om je in te schrijven.

Uitnodiging lezing: "Karma en hergeboorte".
Op maandag 17 februari om 20u door Acharya Tenzing Wangpo.
Deelname kan voor iedereen.
Kostprijs 10€.
Inschrijven kan enkel via [email protected]
(Vermeld: naam, aantal deelnemers, telefoon)

Op maandag 17 februari komt Acharya Tenzing Wangpo een lezing geven in ons centrum. Het onderwerp is “de twaalf schakels van afhankelijk ontstaan“. Dit basisprincipe in het Boeddhisme legt de causaliteit uit van de oorzaak van lijden tot het resultaat. Met andere woorden het mechanisme van karma...

11/01/2020

We don't have to worship. We don't have to idealise the Buddha. All we need to do is learn from his example. That's the real refuge, I think, because there is no other, better example than how he achieved his way.



(Photo/Norbu Zangpo)

04/01/2020

Australia bushfires: Karmapa’s message

Dear dharma friends

The devastation caused by the Australian bushfires is almost unimaginable. Lives are being lost. Millions of hectares of land lie in ashes. And thousands of people have lost their homes and livelihoods. With the fires spreading every day, it is challenging to see where there is hope.

From a Buddhist perspective, one of the four seals states that all compounded things are impermanent. Everything is in constant flux. In the midst of such a disaster, when no end seems in sight...

Full message: https://www.karmapa.org/australia-bushfires-karmapas-message/

31/12/2019

Try to let things be. Try to let the sun rise on its own. Try to let the sun set on its own. If you’re sick, let it be and try not to get too hung up about it. If you’re dying, just let it be, don’t try to fight it, because it’s natural. It’s not a bad thing at all. You know, we’re meant to move on in a way, and just go further and further. We are never meant to stay in one place and get stuck there.

So, therefore, try to somehow find a way to let it be, in your own way. Whatever way works. Of course we are individuals, we all have our own way of letting go and letting things be. Try to do that, and by doing that, then all the things we wish for automatically come. I cannot explain why. We often think that if you want things you must do things but often that doesn’t work. And when we finally get what we want we are not happy with it, and we want something else. So therefore, if you let it be, in fact, the things we want the most actually come. It’s the funniest thing. We don’t know how to explain it, but that’s the way it is. So in that spirit, in that mindset, try to let things be. Then whatever it is that you’re looking for, it will come.



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26/11/2019

The idea of overcoming afflictive emotions and non-virtuous actions might sound easier said than done. But our future depends on it.

For there is a greater type of fear that could undermine everything that is good in our world. This fear, or perhaps more accurately 'terror', is born when we give in to our negative emotions, and dismiss the universal law of Karma, causality.

When we have no belief in cause and effect, when we ignore the cyclic nature of fear and of life itself, then we are able to commit all kinds of atrocities. When we give in to our fear, we shake the foundations of virtue, and risk losing the moral fabric of our society. When we fail to understand fear, fear becomes our foe.



(Photo/Tokpa Korlo)

19/11/2019

Although the experience of death is actually very momentary, what makes it really painful and difficult to imagine is that we have cultivated, for so long, such a strong habit of suppressing its reality. Just like everything: when we suppress something, paradoxically, after some time it builds up a lot of energy. And then, at some point, the suppression of it accumulates karma - it bears fruit and bursts out. It is this suppression that makes the experience of death very hard to accept.



(Photo/Tokpa Korlo)

15/10/2019

We practice the Buddha dharma so that we may not only control our emotions, but eventually work in harmony with our emotions. We practice the Buddha dharma so that in times of storms, we do not avoid the storms, we do not carried away by them, we simply let them be. Then, something beautiful will emerge.



(Photo/Tokpa Korlo)