Suffering

With a true cessation of the true causes of true sufferings, none of the true sufferings can ever recur again.

There are many ways to help when we meet someone in need.

The true causes of our true sufferings are our belief in a false reality and unawareness that it is mere fantasy, plus the disturbing emotions and compulsive behavior that they generate.

By applying methods for developing patience, we can avoid the problems that anger causes.

The way to avoid suffering is to hold ourselves back from acting out of ignorance, anger or greed.

With far-reaching patience, we endure all the difficulties in helping others and attaining enlightenment.

The lam-rim, or graded stages of the Buddhist path, take us from an ordinary limited being to a fully enlightened Buddha.

The human condition has been the same throughout time. Buddhism has something to offer for everyone and is relevant in all times.

Buddhist methods for developing compassion, the beneficial state of mind wishing for others to be free of their suffering.

Nagarjuna wrote this poem as a letter to his friend, King Gautamiputra, as advice on the practice of the entire Buddhist path leading to liberation for both householders and monastics.