Due to my enthusiastic living of the Dharma, rather than selecting a few aspects to put into my everyday life and saying 'I am a Buddhist' because of this, I have been able to not only survive a major league 'smack on the nose' from life, but to learn and grow from this.
Without giving precise details of what I found, I can offer the following advice, based on my personal experience:
* application of a few selected Buddhist principles is NOT practicing Buddhism properly - you need to put your whole self into the Dharmic ocean, not just one toe.
* complete adherence to the Dharmic teachings can bring you thru the 'impossible' and offer you progression
* what at first might appear to be the end of everything, can lead to the beginning of everything - if you hold fast to what you have learned and have complete faith in it
* at some point, you may find that you have to prove your faith is real - if you are sincere, you will not only pass thru the trauma but you will progress on the path - whereas if you drop out, falter in faith, or lose hold of your purpose, you will have to learn the same lesson all over again before you can proceed.
Creamy Potato Soup
7 years ago
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