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Who am I?Part 1 : What am I doing here?Bugs TanPersatuan Buddha
Hilir PerakTeluk Intan 10th Oct 2015
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Powerful person?Professional?Good husband?Saya siapa?
Handsome man?
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Leng loi..!!?Good person?Saya kamu?
Angle without wings?
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couch potato?Who are you?
Professional Mahjong player?
Karaoke singer?
Marathon runner?
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Whats going on?
What is the purpose of life?Where did I come from?Where do I go
when I dies?Why cant I be happy all the time?Neighbor has a better
car than mine. @#$!*&?!Why Ajib kor so thick skin?Why I get
hungry?Why Ringgit keep dropping?Why people chop head?1MDB One
Malaysia Dalam Bahaya!Why am I born?Why people call us Cina
babi?Why must work whole life long?Why money is always not
enough?Why Malaysia lost to UAE 10-0?Sentiasa
confused#*&^!@?Why do I feel happy and next moment Im not?
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Many people are lostThey have no idea whats going on
People are confused and does not know what are they here for
Have one idea whats going on6
We want potek maybe
Some got old and could only hold on to old memories
Obviously we dont even ask why are we born and what are our
purpose in life
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Shuatao Leng Badminton Club
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Now lets see what the intellectuals in the West has to says
about this
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What the Bleep do we know?
So what did the Buddha say?
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Question from SubhaIn early Buddhist scriptures, Subha, the son
of an eminent Brahmin asks the Buddha why some people are rich
while others are poor, why some are long-lived while some are
short-lived and so on.
The Buddha responded:
Human beings are owners of their actions, heirs of their
actions, they originate from their actions, are bound to their
actions, have their actions as their refuge. It is action that
distinguishes beings as inferior and superior.
Buddha was a great scientistHe spent 45 years teaching the
Dhamma.
And along the way he has told us the mechanics of how a human
being are put together
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PARTS of a chariotSaid the Buddha
In the Samyutta Nikaya, the Buddha was recorded as saying that
just as the word chariot existed on the basis of the various parts
put together to form a chariot.
Similary, the concept of human being exists when the five
aggregates are bundle into one to form a man
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Panca Kandhas
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Mind (Nama)TRUST WORTHY
TIP: Suffering is extinguished by relinquishing attachment to
aggregates
Human being is made-up of 5 aggregates1. Rupa - Body forms2.
Vinnana - Consciousness
3. Sanna - Perceptions and cognitions
4. Vedana - Feelings and sensations
5. Sankhara - Mental formation and volition
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1. Rupa Aggregate of matter
TIP: Rupa being the body is the easiest to be identified. Try
pinching yourself
R U P A
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2. Vinnana - Consciousness
TIP: Vinnana is a prerequisite for the arising of craving
(tanha).
Eyes for sightNose for smellEars for hearingTongue for tasteBody
for touchThe mind receives the information and this is where it is
processed and thus bring about consciousness.
The senses that we experiences goes to our mind where it is send
to match with those in our memory bank.
Here, it recalls all the past memories and once the senses
matches the past memories, we feet it's real and we recognise.
This feeling of "real" make us function as human being in the
conventional world.
But in reality the "real" feeling is only a perception.
Now you see me. Now you dont3. Sanna - Perceptions
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feelings 3.both pleasant and unpleasant feelings
Vedana
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Sankhara are natural phenomena. They are our "thoughts"
developed in our mind. These thoughts appeared and disappeared in
our mind as long as we are a human being. This appearing and
disappearing of thoughts happens at the speed of nano seconds. It
is set in motion from the time we are born till the day we die.
This flow of thoughts is automatic and runs like a non-stop
movie in our mind. We cant prevent it from appearing or
disappearing in our mind but we can halt-it temporarily when we
need to concentrate on our work.
When we are thinking we are engaging our mind to focus on what
we want it to concentrate. Here is where kamma is created. If you
have good thoughts, you create good kamma and if have evil
thoughts, bad kamma will follow.
5. Sankhara Mental formation and volition
TIP: if one can understand such nature, then you can understand
the working of Anicca
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aggregatesWhen we are absorbed into meditation, the five aggregates
are set in motion. When we reach some states of consciousness that
we often hear about under the calling transcendental, beyond
conceptual thought, union with the divine, or anything whatsoever,
those are still aggregates being set in motion.
Whether we are thinking, talking, making a move, experiencing
some pain, a itchy or neutral sensation, these are the five
aggregates, which are set in motionAny experience that we can do,
in any field whatsoever, in any manner whatsoever, where ever or
whenever we do it, these are still aggregates being set in motion.
5 aggregates 5 aggregates5 aggregates5 aggregates
Five aggregates are set in motionWhen nibbnais known,
whennibbnais reached, as soon asnibbnais observed, these are still
the five aggregates being set in motionUpon perceiving a sensation,
whatever it is, as soon as we are aware of something, in reality
the five aggregates are set in motion
The goal of a Buddhist The purpose of life
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Panna Naranam Ratanam Wisdom is mans precious Gem
The goal of a Buddhist is to cultivate so that he could
attainments wisdom, so he could see the truth. The Buddha spent
many years educating and guiding monastic and lay communities so
that people can see the truth for themselves. The Buddha called
this anusasani patihariya - The miracle of education and, thats the
only miracle He approved
Digha Nikaya Sutta no. 11 kalama sutta
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To educate ourselves, We have to do our own experiments, trial
and error and research
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Kalama SuttaThe Buddhas chatter of free inquiry
Ehi passiko (come and see)
Welcoming careful examination at all stage of path to
enlightenment
Like a gold smith, he do a test to see if it is really gold The
BuddhaSix Methods:Visual Inspection, Bite Test, Magnet Test,
Density Test, Ceramic Plate Test, Nitric Acid TestHow do we know
what is good for us?
Like a gold smith, he do a test to see if it is gold The
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Kalamas, when you yourselves know: "These things are good; these
things are not blameable; these things are praised by the wise;
undertaken and observed, these things lead to benefit and
happiness," enter on and abide in them.'Do not go upon what has
beenacquired by repeated hearing,nor upontradition,nor
uponrumor,nor uponwhat is in a scripture,nor uponsurmise,nor upon
anaxiom, (anaxiomis a truth without controversy)nor uponspecious
reasoning,nor upon abias towards a notion that has been pondered
over,nor uponanother's seeming ability,nor upon the consideration,
"The monk is our teacher."
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3 Characteristic of a human being
Anicca
Dukkha
Anatta
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Anatta - Non-selfThe Buddha teaches that both "we ourselves" and
everything else in this world are compound phenomena, which just
come into existence temporarily when conditions are right, continue
to exist for a time, changing continually disintegrate or
decomposed and are no longer in existence.
Sabbe Sankhara aniccaSabbe Sankhara dukhaSabbe dhamma anatta
Which mean;
All compound phenomena are impermanent
All compound phenomena are suffering
All phenomena are non-self
TIP: if one can understand such nature, then you can understand
the working of Anicca
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We shall continue tomorrow.End of part 1
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Who am I?Part 2 : How to lead a meaningful life?Bugs
TanPersatuan Buddha Hilir PerakTeluk Intan 10th Oct 2015
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Master Lu
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Question to ask:-What do you think is the womans problem?
What is the right thing for her to do? What else do you
notice?
Sambung besok pagi..
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Thank youSee you tomorrow
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