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Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra Lecture 10
The teachers in the Winter Retreat at Full Moon Meditation Hall, New Hamlet Monastery, shared profound Dharma talks, helping practitioners to transform suffering and touch peace. There is a wish to expand retreats during Western New Year and Christmas with the theme of Applied Ethics in order to bring this practice into schools, so that when teachers practice successfully, filled with love and happiness, the classroom becomes a loving family. Applied Ethics begins with the contemplation of suffering (Dukkha) as the first noble truth and happiness (Nirodha) as the third noble truth; looking deeply into suffering and happiness to see clearly their causes, the path of transformation, and liberation. The fourth noble truth is the Noble Eightfold Path, beginning with Right View—seeing things as they are—which then leads to Right Thinking, Right Speech, Right Action…
The concrete practices of Applied Ethics are based on a deep insight into the nature of suffering and happiness, forming the foundation for meta-ethics to establish clear and reasonable practices. Practitioners are guided to observe suffering and happiness in themselves and in the world, to embrace and look deeply in order to understand their roots. Some forms of practice include:
- breathing
- sitting
- walking
- eating
- working
- speaking
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thinking
This insight breaks through delusion, wrong views about suffering and happiness, good and evil, and supports wisdom to transform afflictions and build happiness.