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Meditation and Practice of Pure Buddhism in Sri Lanka
We are very lucky to be living in a time when the original, ancient teachings of the Buddha are still available to us in Sri Lanka. The teachings of Buddhism are clear and straightforward and bring immediate happiness into your life once you start to practice the teachings through meditation and conduct.
What is Buddhism?
The founder of Buddhism was Buddha Shakyamuni who lived and taught in India some two and a half thousand years ago. Since then millions of people around the world have followed the pure spiritual path he revealed. The Buddhist way of life of peace, loving kindness and wisdom is just as relevant today as it was in ancient India. Buddha explained that all our problems and suffering arise from confused and negative states of mind and that all our happiness and good fortune arise from peaceful and positive states of mind. He taught methods for gradually overcoming our negative minds such as anger, jealousy and ignorance, and developing our positive minds such as love, compassion and wisdom. Through this, we will come to experience lasting peace and happiness. These methods work for anyone, in any country, at any age. Once we have gained experience of them for ourselves we can pass them on to others so they too can enjoy the same benefits.
Buddhist Meditation
Meditation is at the heart of the Buddhist way of life. It is a method for understanding and working on our minds. We first learn to identify our different negative mental states known as ‘delusions’, and learn how to develop peaceful and positive mental states or ‘virtuous minds’.
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Then in meditation, we overcome our delusions by becoming familiar with virtuous minds. Out of meditation, we try to maintain the virtuous minds we have developed and use our wisdom to solve the problems of daily life. As our mind becomes more positive our actions become more constructive, and our experience of life becomes more satisfying and beneficial to others.
Anyone can learn basic meditation techniques and experience great benefits, but to progress beyond basic meditation requires faith in the Three Jewels – Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. Usually, people find this develops naturally as they experience the benefits of their meditation practice.
The Buddhist Spiritual Path
The teachings of Buddha reveal a step-by-step path to lasting happiness. By following this path anyone can gradually transform his or her mind from its present confused and self-centred state into the blissful mind of a Buddha.