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Transcending the Sufferings of Samsara
The foremost purpose of practicing the Buddhadharma is to free ourselves from the suffering of samsara.
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The Non-abidance of the Mind
The view of practice is the Middle Way: it is not a matter of taking full delight in neither virtues nor non-virtues. Rather, our view is that “the mind does not abide in anything”—it does not fixate on any conditioned arising or changing circumstance.
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The Four Givings and Five Excellences
The “Four Givings” should be practiced together with the “Five Excellences”; in this way, our system of service can function smoothly and effectively.
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Contemplative Observation Throughout Daily Life
Only when there is contemplative observation within the flow of daily life do we perceive a simple self and live with ease and freedom.
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Work as Dharma Practice
Our guiding principle in life is that, “Life is the field of merit, and work is Dharma practice.”
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Transforming Habitual Tendencies
An authentic Dharma practitioner is fundamentally different from an ordinary person. Ordinary beings are caught in the cycle of afflictions, continually entangled as defilement breeds further defilement.