This document provides an introduction to Buddhism through a series of slides presented by the Buddhist Association of Canada and Cham Shan Temple. It covers foundational Buddhist concepts like the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma, Sangha), the Four Noble Truths, Twelve Links of Causation, Five Aggregates, Anatta (no-self), dependent origination, and the approach of cultivation and liberation from suffering through breaking the cycle of rebirth. The slides are presented in Chinese and English and include summaries of key Buddhist teachings and doctrines.
Exploring the Mindfulness Understanding Its Benefits.pptxMartaLoveguard
Slide 1: Title: Exploring the Mindfulness: Understanding Its Benefits
Slide 2: Introduction to Mindfulness
Mindfulness, defined as the conscious, non-judgmental observation of the present moment, has deep roots in Buddhist meditation practice but has gained significant popularity in the Western world in recent years. In today's society, filled with distractions and constant stimuli, mindfulness offers a valuable tool for regaining inner peace and reconnecting with our true selves. By cultivating mindfulness, we can develop a heightened awareness of our thoughts, feelings, and surroundings, leading to a greater sense of clarity and presence in our daily lives.
Slide 3: Benefits of Mindfulness for Mental Well-being
Practicing mindfulness can help reduce stress and anxiety levels, improving overall quality of life.
Mindfulness increases awareness of our emotions and teaches us to manage them better, leading to improved mood.
Regular mindfulness practice can improve our ability to concentrate and focus our attention on the present moment.
Slide 4: Benefits of Mindfulness for Physical Health
Research has shown that practicing mindfulness can contribute to lowering blood pressure, which is beneficial for heart health.
Regular meditation and mindfulness practice can strengthen the immune system, aiding the body in fighting infections.
Mindfulness may help reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and obesity by reducing stress and improving overall lifestyle habits.
Slide 5: Impact of Mindfulness on Relationships
Mindfulness can help us better understand others and improve communication, leading to healthier relationships.
By focusing on the present moment and being fully attentive, mindfulness helps build stronger and more authentic connections with others.
Mindfulness teaches us how to be present for others in difficult times, leading to increased compassion and understanding.
Slide 6: Mindfulness Techniques and Practices
Focusing on the breath and mindful breathing can be a simple way to enter a state of mindfulness.
Body scan meditation involves focusing on different parts of the body, paying attention to any sensations and feelings.
Practicing mindful walking and eating involves consciously focusing on each step or bite, with full attention to sensory experiences.
Slide 7: Incorporating Mindfulness into Daily Life
You can practice mindfulness in everyday activities such as washing dishes or taking a walk in the park.
Adding mindfulness practice to daily routines can help increase awareness and presence.
Mindfulness helps us become more aware of our needs and better manage our time, leading to balance and harmony in life.
Slide 8: Summary: Embracing Mindfulness for Full Living
Mindfulness can bring numerous benefits for physical and mental health.
Regular mindfulness practice can help achieve a fuller and more satisfying life.
Mindfulness has the power to change our perspective and way of perceiving the world, leading to deeper se
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In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptxBharat Technology
each chakra is studied in greater detail, several steps have been included to
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The PBHP DYC ~ Reflections on The Dhamma (English).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
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Why is this So? ~ Do Seek to KNOW (English & Chinese).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma teaching of Kamma-Vipaka (Intentional Actions-Ripening Effects).
A Presentation for developing morality, concentration and wisdom and to spur us to practice the Dhamma diligently.
The texts are in English and Chinese.
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What Should be the Christian View of Anime?Joe Muraguri
We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
1. Buddhist Association of Canada
Cham Shan Temple
Introduction to
Buddhism
2012/03/24
Updated March 2012
2. Buddhist Association of Canada
Cham Shan Temple
ná mó fó tuó
南 無 佛 陀
Namo Buddha
ná mó dá mó
南 無 達 摩
Namo Dharma
ná mó sēng qié
南 無 僧 伽
Namo Sangha
Updated March 2012
The receptacle-consciousness or alayavijñana as cause The receptacle-consciousness (alayavijñana)possesses the nature of cause, because it contains – or rather it is constituted by – all the vasanas(subliminal impressions) produced by any cognition or experience that affects the individual; and it is the vasanas that, on being reactivated, give rise to the conscious life of the individual. The alayavijñana is the cause of the activity of the function-consciousness ( pravrittivijñana).The transformation of the representations, etc., from subliminal into conscious (their passage from the alayavijñana to the pravrittivijñana), the arising of the ego-consciousness (manas) and the birth of one of the six types of cognition or consciousness (cakshur-vijñana or visual consciousness, etc.) are not successive processes; they are totally simultaneous, i.e., they take place at the same moment. Moreover, none of the different aspects of the mind (vasanas= subliminal elements, the vasanas transformed into conscious experiences, the ego) can exist without the others; they are mutually dependent.At a certain moment in the life of the individual, when adequate conditions occur, the vasanas are transformed from unconscious into conscious, and from the receptacle-consciousness of the mind (alayavijñana ) they become the function-consciousness ( pravrittivijñana) of the one and the same mind. They are constituted, as before, by a subject who is in front of an object and cognizes it, but now that subject has a full awareness of this confrontation, he knows in a complete and determinate way what the object of his knowledge is, and also has a full awareness of his own cognitive nature, that he is a subject, an ego which knows; now he is provided with the consciousness of himself, he possesses self-consciousness, manas. At the moment in which the transformation of the subliminal cognition into conscious cognition takes place, and in which the ego-consciousness, the self-consciousness is produced, the mind receives the name of manas, or its manas-aspect, its manas-function comes to being. The manas is, in other words, the self-consciousness, the ego-awareness. Of course this self, this ego, is not a real entity, but only an idea, only a perishable element of the equally perishable act of cognition.When all this accumulation of unrealities ceases to be, thanks to theBuddhist teachings, the empirical reality also vanishes and there remains only what truly always existed, exists and will exist: the Absolute, the third nature, the third way of being ( parinishpanna), defined as ‘the eternal non-existence as it appears of what appears’ (Vasubandhu,Trisvabhava3), the total absence of the dependent and the imaginary natures with their accompaniment of the unreal subject-object duality – in other terms the nirvana, the final aim of Buddhist efforts.