Extracted from Eastern Horizon, Aug 2004
Just read it recently. It was an interview question, but I tot it sum up very concisely/perfectly, how we as Buddhists should practice:
Just develop your own Dharma practice as strongly as possible with the assistance of good teachers and good friends.
Deepen your own understanding and experience of dukkha within yourself, strive to realise change (anicca) in every moment, and make every effort to see clearly selflessness (anatta); make letting go of self as natural as breathing.
Purify your own intention and keep on developing your practice.
Make every effort to cultivate the four divine abodes (brahmaviharas)
- Loving-kindness (metta)
- Compassion (karuna)
- Joy (mudita)
- Equanimity (upekkha)
Stay balanced and try to abandon what you want in favour of what might most benefit others who are suffering.
Above all, never forget that you have taken refuge in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, (not in yourself), and allow this taking refuge to develop, deepen and flower every single day.
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