Buddhist Temple, Texts and Centres - Most Peaceful Religion in the World
Melbourne is a city known for its diversity and cosmopolitan crowd. This makes it important for the people to have places of varied interests. With Buddhism gaining immense popularity all round the world; people in Melbourne too are showing keen interest in learning Buddhist texts and visiting Buddhist temples for attaining peace and solace. To go back to the history of how Buddhism came into existence can be extremely interesting and self-powering. The origin of Buddhism dates back to the time between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE. Buddhist texts state a number of meaningful things. These texts exist in a great variety and thus there are several interpretations to it. However, most of the Buddhist temples follow the common teachings covering the Four Noble Truths, Precepts as well as 8 fold Path. Woven with these Buddhist texts are the Buddhist doctrines of suffering, the aggregates of being, no-self, karma, rebirth and Nirvana. However, the Buddhist texts suggest that Dharma in Buddhism is much more than just what was spoken by the historical Buddha. The history of Buddhism teaches methods to understand oneself and the world differently. The many lists of doctrines are not meant to be accepted on blind faith. This is what is today followed by most Buddhist centres in the worlds. While the essence of Buddhism is timeless and universal, its forms adapt to context and culture. With the spread of Buddhism around the globe, there is a need to develop Buddhist practices relevant to the 21st century. Many Buddhist centres provide teachings that are useful to understand the basic philosophy of Buddhist texts. These centres of Buddhism introduce a philosophy of life based on Buddha Dhamma. Because the Buddhist texts have different meanings and interpretations in different areas of the world, the literature is mainly divided into canonical, commentarial and pseudo-canonical. Even though there have been great Buddhist scriptures and literatures written, the most basic philosophies of Buddhism remain to be that nothing in life is permanent. The universal truth is that everything is continuously changing in life and you cannot hold back to the belongings. The belief of karma too is strong and holds a major position in the life of a Buddhist. This revolves around the cycle of cause and effect. Like it has been wisely said, what you sow, so shall you reap. The
karma states that we don’t face anything unless deserved. We receive exactly what we earn, whether it is good or bad. Buddhist temples usually focus on the five precepts : 1. Respect for life 2. Respect for others' property 3. Respect for our pure nature 4. Respect for honesty and 5. Respect for a clear mind Having learnt this, you will know what good conduct is and what kind of conduct needs to be avoided.
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