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1、【CONTENTS】02WhatistheBuddhadharma?03TheEssentialTeachingsoftheBuddha-RecognizingSufferingandEndingSuffering05MethodsforEndingSuffering09ApplicationoftheBuddhadharma11HowShouldLayPractitionersEngageinSpiritualPractice?︱TheBuddhadharmainDailyLifeWhatistheBuddhadharma?heBuddhad
2、harma,asthetermitselfsuggests,isTtheDharma,orteachings,taughtbytheBuddha.ShakyamuniBuddhataughttheDharmaforforty-nineyearstohelpusliberateourselvesfromsufferingandattainhappiness,notasaformofintellectualknowledgetoberesearched.Buddhadharmaisofpracticalvalue.TheBuddhadharma,as
3、thetermitselfsuggests,istheDharma,orteachings,taughtbytheBuddha.ShakyamuniBuddhataughttheDharmainthisworldforforty-nineyears,andhisteachingswerenotintendedasaphilosophy/fieldofknowledgetoberesearched,butasguidanceforustoceasesufferingandattainhappiness.Therefore,theBuddhadhar
4、maisofpracticalvalue.TheEssentialTeachingsoftheBuddha-RecognizingSufferingandEndingSuffering︱TheEssentialTeachingsoftheBuddha-RecognizingSufferingandEndingSufferingheessentialteachingsoftheBuddhaboildownTtorecognizingsufferingandfreeingoneselffromsuffering.Inotherwords,wenee
5、dtorealizethatsufferingisafactinlife,andmakethecessationofsufferingthegoaloflife.OnceIaskedtheaudienceinapublictalk,"Arethereanycoupleswhohavebeenmarriedformorethantenyearsandhaveneverquarreled?"Then,Isawaman,alegislator,raisehishand.ThismanandhiswifewerebothBuddhists,andthey
6、treatedeachotherasfellowpractitioners.That'swhytheyhadneverquarreled.Itseemsdifficultformarriedcouplesnottoquarrel,butactually,it'snot.Justthinkaboutthis:whenyourspousepicksaquarrelwithyou,youalreadyfeelquiteupset;ifyoufightback,youwillonlyaggravatethesituation,makingtheangui
7、shmoreintense.Doingso,youdon'tjustexperiencesufferingalone,butwillalsoinflictsufferingonothers.Sobothpartiestormenteachother.Whyonearthisthisnecessary?Thisrationaleiseasytocomprehend,butdifficult︱TheBuddhadharmainDailyLifetoputintopractice.EvenBuddhistsmayoftenbeunabletowith
8、standthetestwhenencounteringtryingsituations.Somepeoplemaysay,"Since
