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'Buddha'is Purity, Equality, and Understanding. The Buddha's teachings can be summarized into
10 simple phrases: True Sincerity towards others, Purity of Mind within, Equality in everything we see, Proper Understanding of life and the universe, Compassion, helping others in a wise and unconditional way, See Through to the truth of impermanence, Let Go of all wandering thoughts and attachments, Freedom of mind and spirit, Accord With Conditions, go along with the environment, Be Mindful of Amitabha Buddha, wishing to reach the PureLand and follow in His Teachings. The first five represent the Buddha's heart, also the virtues of our self-nature. We are presently unable to completely manifest these qualities due to our lack of cultivating the latter five. Diligent practice is needed to bring out these virtues of the Buddha nature within us.

True wisdom arises from purity of mind, thus, "wisdom" mentioned in the Buddha's teachings is not attained from reading and studying books; the "wisdom" we attain from reading and studying is only worldly knowledge, and not true wisdom.

True wisdom is the function our self-nature. Our self-nature is complete with unlimited wisdom, virtues, and abilities, these qualities are present in everyone's self-nature, and we must know to bring them out.

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1. Life is suffering
eg. birth, old age, disease, death, enemies, unfulfilled wishes, physically and mental suffering.

2. Suffering is caused by desires, craving, attachments for permanence.

3. There is a way to eliminate suffering.

4. The way is the Eightfold path.

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1. Right Understanding
based on the understanding of the Four Noble Truth

2. Right Thought

3. Right Speech

4. Right Action

5. Right Livelihood

6. Right Effort

7. Right Mindfulness

8. Right Concentration

Buddhism is the education of wisdom, it encompasses all things,
and exceed the boundaries between countries, races, and religions.
Sinced Buddhism is an education, it is not limited in the boundaries of
religion. Followers of all religions are welcome and should learn and cultivate
the education of true wisdom.
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?3 Conditions of Cultivation in Buddhism

References: The informations above was retrieved in a booklet
called "The Art of Living" by Ven. Master Chin Kung.