Wake Up to Your True Nature
Our students come from all walks of life, and from around the world.
They are nurses, martial-arts experts, psychologists, truck drivers, marketers, writers, counselors, members of clergy, teachers. They are young, old, rich, poor, male, female. They are moms and dads, single parents, or single people. They are blue collar, white collar, employed, unemployed, and self employed.
They are ordinary people, and they are extraordinary people.
Yet, they all have one thing in common: they seek to wake up to their true nature, and to help others do the same. If you'd like to find yourself among these delightful people, apply today.
They are nurses, martial-arts experts, psychologists, truck drivers, marketers, writers, counselors, members of clergy, teachers. They are young, old, rich, poor, male, female. They are moms and dads, single parents, or single people. They are blue collar, white collar, employed, unemployed, and self employed.
They are ordinary people, and they are extraordinary people.
Yet, they all have one thing in common: they seek to wake up to their true nature, and to help others do the same. If you'd like to find yourself among these delightful people, apply today.
Seeking the Ox
Some of our students start somewhere near the beginning of the famous series of ten Ox-Herding Pictures. They are "Seeking the Ox."
They have experienced dukkha, the first of the Buddha's Four Noble Truths.
They understand that although life can be grand, beautiful, and joyful that it is also dissatisfying, stressful, and fraught with anxiety because of its ever-changing, impermanent nature.
In short, these students -- like many people -- found themselves asking, "What's life all about?" and "Why am I here?" These doubts about life, reality, and who they are (and how they fit into the world around them) became the impetus to seek the ox. Whether they knew it at the time or not, asking such questions was the first step toward discovering their true nature.
For them, the journey begins at Buddha Dharma University.
They have experienced dukkha, the first of the Buddha's Four Noble Truths.
They understand that although life can be grand, beautiful, and joyful that it is also dissatisfying, stressful, and fraught with anxiety because of its ever-changing, impermanent nature.
In short, these students -- like many people -- found themselves asking, "What's life all about?" and "Why am I here?" These doubts about life, reality, and who they are (and how they fit into the world around them) became the impetus to seek the ox. Whether they knew it at the time or not, asking such questions was the first step toward discovering their true nature.
For them, the journey begins at Buddha Dharma University.
Entering the Marketplace
However, many of our students are at the place in their lives more near the end of the ten Ox-Herding Pictures than at the beginning.
They are "Entering the Marketplace."
This means they are returning to the world at large, with helping hands, seeking whom they may aid. The search for true nature is over. The need to ask the same kinds of questions they did in the beginning is done. The focus is no longer on self; it is on helping others.
For these students, Buddha Dharma University is where they may refine, and deepen their Buddhist practice.
They are "Entering the Marketplace."
This means they are returning to the world at large, with helping hands, seeking whom they may aid. The search for true nature is over. The need to ask the same kinds of questions they did in the beginning is done. The focus is no longer on self; it is on helping others.
For these students, Buddha Dharma University is where they may refine, and deepen their Buddhist practice.
