The Wisdom of the Buddha (Paperback) | Released: 02 Jul 2018

The Dhammapada. This is the Buddhist Dhammapada which are the main sayings and wisdom of the Buddha.Buddha lived around 600 B.C.E. in India. He was raised as a prince. After the birth of his first son, he left his family and began a quest to seek out the source of suffering in the world.He tried all methods of meditation and is said to have fasted to the point of eating only one grain of rice or bean per day. This left him near exhaustion and no closer to the riddle of suffering. He sat down under a Bo tree and ate something and rested. He then began to see visions and became as he said, "awakened". He then went and found the 6 ascetics with whom he had been traveling and taught them what he had learned. Then for the next forty years taught his message: The eight-fold path.Toward the end of his life when his religion began to be established there was an attempt on his life. He survived and continued to teach. The bureaucratic power which always manifest around great religious figures had already begun to take over the message. When he was 82 he became ill while traveling from village to village. He sat down under a tree and sent out word that he was dying. Many came to see him. When he saw everyone, he went into mediation and left his body.Within a month after his death, his followers gathered together and wrote down his most famous sayings and teachings. These have come down to us as the Dhammapada which contains 423 verses.What I have done is not to interpret the original pictographs which have been most surely manipulated over the millennium, but have taken several translations and then put a peace and harmony WorldPeace orientation on them. What has manifested is more of an interpretation than a literaltranslation. This is what the saying of Buddha, as handed down over the millennia say to me.I have no intention to argue over the literal translation of what the Buddha said. The thrust of his message is contained within my words. Neither am I trying to convert anyone to my way of thinking. I am only presenting what I have personally found after years of studying the sayings of the Buddha. My objective is to increase the peace on earth. My goal is to find like minded souls to further explore these thoughts and to help manifest WorldPeace.THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHSThe Four Noble Truths1. Every human being to some extent lives in confusion (sorrow) in the manifestations of the Infinite and this reality.2. The main cause of confusion is self centered desire because we think that we are not at one with all of humanity. 3. We can put an end to our confusion in the manifestations of the Infinite and this reality and begin to live in peace and harmony by overcoming ourself centered desire.4. Confusion can be put to an end by following the peaceful and harmonious eight fold path which consists of:1. Peaceful and harmonious Knowledge. Know in our minds that all things change. 2. Peaceful and harmonious Aspiration. Determination to live in the peace and harmony of the oneness of the Infinite and humanity by refusing to make distinctions that are the source of confusion in the manifestations of this reality.3. Peaceful and harmonious Speech. Always speak the truth and be charitable in speaking to others.4. Peaceful and harmonious behaviora. Do not kill.b. Do not steal.c. Do not lie.d. Practice sexual restrainte. Avoid alcohol and drugs5. Peaceful and harmonious livelihood. Pursue occupations that promote peace and harmony and uplift humanity as opposed to those that increase confusion within humanity.6. Peaceful and harmonious Effort. Remain centered in the Oneness of the Infinite. 7. Peaceful and harmonious Attention. Remaining moment to moment attentive to the oneness of the Infinite.8. Peaceful and harmonious Meditation to train the mind.
About the Author: Who is Dr. John WorldPeace JD ? When I was about 8 years old, I became aware that all human beings die. I became aware that these fragile human bodies are not immortal and eternal but are mortal and finite. I also became aware that at the end of each life, one's consciousness exits this reality with nothing but one's experiences. Into this reality, we all come without material possessions, other than our human bodies, and from this reality, we all leave with only the script of our lives which we have written. That is our testament and upon that testament, we must contemplate; not just when we die but even now when we take time to consider our life to date. My primary purpose in this life is to challenge the predatory nature of homo sapiens globally. My focus is bringing forward a more sane and just world human society. It is my intention to live a minimalist life to prove that the accumulation of wealth is not necessary for a happy and successful life and that it, in fact, creates confusion and chaos in one's life as well as the world human society. The only power I will have is the power of the truth of the various aspects of my Advocacy of peace and WorldPeace. My concept of family discounts biology. All men are my father, brother, son. All women are my mother, sister, daughter. I do not belong to any organization. I am not a religionist but a spiritualist. The difference is that religion is a corporation. Spirituality is a direct relationship with God. I changed my name to John WorldPeace (one word) on April 1, 1988, Good Friday and April Fool's day. I changed my name to WorldPeace as evidence of my commitment to increasing the peace in the world human society. I have been self-employed 95% of my career in insurance, accounting, tax, law, and now web design. I will never retire. I am also an artist and writer and poet. All incoming monies go to promoting my businesses which collaterally promote WorldPeace in one way or another. My ego is firmly anchored in my WorldPeace Advocacy and not in any way with the egotistic accumulation and management of physical assets or money in the bank as an objective in my life or measure of success. I am 100% committed to increasing the peace in the world human society and not committed to the accumulation of assets except incidentally to promote WorldPeace. I am primarily an Advocate for Peace and WorldPeace but I am not a pacifist. Dr. John WorldPeace JD