Painting by Chang Chub Tsherin, U Gen Society.

The main focus of the Healing Buddha Foundation is to spread the teachings of Buddhism, which began 2500 years ago with the enlightenment of Shakyamuni Buddha. The Buddha's teachings were passed down in a pure oral tradition through the generations of masters up to the teachers of our Foundation.

The Buddha taught that the root of all suffering is ignorance - the mind which ignores the true nature of all things. From this fundamental ignorance rises all other afflictions such as anger, attachment, pride, jealousy, doubt and delusion. To overcome these afflictions we need to cultivate virtuous thoughts through study and meditation. When all obscurations and their imprints have been removed we attain the ultimate happiness of enlightenment. The highest motivation for engaging in this spiritual practice is bodhicitta - the compassionate wish to attain enlightenment in order to free all beings from suffering.

The Buddhist path is simple, yet vast and profound. Therefore, Ven. Segyu Rinpoche emphasizes the study and practice of the Lam Rim - The Graduated Path to Enlightenment by Lama Je Tsongkhapa. The Lam Rim is a step-by-step method for progressing on the path to enlightenment and contains the essence of Buddha's 84,000 of types teachings.

Buddhism is a path of great joy that brings meaning to everyday life.

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