BUDDHISM

I had admired Lord Buddha’s concepts ever since I came to know about Buddhism although I am a Taoist ordained in the Temple of Wong Loo Sen See Chee Choong. However Buddhism and Taoism had co- existed side by side in China long ago. The great thing about being a Taoist is that we can explore any other religion without getting into any trouble. This is beautiful, this is Freedom. This is The Way of Tao. The Tao is never afraid nor even bothered if you leave it or join it. So Taoists never are interested to convert you!
Many are very familiar with the Eight Noble Truths – Right view, Right intention, Right speech, Right morality, Right livelihood, Right effort, Right mindfulness and Right Samadhi. Today I wish to bring forth some not so well known teachings of Buddha, which is the Ten Grounds or Bhumis.
1. Pamuditas – joyousness. Unless you are joyous, you never reach the truth.
2. Vimal – purity. Be pure in your heart
3. Pabhakari – luminousness. Move in Light.
4. Arsimati – radiance. If you are dull, you are lost.
5. Sudurjaya – courage. Have courage to welcome all challenges in Life.
6. Abhimukhi – immediateness. Don’t bother about the past and the future. Be in the Now!
7. Durangama – call of the beyond. Don’t build barriers around yourself, go beyond.
8. Achala – grounding. Learn to be centred and grounded.
9. Sadhumati – sagely intelligence. Synthesis of head and heart brings you sadhumati.
10. Dharma-mega – love and grace. Begin to share!

It is not my intention to write and write to explain the 10 Bhumis in detail. You will only read and then forget it. To really benefit from Buddha’s teaching, you will need to meditate on each of these 10 Bhumis to get the meaning in full. Namo tassa bhagavato arahato samasam Bhudassa! Sadu! Sadu! Sadu!