Find Your True Path With The Buddha

We're all navigating through a maze of confusion, juggling numerous responsibilities and pursuits that keep us constantly engaged and occupied. Despite our relentless pursuit of passions and success, we often find ourselves lacking a genuine sense of purpose and fulfillment. Remember, you're not alone in this journey. Gautama Buddha, too, grappled with similar challenges. However, he left us a precious legacy—a systematic approach to uncovering our true path, step by step. In this course, we'll embark on this journey, following in his footsteps.

We'll begin by examining the fundamentals: what are the various issues we encounter and why do they arise? Together, we'll delve deep into these core issues and explore their root causes. Then finally, we will start to find the solutions for our problems and will discover our true path of Middle Way as given to us by our dear teacher, Gautama Buddha. I welcome all of you in this 6-days course. It is concise, practical, and yet very enriching. And I invite you to learn these teachings but do go back for contemplation and meditate on these topics.

This course will be like finding a true medicine for your problems. Buddha is your doctor; I am a simple nurse assisting him and these teachings are your true medicines.

I rejoice in the efforts you are making today, and I hope all of you will find your true path and your true sense of fulfillment through this course.

Lección 1: What Is Samsara And Its Problem?

Welcome to the first day of this course where we will understand the basic problem, or as commonly called Samsara, or sufferings in the Buddhist teachings. This session will help you to understand the nature of problems and the different types of problems we have, which can range from gross to subtle. The subtle ones are most difficult to understand and imbibe in our own lives.

Lección 2: Why Are We Stuck With These Problems?

Welcome to Day 2 of our course. After a brief introduction to three types of problems we have, let's deep dive into why these problems come into being. We will understand and go through a very famous four-line verse by Arya Nagarjuna which explains the wheel of life & its causes which has led us to this stage of samsara.

Lección 3: How Afflictions And Karma Create These Problems

Welcome back to Day 3 of our course. Having understood the wheel of life as explained briefly by the verse from Arya Nagarjuna, we will deep dive into afflictions and karma today. The three types of afflictions are the core of each action and thought process of ours. It is vital to understand and control our afflictions to cut the root of our problems.

Lección 4: Is It Possible To End Our Problems?

Welcome back to Day 4 of our course. Having understood our problems, it is time for us to start finding solutions for our problems. But the bigger question is, is it possible? Is it possible to be always fulfilled? Buddha said yes, we all have the Buddha nature. In today’s session, we will explore our basic potential and our basic seed of Buddha Nature, which is among all of us, including you and me.

Lección 5: The True Path – Three Higher Trainings

Welcome to Day 5 of our course. It is time for us to start practicing the path. In this course, we will deep dive into the three higher trainings of the Buddha which are essential on this path. This can also help us to understand where we are today and from where we need to start.

Lección 6: Buddha's Way To Practice The Path

Welcome to the last day of our course. In this session, I will share how to practice the path according to the two types of meditation – placement and analytical meditations. It is very important that we go through these teachings through the steps of learning, contemplation, and meditation. Having gone through the complete teachings, one should follow this mechanism of learning, contemplation, and meditation along with two types of meditation to practice the path, as Buddha shared with us.

Reviews

Very comprehensive guide to Buddhist teaching. Love the water bottle example and the explanation of Buddha ideas and wisdom. The course gives a good guide to setting up a daily practice. Would love more similar courses from this teacher

Well done Ms, Maheshwari! I love the simplicity and concise delivery. This wad very helpful.

A clear and concise introduction to the basics of buddhist thought. Thank You 🙏🏼