Welcome to my web site. The web site that is intended to be a place for expressing and sharing my experiences and my knowledge toward Enlightenment. The web site that is hoped to help people with some answers about enlightenment. The web site that also welcomes those people who know better than I do and hopefully are able to share for benefit of all. You can share yours at webboard (Click on top menu). No matter what background or what religion you have you are welcome.

Most of what you're gonna find here is based on the Buddha's teachings. However, there are also good teachings in other religions too. "If one find truth in them, accept that truth" advised the Buddha.
So I'm open to other religions and other beliefs as long as they bring people to peace and truths.

If you want to know quick what is the core of what I want to share, click The Core on the left menu. I will try to explain you in short time.

A reason of why I think the Buddha's teachings fit my personality is that I don't HAVE TO depend much on belief. The Buddha said:
"One must not accept my teachings because of reverence but to first try them out as one test gold with fire."
and this (Click the sign)

In many other religions, we HAVE TO believe in God. No matter how bad something happens, we HAVE TO believe in God and comfort ourselves by thinking that God has his reason to let those happen. Or some kill a lot of people or even kill themselves by thinking that it's good, or they did it for their God. That make me wonder if they have blind faith. Also make me think it has to have many gods. Then whose God is real? It can be the total destruction of mankind if we don't have the right belief.

However, there are still many people who have belief in God in good ways. For example, those people work hard, do good, and no matter what result will be, they won't regret it because they believe in God.

Buddhism gave me more rational answers. I think I should say the best answer I ever find. Sometimes I think we shouldn't think of Buddhism as a religion. It made many people misunderstand. Maybe we should call it:

The Science of Awaking to Truth The Science of Becoming Yourself

The Art of Awaking to Truth The Art of Becoming Yourself

It's like a science because you can prove it. (Continue reading.)
It's like an art because it's about learning by practice.
Religious rituals you might see are just things that people do to pay homage to the Buddha. I want to share 2 stories regarding what the Buddha himself said about that kind of activity. Pay true homage and Observing precepts.

It's not recommended to newcomer to change religion and become a Buddhist without careful consideration. There is a story that the Buddha discouraged a man who was respectable to many people and was a big supporter of another religion from changing the religion. Click the sign .
"You know the time for what you are supposed to do by yourself."
And the following is about the Buddha's conversion.
Once some religious gurus complained about the Buddha’s conversion of their disciples.
“It is not my intention to convert them. It is my duty is to tell them what is wholesome and what is unwholesome and it is up to them to decide and act accordingly in a manner that will lead them to happiness and free from suffering,” replied the Buddha.

In my opinion, the discovery by Siddartha Gautama is the greatest discovery of mankind. It took place around 2,500 years ago in our world, not anywhere else in the universe, where some group of people (I mean scientists) spend a huge amount of money trying to find something out there. And beyond imagination of most people, the key of the answer to "Who are we?" is inside each of us.

If you want scientific proof, I'm not sure what you will get from those nowadays tools. As I understand, we still can find some Arahants. Although it's not easy to find a real one, it's possible. This is not fiction. This is real. However, everyone has the greatest tool, that is yourself. Use it to test what the Buddha taught.

No more critical questions of life. I mean some of those questions I have found the answers. Some disappeared. Don't need to have those questions in me. Also, no more doubt about the Buddha's teaching, no more my happiness to have to largely depend on things outside, which all are impermanent.

Some Buddha's saying that I like:
"Self is master of self; who else would be the master?"
"sacrifice property to keep bodily organs, sacrifice organs to keep life, sacrifice life to keep the Truth."
"There is no happiness higher than tranquility."

If I didn't know the Buddha or he decided not to teach, how could I see/know/experience/realize the PERFECTION of things as they are or the great happiness from inner peace or from very simple moments?
A question in my mind that made me feel I AM FOREVER IN THE BUDDHA'S DEBT.
Because I most probably would keep searching happiness from objects or things outside endlessly (like many people).

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" Who am I? I AM A DOER."
My saying:

"The power of truth, the power of mind, the power to help you find true happiness"
"The more disciplined your mind AND the more understanding of truths you have, the happier you are."

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