Improve Life Wisdom through Venerable Master Hsing Yun’s Core Teaching

BLIA South Island English Chapter had been holding a weekly English Class since May.  There were more then 20 members in the English Class.  Facilitated by various members of the group, every week chapters from the Venerable Master Hsing Yun’s “the Core Teachings - Essays in Basic Buddhism”. The book was fully covered and concluded today on 15 July 2018, in time for sharing of their learning at the “Sharing Tea Session of Venerable Master’s Complete Works”.

In the English Class, many important aspects of the basis of Buddhism were discussed.  Learning about the Buddha’s life was the start of the journey.  Key concepts were then covered, including the Dependent Origination, the Four Noble Truths, Karma, the Three Dharma Seals, Emptiniess, Three Bodies of the Buddha, Buddha Nature and Nirvana.  The Class then learnt about how to practice Buddhism, by taking refuge in the Triple Gem, taking the Five Precepts and following the Noble Eightfold Path to becoming a Bodhisattva and participating in Humanistic Buddhism.  Every week there was lively discussion about the contents of the book, as well as questions and challenges in practising Buddhism.  The English Class will continue learning and practising the universal truth of the Buddha’s teachings.