Buddha’s Way Of Transforming Awareness
The problem of widespread evil and other troubling issues can be aptly overcome by adopting the path of the Buddha. Evil arises from myopic vision. It cannot be curbed by stringent laws, severe punishment or exhaustive moral lessons but by transforming awareness of the working of the universe, law of karma, dependent origin of things and unending suffering caused by indiscriminate craving. Proper awareness gives birth to wisdom followed by wholesome, empathetic action to whole of humanity. The Buddha summarised his teachings by advising to develop cosmic awareness leading to empathetic compassion - from awareness of objects to awareness of subject, to awareness of awareness itself.
No one can give us that alchemical awareness - no scripture, authority or religion. It has to be cultivated from within and assimilated so that evil is spontaneously removed like a thorn from the flesh.
The Buddha was unique in asserting, “Be light unto yourself. Hold fast to the Truth. Look not for refuge to anyone besides yourselves. Know for yourself that certain things are unwholesome and wrong. Give them up. When you know for yourself that certain things are wholesome and good then instinctively accept the same and adhere wholeheartedly.”
Om Namah Shivay.
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