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On your computer, you can now unmount or eject the Reader from your computer and then unplug it from the USB cable. Sony customer support provides additional information at: ebooks.custhelp.com. Meditate in London - About Buddhism. Buddha taught methods for gradually overcoming our negative minds such as anger, jealousy and ignorance, and developing our positive minds such as love, compassion and wisdom. Through this we can come to experience lasting peace and happiness. These methods can work for anyone, in any country, in any age. Once we have gained experience of them for ourselves we can pass them on to others so they too can enjoy the same benefits. Meditation is at the heart of the Buddhist way of life.
It is essentially a method for understanding and working on our own mind. We first learn to identify our different negative mental states known as ‘delusions’, and learn how to develop peaceful and positive mental states or ‘virtuous minds’. Then in meditation we overcome our delusions by becoming familiar with virtuous minds. As our mind becomes more positive our actions become more constructive, and our experience of life becomes more satisfying and beneficial to others. top of page. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama | The Office of His Holiness The Dalai Lama. Buddhist Studies: Maitreya (Futrue Buddha) Chinese depiction: often referred to as the Laughing Buddha (Japanese, Miroku; Chinese, Mi-lo Fwo; Tibetan, Byams-pa; Vietnamese, Di-lac; Korean, Mi-rug) According to some Buddhist traditions, the period of the Buddhist Law is divided into three stages: a first period of 500 years, of the turning the Wheel of the Law; a second period of 1,000 years, of the deterioration of the Law, and a third period of 3,000 years (called Mappo in Japan) during which no one practises the Law.
After this, Buddhism having disappeared, a new Buddha will appear who will again turn the Wheel of the Law. This future Buddha is still in the Tusita heaven, in the state of a Bodhisattva. Gautama Buddha himself will enthrone him as his successor. The name means 'benevolence' or 'friendship'. Maitreya is the only celestial Bodhisattva recognized by the sects of the Theravada school, who represented him from the outset. Acolytes of Maitreya: Asanga and Vasubandhu. FMPT.