{"id":19920,"date":"2021-10-20T15:15:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T15:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/budismo-basico\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T14:57:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:57:37","slug":"basic-buddhism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/en\/basic-buddhism\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Buddhism"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"19920\" class=\"elementor elementor-19920 elementor-16616\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d7b267f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d7b267f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c715c61\" data-id=\"c715c61\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6be913 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f6be913\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Basic buddhism<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b8082cb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b8082cb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f5d180d\" data-id=\"f5d180d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fa1aef elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9fa1aef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c62427 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c62427\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e2ee74a\" data-id=\"e2ee74a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a74a11e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a74a11e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Buddhism as philosophy, science of the mind ...\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4fd9395 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4fd9395\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bcc2315\" data-id=\"bcc2315\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c58ccfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c58ccfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" src=\"https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nacimiento-de-Buda.-Stupa-Shanti-en-Leh-India.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19914\" alt=\"Nacimiento de Buda. Stupa Shanti en Leh (India)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nacimiento-de-Buda.-Stupa-Shanti-en-Leh-India.jpg 700w, https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nacimiento-de-Buda.-Stupa-Shanti-en-Leh-India-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nacimiento-de-Buda.-Stupa-Shanti-en-Leh-India-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Representation of birth of Sakyamuni Buddha in the Shanti Stupa in Leh (India)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c544b61\" data-id=\"c544b61\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-687e531 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"687e531\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Depending on which aspects are emphasized,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Buddhism can be considered a <strong>philosophy of life<\/strong>, a <strong>spiritual tradition<\/strong> or a religion.\u00a0When stripped of its cultural and mythological elements in any of its variants, a <strong>practical<\/strong> philosophy useful for people and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>society remains.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Some consider Buddhism a <strong>science of the mind<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Nowadays many self-help methods and therapies use practices and ideas taken from Buddhism.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Many people find that Buddhist thought and practices improve their life <strong>without having to join any creed or institution<\/strong>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is an open philosophy and offers what is most suitable for everyone.<\/p><p>Faith is not necessary, the path is travelled with personal effort.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is about <strong>cultivating the mind<\/strong>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Everyone has the possibility of achieving their full potential, a fully serene and woken mind.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Through Buddhist thought it is possible to recognize this possibility and develop it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ee12030 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ee12030\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e91472a\" data-id=\"e91472a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5f252d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c5f252d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-15a4240 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"15a4240\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a15225a\" data-id=\"a15225a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87e5be2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"87e5be2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Four Noble Truths\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab62353 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab62353\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-10c9f2a\" data-id=\"10c9f2a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6116da9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6116da9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Four Noble Truths explain the diagnosis of the existential problem of<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>human beings together with the solution proposed by Buddha.<\/p><p>After leaving the fantastic life of the palace and realizing the dissatisfaction of ordinary existence,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Sakyamuni Buddha spent a few years as a wandering ascetic.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>After deep reflection he came to the conclusion that <strong>true peace<\/strong> (<em>nirvana<\/em>) is achieved through the <strong>middle way<\/strong>, and then enacted the Four Noble Truths.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Like a good doctor, he made the diagnosis and formulated the cure.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Its simple principles suit anyone.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The Buddha said: \u201cJust as the footprints of all animals fit within the footprint of an elephant, all improvement teachings fit within the four noble truths.\u201d<\/p><ul><li>The truth of the <strong>existence of dissatisfaction<\/strong>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Deep down, no matter how much we try to avoid it, we always find we are somehow suffering or dissatisfied, or that something is always missing.<\/li><li>The truth of the <strong>cause of dissatisfaction<\/strong>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The origin of dissatisfaction is the instinctive inclination to want for and the attachment to things we like, and the aversion to and escape from that which threatens us.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The ultimate cause is not understanding reality or the workings of the mind, that is, ignorance.<\/li><li>The truth of the <strong>cessation of dissatisfaction<\/strong>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Suffering ceases when the cause ceases, that is, through the<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>elimination of ignorance, changing the way we think and recognizing that the solution is not simply external to us but also within ourselves.<\/li><li>The truth of the <b>path of liberation<\/b>.\u00a0 The way to overcome dissatisfaction and suffering is the Noble Eightfold Path.<\/li><\/ul><p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>The Noble Path follows the <b>natural law of cause-effect<\/b>: the cause produces suffering, and the path, which now becomes cause, produces cessation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6266acf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6266acf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a74720\" data-id=\"4a74720\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-692b98f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"692b98f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f5ded6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5f5ded6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c0d83f\" data-id=\"4c0d83f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bceb948 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bceb948\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"> The Noble Eightfold Path\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63470b5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63470b5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-84924ce\" data-id=\"84924ce\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79dc25a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79dc25a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>All the Buddha&#8217;s teaching, which he spread and practiced for 45 years, includes in one way or another elements of this path, which he practiced and explained differently to different people, <b>according to their needs and abilities<\/b>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Although it makes sense to follow it in the traditional order, in practice its components are practiced simultaneously, since they are interrelated and the cultivation of one helps that of the other.<\/p><p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>The journey requires <b>internal emotional and intellectual work<\/b>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>And this is achieved by <b>transforming the mind<\/b> (the three systems of the now classic triune brain: primitive or instinctive, limbic or emotional and superior or rational), changing the conventional and conditioned way of thinking, recognizing that with this internal transformation we impact the<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>external transformation towards a more just and harmonious society.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7603886\" data-id=\"7603886\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1da4be9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1da4be9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"758\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/D5F9C00F-1FC2-450A-A602-0F2CA18C74B6_1_201_a-758x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-18835\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/D5F9C00F-1FC2-450A-A602-0F2CA18C74B6_1_201_a-758x1024.jpeg 758w, https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/D5F9C00F-1FC2-450A-A602-0F2CA18C74B6_1_201_a-222x300.jpeg 222w, https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/D5F9C00F-1FC2-450A-A602-0F2CA18C74B6_1_201_a-768x1038.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/D5F9C00F-1FC2-450A-A602-0F2CA18C74B6_1_201_a-1137x1536.jpeg 1137w, https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/D5F9C00F-1FC2-450A-A602-0F2CA18C74B6_1_201_a-600x811.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/D5F9C00F-1FC2-450A-A602-0F2CA18C74B6_1_201_a.jpeg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya (India), place of Buddha\u00b4s Awakening<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d935897 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d935897\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a6fcb49\" data-id=\"a6fcb49\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15c8fcf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15c8fcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Its eight components are traditionally grouped into three parts:<\/p><ul><li><p><strong>Ethical behavior<\/strong>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The basis for a fruitful life free of mental disturbances is to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>not<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>harm others, or ourselves.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>What\u2019s more, it focuses on benefiting other beings.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The foundation is universal love and compassion for all beings.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It includes: correct speech, correct action and a correct way of life.<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Calm and serenity<\/strong>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is mental discipline to curb instinctive and conditioned reactivity and to be able to see things clearly.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>To achieve this, it is necessary to cultivate the capacity for concentration or meditative absorption.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It includes correct effort, correct mindfulness and correct concentration.<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Wisdom<\/strong>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is awakening, the antidote to ignorance, which is the root cause of suffering.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is about understanding what is reality, and what is the mind and its mode of operation.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>By changing our thoughts, we change our behavior and influence society.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The maxim of universal wisdom is: Man is what he thinks. He builds his own reality.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Suffering and joy are ,deep down, mental states which we project.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It includes: correct thought and correct understanding.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27573b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27573b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f8b1a2\" data-id=\"8f8b1a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5730df4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5730df4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fd2c6de elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fd2c6de\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55ac3ff\" data-id=\"55ac3ff\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52b1332 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52b1332\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The four characteristics or seals of existence\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f2d104 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2f2d104\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f92ac4e\" data-id=\"f92ac4e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a88439f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a88439f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>It is what characterizes the world we live in:<\/p><ul><li><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Impermanence or transience<\/b>: everything is conditioned and changes over time<\/li><li><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Suffering or dissatisfaction<\/b>: everything in the conventional world produces suffering deep down<\/li><li><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Insubstantiality or emptiness<\/b>: all things, including the self, lack or are empty of intrinsic independent nature &#8211; they are interdependent<\/li><li><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Possibility of authentic happiness or liberation from dissatisfaction<\/b>: it is possible to achieve true peace<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-399c3da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"399c3da\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bd8b85a\" data-id=\"bd8b85a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e019fe7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e019fe7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b393a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b393a7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4906d40\" data-id=\"4906d40\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2b42b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d2b42b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The four sublime states\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dfacd7c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dfacd7c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-284b21e\" data-id=\"284b21e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd1ee77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dd1ee77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0656-1024x810.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-18853\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0656-1024x810.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0656-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0656-768x608.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0656-1536x1215.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0656-1568x1241.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0656-600x475.jpg 600w, https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0656.jpg 1609w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Sarnath (India), place of Buddha\u00b4s first teachings<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d00459b\" data-id=\"d00459b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9649b57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9649b57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the different branches of Buddhism, as in other spiritual traditions, universal love is emphasized, as well as dignity and the equality of people.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The so-called four sublime states of mind are cultivated:<\/p><ul><li><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Loving kindness<\/b> (<i>metta<\/i>).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is unconditional love to all beings.<\/li><li><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Compassion<\/b> for the suffering of others (<i>karuna<\/i>).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is feeling with the other.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It should not be confused with pity.<\/li><li><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Sympathetic joy <\/b>(<i>mudita<\/i>).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is the authentic positive feeling, without hypocrisy, healthy envy.<\/li><li><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Equanimity<\/b> (<i>upekkha<\/i>).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is to contemplate things without attachment and with perspective in order to act from wisdom and compassion. It is also impartiality in loving kindness, compassion and sympathetic joy.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f1b302 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f1b302\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-487f919\" data-id=\"487f919\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce8a52a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ce8a52a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e13de4e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e13de4e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a4858b\" data-id=\"6a4858b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13521fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13521fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The three jewels or shelters\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-301a6ac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"301a6ac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a04824\" data-id=\"0a04824\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fe84a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fe84a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A person takes shelter to protect himself.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>One can say that he is a Buddhist the moment he feels like one, as there are no initiation rites, but traditionally a Buddhist can take refuge in the three jewels:<\/p><ul><li><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Buddha<\/b>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It can be Sakyamuni Buddha, a model for the path of awakening, but also all those who have achieved liberation, and the Buddha that we carry within, the buddha nature.<\/li><li><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Dharma<\/b>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>They are the teachings of Buddha that guide our way, embodied in the different canons of the different traditions.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>And in the broadest sense it can be said that any teaching that makes us better is dharma, as Sakyamuni Buddha stated when he was questioned by his disciples before he died.<\/li><li><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Shanga<\/b>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It can be interpreted starting from the community of monks, the purest practitioners, to the community of walkers or supporters of Buddhism, as the group of spiritual seekers who seek to improve, help and be helped.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Deep down, all people want to improve.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-39040c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"39040c7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9215814\" data-id=\"9215814\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c82aaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8c82aaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ec1831 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ec1831\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30bcc1b\" data-id=\"30bcc1b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-588a7c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"588a7c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Compassion and wisdom\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18eeaf6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18eeaf6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a87456b\" data-id=\"a87456b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d53c44f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d53c44f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Inherently on the Buddhist path a person develops two great qualities: compassion and wisdom.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><strong>Compassion<\/strong> represents love, benevolence, kindness, tolerance, solidarity and altruism, that is, the qualities of the heart or the emotions.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is the basis of all religions and humanism in general.<\/p><p><strong>Wisdom<\/strong> represents discernment, deep understanding, reasoning, self-examination, diligence and self-control, that is, the qualities of the mind or of an intellectual nature.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is the basis of all traditions of practical philosophy of life both in the East and in the West.<\/p><p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Experience shows that the optimum is a <b>balanced development<\/b> of compassion and wisdom, since too much compassion and too little wisdom leads to idiotic goodness and dependency.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>And too much wisdom and too little compassion leads to coldness and alienation.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Buddhism provides powerful tools for deeply developing both compassion and wisdom.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c64d901\" data-id=\"c64d901\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f263d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6f263d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5ED42C5B-B26F-4186-96B3-B83F999EB17A_1_201_a-1024x864.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-18852\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5ED42C5B-B26F-4186-96B3-B83F999EB17A_1_201_a-1024x864.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5ED42C5B-B26F-4186-96B3-B83F999EB17A_1_201_a-300x253.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5ED42C5B-B26F-4186-96B3-B83F999EB17A_1_201_a-768x648.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5ED42C5B-B26F-4186-96B3-B83F999EB17A_1_201_a-1536x1297.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5ED42C5B-B26F-4186-96B3-B83F999EB17A_1_201_a-1568x1324.jpeg 1568w, https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5ED42C5B-B26F-4186-96B3-B83F999EB17A_1_201_a-600x506.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5ED42C5B-B26F-4186-96B3-B83F999EB17A_1_201_a.jpeg 1706w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Shanti Stupa in Leh (India)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7bad5fd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7bad5fd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-97d6f03\" data-id=\"97d6f03\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f6b6c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3f6b6c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e937e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e937e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"> The three attributes of Buddha as ideals of life\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a90145 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a90145\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The three great attributes of Buddha are: wisdom, compassion and energy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Each of these universal values \u200b\u200bare represented in this tradition by an archetype or boddhisattva.<\/p><ul><li><p><strong>Wisdom<\/strong>, which is represented in the iconography as <strong>Manjushri<\/strong>, who is holding a book and a sword to cut out ignorance and attachment.<\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Compassion<\/strong>, which is represented by <strong>Avalokiteshvara<\/strong> (Chenrezig, Tara), who is sometimes<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>shown as having many heads, to see, and many arms, to help.<\/p><\/li><li><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong>Energy<\/strong>, represented by <b>Vajrapani<\/b>, holding a sceptre or lightning bolt and with a face showing decision and firmness.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a94534 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a94534\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b78ff7a\" data-id=\"b78ff7a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e52dd40 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"e52dd40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/en\/cultivate-compassion\/\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-hand-holding-heart\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9480f1a\" data-id=\"9480f1a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2850c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b2850c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Compassion<\/b>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is feeling and sharing the suffering of other beings as if it were your own, and mobilizing yourself to reduce it.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It includes non-violence, kindness, attention, help &#8230; It can be a mere aspiration, or include a commitment to action, embracing those who are different and far away, or something profound inherent to your existence (absolute bodhicitta), when there is no feeling of separation between &#8220;I&#8221; and the &#8220;other&#8221;, and the habitual blind attachment is meaningless. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/en\/cultivate-compassion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>More&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-547c124 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"547c124\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bfa6363\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f09b55b\" data-id=\"f09b55b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7b7c87 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"b7b7c87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/en\/cultivate-wisdom\/\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-eye\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-95e5fbc\" data-id=\"95e5fbc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5eb3c9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5eb3c9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Wisdom<\/b>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is understanding reality as it is, with its essential characteristics of impermanence, insubstantiality, generator of suffering and with the possibility of supreme peace.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is waking up from the dream or coming out of ignorance, the apparent world of separation.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It also includes understanding ourselves as part of that reality, knowing what our mind is and how it operates.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is not believing in what we are told, but understanding for our own means, and submitting the facts and information that are given to us for investigation and analysis.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/en\/cultivate-wisdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>More&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e7ccbeb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e7ccbeb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e851c2\" data-id=\"0e851c2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4a6835 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b4a6835\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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