Friday, June 5, 2020

Qualities-of-the-Triple-Gem

Dhamma taught by a Buddha has the following attributes:

It is well-explained (svakkhato).

It can be experienced in this life (sanditthiko).

It gives immediate results (akaliko).

It invites people to come and see (ehi-passiko).

Every successive step takes one towards the final goal of full liberation (opanayiko).

It is to be experienced by each person of average intelligence, for oneself (paccattam veditabbo vinnuhiti).

Dhamma is not sectarian. It is called by several other names:

Eternal dhamma (esa dhammo sanantano); noble eightfold path (ariyo atthangiko maggo); true dhamma (saddhammo); pure dhamma (visuddhi-dhammo); dhamma leading to full liberation (vimutti-dhammo); noble dhamma (ariyo-dhammo); stainless dhamma (sukka dhammo); foremost dhamma (aggo dhammo); ancient dhamma (purano dhammo)

Ref: http://www.vridhamma.org/Qualities-of-the-Triple-Gem