Thank you, Yash and Dr. Lal for sharing your insights.
Yash wrote: “So the best way that I feel is to try to introduce the teachings by explaining the Pleasure cycle and then Distorted Sanna. I tried with this with my cousin sister and it worked . It would then create more curiosity in them and then we can proceed further.”
I think that is a great idea, thought it didn’t work with my family members lol. When I try to inform them, they try to preach me instead. That’s why, one of the quoted comments above: “I knew about Buddha’s teachings before he taught it.”
Dr. Lal wrote: “Most people tend to seek the “easy way out.” If someone teaches that one can be born in heaven by killing people of other religions, many are willing to accept that on faith.
- This is why the Buddha’s teachings tend to “go underground” relatively quickly. They are not easy to grasp, so the tendency to lose the “deep meanings” is very high.
- That happened in India merely 500 years after the Buddha’s passing. Instead, the Vedic teachings took hold very quickly. While they share many concepts from Buddha’s teachings, those are only superficial.”
I am sick of dealing with these indolent people and their sleazy “know-it-all” attitudes. Empty-headed infantile evangelicals in the west and ritual bound yellow bellies in the east. No point in sharing the elixir to cure cancer to the infected that isn’t willing (and/or doesn’t have the capability) to take it.
Despite the saddening epiphany, I draw inspiration from Venerable Sariputta who, right before his death, taught the profound Dhamma to his Vedic mother who despite being previously hostile attained the Sotapanna stage at 100 years old. I am really tired and have no interest in directly guiding anyone else for now. But in the meantime, I’ve decided to prepare a few books and audio clips of (my understanding of) essential Dhamma concepts in local language so that those interested could learn a thing or two whenever they want. The primary goal remains to remove the defilements from my own mind. Let’s see what happens in more years to come.
