Thursday, September 27, 2007

Day 2: Wheel of Life

Wheel of life, an introductory talk to Buddhism in the context of Wheel of Life.
Learning and education through the means of visual representation, not written language.
I realize how little I knew about Buddhism and how ,interestingly, Buddhist philosophy differ from western philosophy in retrospect.
The practicality of Buddhism is at once astonishing, given the strict order monks and devotees live in. The sense that each is ultimately responsible for their rebirth, hence their life, is compellingly powerful. The ultimate goal is to achieve enlightenment, devoid of desire and suffering.
The wheel can be seen as a reflection of both of the Buddhist idea of external cosmology and internal microcosmic whole.

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