PURPLE LOTUS TEMPLE
We offer peace and brightness
Gratitude
Being grateful for good times and hard times
Happiness
Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is the key to achieving inner peace and enlightenment
Believing in the spirit of Mahayana Buddhism
Practicing Buddhism by cleansing Karma
Finding ways to end the cycle of suffering
Direction
Noble Eightfold Path:
Right view, right resolve, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right samadhi.
Dedication
Four Perfect Virtues:
Loving-kindness (metta), compassion (karuna), appreciative joy (mudita), and equanimity (upekkha).
Enlightenment
The Buddha said:
All living beings will eventually be led by me to the final Nirvana, the final ending of the cycle of birth and death.