When we say that we profess Buddhism, it means that we sincerely and honestly believe in Lord Buddha Teachings. What Lord Buddha has left for us is his greatest compassion to all beings regardless of their personal circumstances including all beings in the Bhrama Loka, Deva Loka, Naga and Garuda Loka, Catuloka and as well as all beings of the human world.

They all enjoy Lord Buddha’s blessing. At this stage, one would like ask a very simple question:- ‘How does Lord Buddha give us happiness and where does he get it from?’. The answer is from Lord Buddha’s Dharma practice. When practising his Dharma, he enjoys every thing from the Dharma . Dharma is his Teachings which we are practising in our life in order to be able to escape from suffering.

We practise Dharma because we want to get rid of our suffering so that we can be happy in this world and the next world. There is no doubt that, not only beings of the human world enjoy and practice Dharma, but also beings of the Brahma, Naga and Garuda, Deva and Indra worlds who also enjoy and practise Dharma. This is what Lord Buddha has left for us. Beings in all worlds are enjoying and practising Dharma to gain happiness. There is one thing that Lord Buddha has been waiting for. What is it? Lord Buddha has been waiting for all beings in the human world to do good karma (wholesome actions). Again, what does Lord Buddha want from beings in the human, Bhrama, Deva and Indra, Naga and Garuda worlds? Lord Buddha wants all human beings to stop doing bad karma and start doing good karma and keep doing those wholesome actions forever.

This is the real principle of Dharma in Buddhism which Lord Buddha has given us in order to reduce and eventually eliminate our sufferings so that they will know ‘Ariyasacca - Noble Truth’ and hence enjoy Dharma Rasa. This is similar to parents’ concern for their children. Parents always want their children to stop carrying out bad karma and start doing good karma and keep doing good karma forever.

If anyone understands this, he can understand that Lord Buddha always gives and continues giving. What he has given is fathomless. This is similar to what our parents has given us without reservation of their love, compassion, generosity and kindness. This is unimaginable. Likewise, Lord Buddha has given his Dharma to all beings whether they know Dharma or not until beings in all worlds can benefit from his Dharma. This is the greatest Dharma gift to all beings in the worlds. At this point, I would like to ask all of you to analyse what I have described to you and see by yourself whether it is true or not.

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