Self-Immolation

"According to Buddhist terminology, the ultimate goal of our individual human evolution is enlightenment or buddhahood. This state, which can be achieved by everyone, is attained when all the delusions—greed, hatred, ignorance and the like—presently obscuring our mind have been completely removed and when all our positive qualities have been fully developed. This state of complete fulfillment, of full awakening, is characterized by unlimited wisdom, unlimited compassion, and unlimited skill, or power." Lama Yeshe

"According to the Buddhist teachings, no matter how confused or deluded we may be at the moment, the underlying and essential nature of our being is clear and pure. In the same way that clouds can temporarily obscure but cannot damage the light-giving power of the sun, so too the temporary afflictions of body and mind—our confusion, anxiety, and the suffering they cause—can temporarily obscure but cannot destroy or even touch the fundamentally clear nature of our consciousness. Dwelling deep within our heart, and within the hearts of all beings without exception, is an inexhaustible source of love and wisdom. And the ultimate purpose of all spiritual practices, whether they are called Buddhist or not, is to uncover and make contact with this essentially pure nature." Lama Yeshe

Kamma and Rebirth Beings existing in saṃsāra perform actions with body, speech and mind. This is kamma (Skt. karma) and such actions always have a later effect (vipāka). If the actions are skilful (kusala) they lead to pleasant results, if they are unskilful (akusala) they lead to painful results. Note that this terminology is preferred to the use of “good” and “evil” because kamma is not a divine judgement, but a natural law. At the moment of death, when the body ceases to provide a substrate for consciousness, the next moment of consciousness will arise in a new body determined by the kamma made by that individual. This may be in any of the realms of being and may be either upward or downward depending on that person’s kamma. This process of repeated rebirth is both beginningless and endless unless that person achieves full awakening and makes an end of it. There is no ultimate purpose served within the process of rebirth itself, and seeing into the futility of saṃsāra is an important aspect of waking up. Ajahn Punnadhammo

The book I just sent is the Buddhist Cosmology presented by a Theravada Monk.

"Buda nem sempre se manifesta como um Buda. Às vezes se manifesta como um demônio, às vezes, como uma mulher, um deus, um rei ou um estadista; aparece, também, em um bordel ou numa casa de jogo. Em todos os acontecimentos e ocasiões, Buda manifesta a pura essência do Dharmakaya (a natureza absoluta de Buda); sendo assim, sua mercê e compaixão fluem perenemente deste Dharmamaya, proporcionando salvação à humanidade." Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai

“I will be sick, I will grow old, I will die, I will be separated from those I love, my relations and so forth. In such manner, the fully ripened effect of my actions will come to me and to no one else, and I am therefore not above depending on what I did in former lives.” To think like this again and again is the antidote to such things as arrogance. Make every effort not to become arrogant by meditating on this antidote. Kangyur Rinpoche

"The mind is the source of all experience, and by changing the direction of the mind, we can change the quality of everything we experience." Mingyur Rinpoche

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“Beings are the owners of their actions, the heirs of their actions; they spring from their actions, are bound to their actions, and are supported by their actions. Whatever deeds they do, good or bad, of those they shall be heirs.” Bhikkhu Bodhi

"Let go of the past, let go of the future. Let go of present. Having gone beyond becoming, with mind completely freed, you will never again come to birth and aging." Dhammapada