Why Is Buddhism So Complicated?

There have been commentaries and rituals created and added over thousands of years,
forming the intellectual institution of symbols = words.

Our essence is ever-present pure consciousness. We don’t have to do or be anything different to change that; just understand what we have become, which is due to karma – the effects of past selfish actions that create our habitual behaviour now. If we recognise that the karmic effect is making us miserable, we will want to be released from the cauldron of confusion.

The more we forget what we are,
the more karma repeats our self.

The more we remember what we are,
the less karma has an effect.

This is the reason that I write a blog – which currently contains 925,013 words ( 😀 ) – saying the same thing in different ways as reminder of both what we are and what we are not.

Dharma is our natural state, beyond words which become convoluted and elitist.