Dharma Isn’t A Therapy

It is a great misunderstanding to think that practising Dharma will help us lead an untroubled life. Nothing could be further from the truth. Dharma is not a therapy, or an antidote for dissatisfaction.

It’s the opposite. Dharma turns our life upside down – that’s if we want change. When our life seems more unpleasant, we are merely noticing samsara (hell) more.

If the aim of our practice is to feel safe and secure, this is a sign that we’re not actually practising; we are just going through the routines of worldly activities. Noting samsara is our practice; it’s the method we use to realise nirvana (pure consciousness), here and now.

We are Dharma – the book of knowledge that needs no books.

This is what distinguishes the Dharma from New Age methods of ‘feelings’. From the point of view of Dharma, such interests are the toys of samsaric hell beings. They are toys to confuse us.