Being Buddhist Is Being Ordinary

It’s not about projecting an image.

Ordinary: with no outer special or distinctive features; normal, not interesting or exceptional; commonplace.

The extraordinary is within perception.

Being Buddhist, we should know how to be decent human beings. Unfortunately, for many years, people have been acquiring a self-image that unconsciously transfers their desires to others (which is very unsettling 🙂 ). Again unfortunately, this image comes down from the top.

When Buddhists start to behave normally, free of intellectual or religious affectations, the Dharma will be accepted as normal.

Don’t be a Buddhist.
Be the genuine thing.
Just be a good heart, emphasising the true essence of the Dharma teachings – wisdom-kindness.

Don’t use Buddhism to become a Buddhist.
The Dharma is a tool to help us be the authentic wisdom of compassionate activity that we inherently are. It’s not a special club, with a special figurehead.

Buddhism is not a label, a uniform, or a set of rigid beliefs;
it’s a sincere, inner transformation.

A good heart needs no labels.