Venerable Master Huei-Guang's talk started with a great question: "What is happiness?" and he proceeded to answer that question. Along the way, he covered a great deal of Buddhist thought including the Four Nobel Truths, the four types of enlightened beings, the five skandas and much more.
Though he tackled many deep topics, he kept the talk fun, and he spoke in a way so that we can take the knowledge and relate it to our own practice. For example, he tied the practice of patience into the modern mindset and how it relates to technology.
Finally, he related Buddhist thought to the practice of meditation, and he gave practical advice such as how morality is necessary to support the practice.
At the end of the talk, I felt like I had my head shoved full of the Buddhist Canon yet Venerable Master Huei-Guang looked as fresh as when he started. With good humor, he fielded a variety of questions. No matter how difficult or esoteric the question, he immediately grounded the topic and brought us back to the basics.
Dharma Bum Fred
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