What is the Dharma Wheel?

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I’m not terribly taken by iconology, but
Buddha’s Dharma Chakra {Sanskrit for “Teaching Wheel”} is
tough to miss.

My favorite rendering of the symbol depicts a
wagon wheel with four longer spokes in
the cardinal directions and
four standard spokes in the intermediate directions.


This is a very clever way to express two numbers, both:
• four and
• eight.

What are the FOUR noble truths represented by
the longer spokes in the cardinal directions?



#1 Suffering’s Presence
#2 Suffering’s Cause
#3 Suffering’s Transcendence
#4 Transcendence’s Means

What are the elements of the eight fold path that are
represented by the wheel’s total number of spokes?

A. Contemplation’s
#1 - Right aspiration
#2 - Right thought

B. Morality’s {or Compassion’s}
#3 - Right Action
#4 - Right Livelihood
#5 - Right Speech

C. Concentration’s
#6 - Right Concentration
#7 - Right Mindfulness
#8 - Right Effort

A self-satisfied fool explained that…



…he had NO need for
my presentation of Buddha’s Dharma because,

“I’ve got my hands full with just the Eight-fold path, I
don’t have time, energy or interest for anything else.”
What that self-styled meditation teacher failed to comprehend was that
EVERYTHING that Buddha taught, each
of the 84,000 discourses of the Pali Tipitaka can be:
• chopped-up,
• shuffled, and
• organized under
one or more of the headings of the Eight-fold path.

What was that fellow’s major malfunction ?


Was it:
• confusion,
• preconception,
• rigidity,
• pride,
• aggression, or
• fear?

Which could be your greatest stumbling block?



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Om Mani Padme Hum,

Lama Jigme Gyatso: Rime Manipa Tantrika

NON-sectarian Buddhist: Monk, Teacher, Healer and Tantrika

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