“SHOJU”, is a simple and gentle way to introduce Buddhist thought to the uninitiated while also being quite convincing in familiar language.

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“Formation”, is a key word for the concept of developing form from tendencies and conditions accumulated and amalgamated through the process of “formation”. Everything we experience in Samsara is a result of this ongoing process.

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“Five Aggregates”, also known as Skandhas, are the initial formations of consciousnesses in the development of the sense organs for our existence in Samsara.

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“Equanimity”, our resistance to reaction, to remain composed and objective.

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“Epistemology”, the way we assemble data and information and customize these into our truths, fears, opinions, and feelings. In short, how we believe what we believe, or know what we know.

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“Enlightenment”, also called Awakening, is an innate capacity of our sentient mind to experience the world as it truly is, a dance of potentials in constant change and development.

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“Engine of Life”, the three components of all phenomenal instantiation; Energy, formations, Form (experienced as Karma).

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“Energy”, A rest state of potential where/when no time/space or “form” is extant.

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“Emptiness”, Not a denial of “reality” but a deeper understanding of “reality” as a process of constant change.

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“Dukkha”, the stress and anxiety in our minds experience of the processes of the physical world.

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