Tibetan Buddhism is a religious doctrine body of Buddhist religious practices. This doctrine is common in Mongolia, Tibet, Kalmykia, Bhutan, Tuva and other parts of Hilmayas. It is composed of teachings about spiritual development used to achieve enlightenment of Buddhahood to efficiently help other sential beings. The Bodhichta is the mind of enlighten. Tibetan Buddhism is a doctrine that teaches methods of achieving Buddhahood. Buddhahood is a state of freedom from obstructions to liberations as well as omniscience.
What makes someone a Buddhist? That is one of the hardest questions that a person has ever asked me. A complete answer to this question does not come easy and if one generalizes the answer, misunderstanding may arise. All in all, one can become a Buddhist if she or he accepts four truths as taught. These four truths are; one, that all compounded things are impermanent. Two, all emotions are pain. Three, all things have no inherent existence and finally four, Nirvana is beyond concepts. (Jamyang 50) The four statements mentioned were spoken by Buddha himself and are traditionally known as the four seals. These four seals are meant to be understood literally and not metaphorically as some propose.
The four seals are secular truths based on wisdom, nothing moral about them. However, it does not mean that Buddhists have been given a go ahead to be wicked and immoral. If one cannot accept that all fabricated and compounded things are impermanent, that is to say if one believes that there is an essential concept or substance that is permanent, and then one is not a Buddhist. If one cannot accept that all emotions are pain, then one is not a Buddhist. If one cannot accept that all phenomena are empty and illusory, then one is not a Buddhist. Finally, if one thinks that enlightenment exists in the spheres of space, time and power, then one cannot become a Buddhist (Jamyang 52).
Works Cited
Khyentse, Jamyang. What Makes You Not a Buddhist. Boston: Shambhala, 2007. Print.
