Asanga - The Buddha's Way of Life

To join asanga was to work collectively, share resources and find safety amongst others by following five precepts. The first is bearing in mind the Buddha or the example of any being that's achieved enlightenment not by consuming but by finding and cultivating peace within. Paying attention to one's internal states with kindness and compassion as well as bonding with others. And also all members of the sanga, instead of trying to regulate suffering and stress and discomfort and negative emotional states by consuming dead objects, short-term pleasures, saw a sense of well-being and meaning and purpose in life through three, what we call refuges. At the end of tonight's meditation, I'm going to,