Buddha identified three fires, or three negative qualities of the mind that cause most of our problems

April 6, 2022

Suffering can be caused by "ourselves through grasping, aversion and ignorance. And that's the part through practice that we can transform. Personal responsibility is very central to Dharma practice and that's why we have precepts along with meditation. In our particular school, the first sutra we read is the Purification sutra about recognizing all the harm and suffering we've done in our lives through greed, hatred, and ignorance and acknowledging them."

Personal Responsibility and Non Judgementalism, Geoff Dawson, Ordinary Mind Zen School, Sydney