The goal of Buddha
Dharma is to become a Buddha. Not to paint this life in different colors, not
to become a smart or interesting kind of Buddhist, but to become a Buddha. The
Buddhist path is not a method of relaxation or a tablet for headache, something
like “how can we become happier and calmer people” or a recipe for momentary
happiness, but a road to Buddhahood or complete Freedom for us and all beings.
It is of utmost importance for those who enter
the Buddhist path to have the aspiration to become a Buddha. Without this
aspiration there is no Buddhism. If we don’t want or don’t feel the urgency of
complete freedom from the many sufferings of repeated births and deaths, then
Buddhism will remain for us only an object of study, an interesting lecture of
mythology or an intellectual delight.
There are, so to speak, two visions one can
have about himself and the world. The first is the ordinary vision depending on
one's cultural education or daily concerns, and the other is the Dharmic
vision.