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Teachings
The teachings at the Center are drawn from the mystics of all the major religious traditions (Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Taoism). To help guide our own practice, we have distilled these teachings of the mystics into Five Fundamentals which express their essence in more generic terms:
CONSCIOUSNESS ALONE IS ABSOLUTELY REAL
The appearance of an objective world distinguishable from a subjective self is but the imaginary form in which Consciousness Perfectly Realizes Itself.
IGNORANCE OF THE REAL IS THE ROOT OF SUFFERING
From ignorance is born the delusion of self; from the delusion of self, desire for the world; from desire for the world, attachment to worldly forms; from attachment to worldly forms, all forms of suffering.
THE END OF SUFFERING COMES BY THE WAY OF GNOSIS
or the Sacrifice of ignorance through the Grace of a Perfect Realization that Consciousness alone is Absolutely Real.
THE WAY OF GNOSIS IS THE WAY OF SELFLESSNESS
cultivated on the basis of Love (boundless compassion) and Truth (profound insight). It may be seen as a path unfolding in Seven Stages:
1. Awakening of faith