An Overview of the Buddhadharma

From May 3, 1993 to May 13, 1993, at the Rainbow Villa Retreat Center in North Bend, Washington, Living Buddha Lian-sheng (Master Sheng-yen Lu), the founder of the True Buddha School, gave a series of talks on the subject of an overview of the Buddhadharma. In the numerical system outlined below, the Living Buddha presents not only a clear and concise understanding to a profound teaching, but also a concrete way to reach Enlightenment.
-The initial step of ?faith, comprehension, practice, and realization.?
-The two doorways of ?theoretical? versus ?practical? approaches.
-The three non-outflow studies of ?discipline, stability, and wisdom.?
-The four noble truths.
-The five roots and five positive agents.
-The six perfections.
-The seven factors of Enlightenment.
-The eightfold noble path.
-The ten powers of Buddhas.
-The twelve links that constitute the chain of conditioned arising.