Preface 4

Chapter 1 Acting Method

14 K-pop Performances in Virtual Reality
Like a rainbow, neither I nor the world is real 16
Quantum Physics, Holograms, and Buddhism 18
The Universe in a Speck of Dust 21
What is Acting 24
Indiscrimination and inequality 26
Two Meanings of Law 28
Acting, selflessness, compassion, and the middle way are one 30
32. Fate and Harmony
There was nothing, but through causes and conditions, something came into being. 34
The Law of Cause and Effect Attraction 35
Acting Method in Life Practice 38

Chapter 2 The Three Dharma Seals

Standard of Truth 44
The Three Dharmas and the Four Dharmas 46
Everything in the world changes 47
The Free Microcosm of Free 49 Free
The Free World of Macrocosm 50
I can't let you go even if I die for free 51
Surrender to the free flow of change and take a deep rest 52
The Emptiness or Freedom of No Self 53
Neither the self nor the possessions are mine. 54
Selfless thoughts, personality, and feelings are not mine 55
The Illusion of Being Alive 56
The world doesn't go my way 58
The Four Kinds of Suffering 59 The Eight Kinds of Suffering 61
What if it's not worth obsessing over? 63
Nirvana: The Cessation of Suffering and Perfect Happiness 66
Nirvana: The Three Poisons That Torment Me 67
Nirvana is in fact no suffering, it is simply Buddhahood. 68

Chapter 3: The Twelve Places and the Eighteen Precepts

All Dharma: Who am I? Where am I? 72
What lies between "me" and "outside me"? 74
Six Senses and Activities of the Six Muscles 75
Six Sense Objects of the Six Senses 76
When I am polluted and when I am clean 78
I am there, and the world exists 80
The moment the world shines beautifully 81
How did the Twelve Places of "I" and "the World" come into being? 84
The Twelve Classifications of Everything in the World, 86
Twelve Places Only Exist When I See Them 88
The Twelve Reasons for Suffering 90
The Twelve Places: The World I Understand 91
The Eighteen Precepts: The Process of Creating a Mind 93
The Eighteen Commandments: The Illusion of the Mind as "I" 94
The Six Consciousnesses of the Eighteen Realms: Did I Create Suffering? 95
Eighteen Precepts: To escape the suffering I created, 96

Chapter 4 Five Elements

The Reality of Things We Think We Have, Touch 100
The Birth of Feeling, Thought, and Will 101
3 Classifications of Everything in the World 102
This is how the illusion of a country began 104
The five aggregates and the five aggregates, the non-self. So, is there a "me"? Or not? 105
The Form Aggregate Body is Not Me 106
The feeling of Su-on (受蘊) is not mine 109
Thoughts are not me 112
The Aggregate of Actions is not me 116
The consciousness aggregate mind is not me 122
Why am I not the Ohon-mu-a 'I'? 126
The Five Aggregates that Eliminate Suffering 128
The Cessation of Physical [Color] Suffering 130
The Cessation of Emotional Suffering 131
The Cessation of Conceptual Suffering 132
The Cessation of Suffering from Conditioned Actions 134
The Cessation of Cognitive Suffering 135
Meditation on the Five Aggregates for Escape from Suffering 137

Chapter 5: The Twelve Links of Dependent Origination

The Twelve Links of Dependent Origination and the Law of Dependent Origination 140
The Book of Obedience and the Book of Interpreters, The Book of Genetic Disillusionment and the Book of Disillusionment 142
Anonymous 144
Line 145
Consciousness 148
Name and Color 150
Sixth Entry 152
Touch 154
Receiving 155
Love 156
Take 158
Yu (有) 159
Life 162
Old age and death 163

Chapter 6: The Four Noble Truths

The Truth of Suffering and its Cessation 168
Why is Go Seong-je's life so miserable? 170
Why is the suffering of the old noble truth a sacred truth? 171
Accepting the Truth of Suffering, Part 172
The more you reject the suffering of the old man, the more it persists. 173
The Twelve Links of Dependent Origination and the 176th Dependent Origination
The Twelve Causes of Suffering, Chapter 177
The Core Causes of Suffering in the Sacrament of the Suffering of the Sacrament: Ignorance and Desire 180
The Cessation of Suffering 182
Why There Are So Many Practice Methods in Taoist Buddhism 185
The Twelve Paths to the Cessation of Suffering, Part 187

Chapter 7: Buddhist Practice

The Wisdom of the Middle Way, 198
200 as it is in the middle
All doctrines of the Middle Way are different expressions of the Middle Way 201
There is no such thing as absolute right or wrong 202
Accepting the Middle Way and Not Knowing 203
The Eightfold Path to a Righteous Life 206
The Eightfold Path, Right View 208
The Eightfold Path of Right Thought 210
The Eightfold Path, Right Speech 212
The Eightfold Path, Right Action 214
The Eightfold Path to Right Living 215
Eightfold Path of Right Diligence 217
The Eightfold Path of Right Mindfulness 218
The Eightfold Path, Correct Concentration 219
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, the Middle Path, and the Noble Eightfold Path 221
Observations on the Body 223
Observations on Feelings 226
Observations on the Mind 228
Observations on the Law 229
Awareness and Direct Knowledge of the Mind 240

The profound and elegant writing style of the monk Beopsang
A glance at the diagram by Yong Jeong-un
An introduction to Buddhist doctrine!

Buddhist Doctrines in Diagrams

A concise yet systematic description,
An introductory guide to Buddhist doctrine, presented in easy-to-understand diagrams.

A series of introductory books titled "Reading with Diagrams" published by Minjoksa, a renowned Buddhist book publisher with 40 years of experience.

When we think of ‘Buddhism’, we have a strong image of it being rigid and boring.
The "Reading ○○ with Diagrams" series was planned with the aim of breaking away from such an image of Buddhism and creating a "book that people would want to read" while also containing the history, doctrines, and thoughts of Buddhism.


This series discards the typical image that comes to mind when you think of a 'diagram' and instead presents the diagrams through cute cartoons, organizing the content of each piece in a clear and easy-to-understand manner.
It concisely contains the essential information that readers need to know to help them understand the basics of Buddhism. It is also good to use as a textbook as it is composed of short but informative content.


The third in the "Reading with Diagrams" series, "Reading Buddhist Doctrines with Diagrams"

The first book in the series 'Reading the History of the Nation with Diagrams', 'Introduction to Buddhism with Diagrams' (written by Lee Ja-rang and Lee Pil-won, illustrated by Bae Jong-hoon), is a book that breaks the vague preconception that Buddhism is difficult, and has received great acclaim, including being selected as the '2016 Sejong Books' Best Book in the General Education Category' and one of the '10 Buddhist Books of the Year'.
The second book, "Introduction to Reading Buddhist Scriptures with Diagrams" (written by Jeong Woon, illustrated by Bae Jong-hoon), systematically categorizes and explains the vast Buddhist scriptures, making it easy to understand the meaning, core content, and lessons of each scripture.


And this time, the third book in the ‘Reading with Diagrams’ series, ‘Reading Buddhist Doctrines with Diagrams’, has been published.
This book was written by Monk Beopsang, who has been communicating with over 70,000 subscribers across religions through his YouTube channel, “Monk Beopsang’s Moktak Sound,” and the diagrams were drawn by artist Yong Jeong-un, who has been spreading Buddhism through meditation cartoons and drawings.
With the characteristically flowing writing style of Monk Beopsang, the vague and difficult Buddhist doctrines are systematically explained in an easy-to-understand manner, and the delicate and cute cartoons and diagrams of artist Yong Jeong-un intuitively present the difficult Buddhist doctrines at a glance, allowing even readers who are new to Buddhism to easily approach them.


Containing the depth and wisdom of Buddhism in a trendy style
An introduction to authentic Buddhist doctrine

“Studying Buddhism is, in fact, a process in which the Buddhist doctrines, which have been considered fundamental, are embodied in life beyond understanding them in the head, and through enlightenment, life undergoes a drastic change.
At the beginning, it was this study, and at the end of the study, in the end, only this study remains.
(…) The more I study, the more I cannot help but admire this Buddhist doctrine.
“How could the Buddha have conveyed such profound teachings in such simple language in the past?” (_From the preface by Venerable Beopsang)

These days, the number of people interested in mind study and meditation for the purpose of mental healing and stress relief is rapidly increasing.
Accordingly, the need to properly convey Buddhist teachings, which can be said to be the ideological foundation of mind study and meditation, has arisen.
Interest in Buddhist doctrines related to mind study and meditation has increased regardless of religion, from Buddhists to followers of other religions and non-religious people.
There are also many people who want to learn about Buddhism to find answers to questions about the origin of life, such as, “Who am I?” and “What is the meaning of life?”

The author, Venerable Beopsang, has written about Buddhist doctrines in various ways, including through 『Buddha Class』 (published by Minjoksa) and a commentary on the Heart Sutra. Among them, 『Reading Buddhist Doctrines with Diagrams』 is a Buddhist doctrine book that beginners can use when studying Buddhism on their own, or a doctrine book with diagrams and pictures that can be used as a textbook at Buddhist universities.
This book on Buddhist doctrines is designed to be accessible to not only beginners in Buddhism but also readers interested in Buddhism through mind study and meditation, in a trendy style that is not too difficult to understand, while still containing the inherent depth and wisdom of Buddhism.


Buddhist doctrines that were once considered difficult can be understood at a glance.

This book is divided into seven chapters, and it concisely contains the essential contents of Buddhist doctrine to help readers understand it. A brief overview is as follows.


Chapter 1, ‘The Method of Acting’, covers the basic foundations of Buddhist doctrine.
This is a chapter that lays the foundation of Buddhist doctrines, such as the theory of dependent origination and the law of cause and effect.

Chapter 2, ‘The Three Dharma Seals’, deals with the core doctrines of Buddhism, such as impermanence, non-self, suffering, and nirvana.
It clearly understands the standards of truth in Buddhism and comprehensively explains the teachings that serve as the theoretical foundation for Buddhist practice.


Chapter 3, 'The Twelve Sources and the Eighteen Realms', deals with the fundamental questions of life, 'Who am I?' and 'Where am I?' through the six senses, six realms, twelve sources, and eighteen realms.

Chapter 4, "O-on," deals with the things we think "exist," and how feelings, thoughts, and wills arise.
Through the five aggregates and the five aggregates' non-self, we can think about the question, "Do I exist or not?"


Chapter 5, “The Twelve Links of Dependent Origination,” deals with the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination, the law of dependent origination that the Buddha realized.
The Twelve Links of Dependent Origination are teachings that specifically explain how the problems of human suffering, such as old age, illness, and death, arise and how they disappear.

Chapter 6, “The Four Noble Truths,” deals with the four noble truths of suffering, the path from the origin of suffering to the cessation of suffering, why life is suffering, why suffering is a noble truth, the twelve causes of suffering, and the twelve paths leading to the cessation of suffering.


Chapter 7, 'Buddhist Practice', discusses how to live wisely and abundantly through the Middle Path and the Noble Eightfold Path.


“The seemingly difficult content was so much fun, and with each page I turned, there were moments of enlightenment.
He speaks with vividness and kindness, as if he were listening to a sermon in front of you.
(Omitted) I was so proud that my paintings could contribute to such a precious Buddhist teaching, and I was so thrilled to be able to share those moments of joy with the countless readers who will be on the path to enlightenment while reading the writings of Venerable Beopsang.” (_From the preface by Yong Jeong-un)

『Buddhist Doctrines in Diagrams』 stands out for its concise and systematic descriptions.
As the title, “Buddhist Doctrines in Diagrams,” suggests, it is very impressive that the content of each chapter is organized clearly in diagrams so that it can be understood at a glance.
Just by reading and looking at it, you can clearly understand the Buddhist doctrine at a glance, draw the outline of Buddhism, and quickly approach the Buddhist doctrine that seemed difficult. This book is truly an introductory book, and its reputation as the best introductory book is not without reason.
As the author Yong Jeong-un, who drew the diagram, said, I hope that through this book, you will experience moments of joy as you learn about Buddhist doctrines that were once considered difficult in a fun way.