Salvation

For the Dhamma/Truth to have any use at all, the teachings must rule the Mind and Transform it. Otherwise it is just a lot of talk and high sounding philosophy. To follow the "religion" or accept Truth means to accept the Dhamma for life, Not just when it is convenient to do so!

Acceptance means to allow Metta/unconditional love, Truth and logic to guide the Mind, and to remove Greed, Hatred, irrationality and Delusion.. and all the passions like anger, lust, selfishness that follow therefrom. The essence of, the foundation of a spiritual life is Morality/Sila and for the Buddha what He taught are 5 secular Precepts suitable for anyone who wishes to lead a life based on Love, Virtue and Compassion.

Renunciation is NOT only for Monks and Nuns, for it is NOT an Escape from the World but action without SELFish motives; arising from a realisation of the delusion of the SELF and the futility of leading life dictated at all times by the concept of "I", "My" and "Mine". Letting this go is True Renunciation, not merely the renunciation of clothes for a set of robes, fine china for an alms bowl or home for a monastery.

True Salvation is IMPORTANTLY not a post-mortem goal but a Liberation in the here and now from the bondage of selfish desires aimed only at the gratification of insatiable wants, and passions that fetters us when young and frustrates us when old. With True salvation is the liberation from all Greed, Hatred and Ignorance, Freedom from all that fetters us to more pain and suffering, living life freed from being a slave to an imagined Ego. True freedom realises the Emptiness of all boundaries of "I", "My" and "Mine", that which sees only Dependent Origination of all phenomena. That is the Ultimate Happiness the Buddha experienced, of Happiness here and now in every moment.