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So I think that suicide must be missing the most important, fundamental truth of Buddhism. Suicidal ideation is a risk factor: Suminda said, "You shouldn't even think about things like suicide". Similarly, the "middle way" doctrine says not to afflict or self-mortify the body. And, the doctrine of rebirth suggests that, although there are ...
- Life and Suffering
- Removing Suffering
- The True Meaning of Life
- Simplifying Buddha’s Teachings
- Using Buddhism in Our Current Times
- The Simple Life
According to the Four Noble Truths, life is full of suffering. We suffer because we live. Growth, love, friends, family and the things that happen to us bring both joy and pain. The things that seem to be joyous causes us to feel pain as well because they are all ephemeral. Suffering is brought about by our DESIRES. Sentient beings think and theref...
Life does not mean we will forever suffer. We have the ability to simplify our lifes. By lessening things that we don’t need we find more meaning in our lifes. We cultivate kindness and compassion. We make our connections with others better. To find the true meaning of life, we must find a way to release ourselves from the cycle of pain and sufferi...
A lot of people would ask “If I no longer desire anything, then what is the point of living?”. The point of living is simple, to cleanse and purify us in order to achieve full enlightenment. Unless we truly know sufferiing, we cannot full understand compassion. Unless we have felt pain and loss, we cannot truly be kind. We can be kind when we are n...
Buddha had taught many lessons. He wanted people to reach enlightenment. He was born into the life that most dream about but he left it all because he knew that that was not the essense of life. He lived and traveled in order to spread his wisdom. Among his many teachings were the Four Noble Truths, The Eightfold Path, the Three Universal Truths an...
Buddhism has been said to be the religion and philosophy that can be used in the modern times. It goes with science and accepts knowledge. It also tries to teach us to learn from the past. Buddhism is a way of life that we can use in order to simply our current busy and hectic life and find peace and true happiness. The world now is very materialis...
Live kindly. Live compassionately. Live without desire and be happy. That is the true meanig of life in Buddhism.
Aug 5, 2024 · What people currently mean by purpose is some aspiration they have that is karmically constructed, and then they try to live that out more or less. But that entire construct of purpose is actually just in the flow of karmic construction. From a Buddhist point of view, you’d have to look back at not so much the purpose of life, which may be ...
Jun 21, 2024 · Buddhism’s impact extends beyond personal well-being. Its teachings offer valuable insights into addressing societal challenges with empathy, wisdom, and compassion. By integrating Buddhist principles into our lives, we can strive for a world where personal and societal harmony coexist, fostering compassion, understanding, and peace.
A Buddhist Outlook on Life. The most important things in daily life are to avoid as much as possible all destructive ways of behaving, speaking and thinking, and to cultivate as much as possible all positive, constructive ways. To do this requires taming the mind, by ridding it of confusion about reality and about behavioral cause and effect.
The four noble truths are the core foundation of Buddhism, offering profound insights into the very nature of human existence. The first noble truth states that suffering is inevitable, and an inherent part of life itself. The second noble truth is that there are causes and conditions of the suffering. The third noble truth is that there is an ...
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10. Buddhism teaches that life is suffering - why such a pessimistic view? Buddhism looks at life in an objective and realistic way - with neither optimism nor pessimism. It needs only a little reflection to realise that life for the majority is a continuous struggle for survival. The word dukkha means much more than the English word ...
