All Religions point to one God-Buddhism
As a child, remember a comic on Gautam Buddha. An incident that comes to mind, is the compassion Prince Siddhartha feels towards an injured bird. So much of sentience! Can He eat animals as food?
As I go through every religious website, I find all of them strikingly similar and all wanting the same-their follower to be the best example of a human being. They are so similar, dont feel like spoiling my reverie that religion is for man and not that, man is for religion. Goal is to awaken humanity, thereby giving respite to "Religions" to be in the background for once. Let us humans chill iron out our religious differences.
I take this opportunity to express my heart felt gratitude to the various Buddhist websites whose information, I have downloaded to avoid any inadvertent blasphemy. Have lost track of individual websites. All are good and I hold every single one of them in high regard.
Essentials of Buddhism
As a child, remember a comic on Gautam Buddha. An incident that comes to mind, is the compassion Prince Siddhartha feels towards an injured bird. So much of sentience! Can He eat animals as food?
As I go through every religious website, I find all of them strikingly similar and all wanting the same-their follower to be the best example of a human being. They are so similar, dont feel like spoiling my reverie that religion is for man and not that, man is for religion. Goal is to awaken humanity, thereby giving respite to "Religions" to be in the background for once. Let us humans chill iron out our religious differences.
I take this opportunity to express my heart felt gratitude to the various Buddhist websites whose information, I have downloaded to avoid any inadvertent blasphemy. Have lost track of individual websites. All are good and I hold every single one of them in high regard.
Essentials of Buddhism
The workings of the mind are examined with great precision in these teachings of the Buddha that originated in India over 2000 years back. However the way to freedom lies not in a scholarly study of these teachings, but instead in practicing meditation and mindfulness. The reality of suffering draws many to Buddha's teachings; the teachings are not about suffering though. Instead they are about ultimate freedom, and the exuberance that this freedom is accessible to all. Strive to be a Buddha, not a Buddhist!
Four Noble Truths
Four Noble Truths
1. Suffering exists
2. Suffering arises from attachment to desires
3. Suffering ceases when attachment to desire ceases
4. Freedom from suffering is possible by practicing the Eightfold Path
Noble Eightfold Path
2. Suffering arises from attachment to desires
3. Suffering ceases when attachment to desire ceases
4. Freedom from suffering is possible by practicing the Eightfold Path
Noble Eightfold Path
| Three Qualities | Eightfold Path |
| Wisdom (panna) | Right View |
| Right Thought | |
| Morality (sila) | Right Speech |
| Right Action | |
| Right Livelihood | |
| Meditation (samadhi) | Right Effort |
| Right Mindfulness | |
| Right Contemplation |
Three Characteristics of Existence
1. Transiency (anicca)
2. Sorrow (dukkha)
3. Selflessness (anatta)
Hindrances
Unwholesome mental states that impede progress towards enlightenment.
1. Sensuous lust
2. Aversion and ill will
3. Sloth and torpor
4. Restlessness and worry
5. Sceptical doubt
Factors of Enlightenment
1. Mindfulness
2. Investigation
3. Energy
4. Rapture
5. Tranquillity
6. Concentration 7. Equanimity
1. Transiency (anicca)
2. Sorrow (dukkha)
3. Selflessness (anatta)
Hindrances
Unwholesome mental states that impede progress towards enlightenment.
1. Sensuous lust
2. Aversion and ill will
3. Sloth and torpor
4. Restlessness and worry
5. Sceptical doubt
Factors of Enlightenment
1. Mindfulness
2. Investigation
3. Energy
4. Rapture
5. Tranquillity
6. Concentration 7. Equanimity
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