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Buddhism is the main religion in Japan. It teaches respect for nature, cleanliness, love for simple things, and good manners. About half of the people of Japan are Buddhist.
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The basic understanding of Buddhism comes from the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path.
The Four Noble Truths are:
- Life is characterized by unsatisfactoriness (pain, unhappiness)
- This unsatisfactoriness is due to desire or craving
- This unsatisfactoriness can be removed by eliminating desire
- Desire can be eliminated (Nirvana can be attained) by the six paramitas: Generosity and Charity, Morality, Tolerance, Wisdom, Discipline (Perseverance), Meditation. The first three concern doing good for others. The second three concern doing good for oneself
The 3 last paramitas can be achieved by following the Eigtfold Path. These guides are:
Wisdom (The Exercise of Judgement)
1. Right understanding (right aspiration) - aspire to better the state of existence of yourself and others
Perseverance (Sound Ethical Discipline)
2. Right thought - think on that which is good
3. Right speech - be positive, honest, comforting and caring in what you say
4. Right action (Conduct) - do not be selfish but exert energy to do what you believe is good for all
5. Right livelihood - work for the good of humanity and use your talents well
6. Right effort - do not exert effort in pursuit of worthless or harmful goals
Meditation (Concentration and Focus)
7. Right mindfulness - direct your attention to that which is good and proper
8. Right concentration - be actively and wholly caught up in a way of life filled with love and good work
Attendance to these guides will help overcome the the "Mind Hindrances" (negative mind energies). These are:
- Lust: The sense of neediness outside of biological need. The antidote for lust is restraint.
- Aversion: The sense of anger and negativity. The mind looking for a fight.
- Sloth and Torpor: A mind state of low energy, looking to fall asleep.
- Restlessness: Fidgety and jumpy in mind and body. A high-energy mind looking for sources of worry.
- Doubt: Self-generated demoralizing thoughts sabotaging faith and trust
The Eightfold Path helps us understand the basis of all life experiences and provides us with coping skills. The awareness of life experience leads us to three conclusions:
- Impermanence (Annica): Nothing lasts forever.
- Unsatisfactoriness (Dukkha): Life is an ongoing series of adjustments as we seek comfort.
- No separate self (Anatta): The endless stream of experience is all there is. There is no watcher.
As we become more comfortable following the eightfold path, we create for ourselves places to rest and recharge. These Divine Abodes are:
- Equanimity: Holding all things in an ease filled balance
- Lovingkindness: The spontaneous reaction to all beings
- Compassion: The reaction to others pain
- Sympathetic Joy: The shared delight of the good fortune of others when we become aware of it
The strength to continue on the Eightfold Path come from three sources. These are the "Three Jewels":
- The Buddha: A demonstration that a human being can, by taking thought, escape from pain and suffering
- The Dharma: Provides a route to follow to progress beyond pain and suffering
- The Sangha: The community of people following the path. We are inspired by those ahead of us; and offer inspiration to those behind us; we support and are supported
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoBuddhism teaches morals such as avoiding killing any creature, stealing, adultery, lying, corrupt speech, freed, anger and ignorance it is rooted in the teaching of a man who never claimed to be God (or a god) nor did he claim to be a prophet of God.
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∙ 11y agoThe same thing that it teaches today. That suffering comes from our own mind through attachments, aversions and ignorance and that there is a path one can take to reach a state in which there is no suffering.
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∙ 9y agoBuddha taught people the Four Noble Truths. They are as follows: there is suffering, the cause of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the path leading to the cessation of suffering.
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∙ 9y agoSiddhartha Gautama, better known as Buddha, taught the Middle Way. This is the Buddhist belief in a balance between hedonism and total asceticism.
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What does Mahayana Buddhism teach about teach about the Buddha himself?
He was a very important god after he was dead.
Where did the Buddha first teach his new insights?
Buddha didn't teach really much. People that saw him and heard his stories and what he believes wrote down the things they heard and people started taking his stories and beliefs as a way of life. The buddha was just a symbol of the religion.
Where did Gautama Buddha teach?
buddha first taught at varanasi
How did Buddhism change after the Buddha death?
Buddhism change after the Buddha death- his followers developed many different interpretations of his teachings . Although Buddha forbidden people to worship him, some began to teach that he was a god.
What kind of love did Buddha teach?
impartial
What did the Buddha do after finding enlightenment?
teach others about enlightment
What does Mahayana Buddhism teach about himself?
That Buddha was a god
What did the Buddha teach about the proper way to love?
Digity dogs
What did the branch of Buddhism follows buddha's teach exactly?
Theravada.
What did the Buddha teach to obtain Nirvana?
The Noble Eightfold Path.
Why you have different appearances if you have same Buddha nature?
This is an interesting question. The Buddha did not teach that there is a Buddha nature, possibly because of this very question. Later on, in Mahayana Buddhism, the concept of Buddha nature was invented.
Did Buddhism believe people should meditate?
The Buddha did teach that people should meditate -- but very specific forms of meditation, not just any old meditation.
