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Buddhism teaches that suffering and misery are caused by What?
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∙ 11y ago
Buddhism speaks to suffering in its widest sense, not just the extreme forms such as misery. Suffering can be a vague sense of insufficiency caused dissatisfaction with a luxurious lifestyle or even the transient lust for a donut as you pass a bakery and smell them cooking.
Our attachments and desires are the causes of this discomfort. It is not bad that we have desires. The desire to become a Buddha is good. But having unwise desires is not. For example, desiring a particular car because you think it might make you "cool" is not wise. Things don't make you cool. Or working yourself to death to buy a new large TV is not wise, because while the TV will make you happy for a while, it will get old and break or an even better TV will come along. Now you are not so happy with your TV.
The biggest issue with attachment is our belief that things will always be as they are. Well, all thing change, and our desire to have them stay as it they are is one of the biggest reasons we suffer.
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∙ 9y agoThe Buddha taught that the cause of suffering is desire and delusion and if we eliminate those causes our lives will be more satisfactory
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Buddhism teaches that suffering and misery are caused by .?
Grasping for and clinging to things that we cannot possess.a desire for money and happinesscraving.
Which of these statements best describes a Buddhist point of view?
Buddhism teaches that everyone experiences suffering and misery caused by a desire for money and happiness.
Which of these statements best describes the Buddhist school of Theravada?
Theravada is the oldest school of Buddhism.
A sentence with the word misery?
I can give you several sentences.I was in misery with the itchy poison ivy.Her misery was heart-breaking.He caused misery wherever he went.
How do you spell moserie?
Do you mean misery?"The earthquake in Haiti caused tremendous misery to thousands of families."
Macbeth illustrates that when we violate the rights of others to achieve our goals we bring pain misery and suffering on ourselves?
Macbeth illustrates that the theme of greed when we violate the rights of others to achieve our goals which usually leads to pain misery and suffering on ourselves.
Why does death occur?
To allow new life to grow and to allow the old and suffering to end their misery.
What can cause a dystopia?
A dystopia can be caused by a combination of factors such as government oppression, environmental degradation, technological overreach, societal division, and economic inequality. When these elements converge, they can lead to a society characterized by misery, suffering, and lack of freedom.
human misery means?
The definition of human misery includes, according to Merriam Webster, the following: 1: a state of suffering and want that is the result of poverty or affliction. 2: a circumstance, thing, or place that causes suffering or discomfort. 3: a state of great unhappiness and emotional distress.
What is a sentence for the word misery?
His infidelity caused endless pain and misery to his wife and children.As a battered wife, her life was full of humiliation and misery.If you're in pain, this medication will put you out of your misery.(idiomatic expression for euthanasia!)
What does j'ai de la misere?
j'ai de la misère means 'I'm suffering misery' in French.
Is this a metaphor or similes that word of misery that lake of burning brimstone is extend abroad under you?
This is a metaphor. It is comparing the word of misery to a "lake of burning brimstone" to emphasize the severity and extent of the suffering.
