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No, and it won't help you to. The Buddha gained Enlightenment after practicing severe austeries (denying himself all comforts, even food). Then he realized that punishing oneself is as self-defeating as indulging in excessive pleasures, since both approaches tie one's conscienceness to the physical state. He then began to eat reasonably, sleep sensibly, take exercise and rest in measure and meditate sincerely without making a fetish of it.
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What does a Buddhist have to do to gain enlightenment?
MeditationBuddhists try to reach Nirvana by following the Buddha's teaching and by meditating. Meditation means training the mind to empty it all of thoughts. when this happens what is important comes clear.
What is the idea of passing through many lives to reach the brahmans?
The idea of passing trough many lives is so that you may receive enlightenment like the Buddha did but it may take many lives to get there,but you always do.
What is the ideas of passing through many lives to reach the brahman?
The idea of passing trough many lives is so that you may receive enlightenment like the Buddha did but it may take many lives to get there,but you always do.
Is Buddha the god of Buddhism?
Buddha was not a god, never claimed to be a god, and did not call himself a god. He lived his life like a normal human. He was awake and a human just like you and me, he bled, got sick and he died of food poisoning. A god would not die from food poisoning. Yes, Buddha never claimed himself as a god, but he was a great teacher. When asked if he were a God, Buddha said No. "Then, teacher, what are you?" to which he replied... "Awake!"
Why does your blood have no opium if you are taking opium?
opium is a latex mixture of alkaloids such as morphine, codeine and thebaine just to name a few. opium is therefore a mixture and when you take opium these drugs are metabolised into compounds such morphine. This means that if they gave you a blood test they would find morphine and other things on the same lines of that but not opium as opium is a mixture of drugs not an actual individual drug
Where did the first opium war take place?
The opium wars were never signed. Wars are declared or undeclared, not signed.
What was Buddha's religon?
Buddha' s religion was Buddhist. A way that you can remember that is: Take away the "ist" And add a small "a", Now you have the word Buddha And that's that for today! More information: The founder of Buddhism. Lord Buddha was a prince, who forsook the comforts of a palace to seek enlightenment. He realised the essential unreality of the world, in the bliss of nirvana and spent the remainder of his life teaching others how to escape the endless cycle of birth and death. Buddha was born approximately 400 BC. He was a noble prince and it is said his father sought to shield the young prince Siddharta from the pain and suffering of the world. However, at one point, Buddha sought to find a greater meaning to life. So, in disguise, he left the Palace and wandered around the Kingdom. Here, Siddhartha came across, death, old age, illness and suffering. This showed him the transitory nature of life, so he resolved to seek the meaning of life. Siddhartha left the Palace, including his wife and child, and travelled into the forests to spend his time meditating with other ascetics. In his quest for enlightenment, the Buddha fasted excessively so his body wasted away; however, enlightenment remained a far cry. At one point, a passing women gave him some food to eat and the Buddha realised it was a mistake to seek enlightenment by torturing the body. He regained his strength and resolved to follow a 'middle path' of avoiding excesses of fasting and feasting. On one day, the Buddha decided to sit under a Buddha tree until he attained enlightenment. For several days, he sat in meditation seeking nirvana. He was tested by various forces which tried to prevent him realising the goal. However, the Buddha was successful and entered in the blissful consciousness of nirvana for several days. On returning to normal consciousness, The Buddha made the decision to spend the remainder of his life teaching others how to escape the inherent suffering of life. For many years, the Buddha travelled around India, especially around the Ganges plain and in Nepal, teaching his philosophy of liberation. His teachings were transmitted orally and not written down until many years after his death.
Is it addiction if you have to take opium every 2nd day?
Yes
What steps did the Buddha take in his search for enlightenment?
First he saw suffering, death, and sickness. Then he decided to go with the other men to reach enlightenment and stop suffering, death, and sickness so he could reach Brahman and not have to see his loved ones die over and over again. The way to reach enlightenment that the men were using were to sometimes not eat but that didn't work for him. He was before a rich prince, Prince Siddhartha, and couldn't live by starving or being rich. He decided to live the middle way and take little and sometimes get what he wanted. Then he reached enlightenment and wrote the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path.
Where did the enlightenment take place?
The Enlightenment took place in Europe which later spread to the Americas.
What do Buddists think of the three refuges Buddha Dharma Sangha?
The Buddha, was the man in India, 2'500 years ago who realized full enlightenment and thus became The Buddha. Buddha is also a quality that a Buddhist takes refuge in for his own awakening. The Dhamma, was the law of the ways things are that the Buddha taught after his awakening, and also the path he laid out for others to follow in order to reach liberation from suffering. Buddhists take refuge in Dhamma, the enlightenment, which they can attain through their own efforts, which is characterised as compassion and freedom from worldly sorrow. Dhamma, can also mean the laws of nature, the general truths on which the universe operates, such as the law of kamma, cause and effect, which exists all the time even before a Buddha reveals the entire truth in all its facets to the world of beings, human or heavenly, and which continues to govern the workings of the totality of existence, when the Buddha-Dhamma has dissapeared from the minds of beings and is lost to them. The Sangha, and going to refuge means the quality of enlightenment as embodied in individuals who have realized it at some level, be they Buddhist monks or nuns or individuals from other sects, paths or religions. The Sangha also means directly the community of Buddhist monks and nuns who have taken up robes to live the holy life regardless of whether they have had any spiritual breakthrough or not.
Did buddha take some of his teaching from latin vulgate precisely?
Not likely, Buddha predates Rome by some 500 years.
