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Most are simply born to Buddhist parents and call themselves Buddhists, by default. They don't even know what is the eightfold path. Same was with their parents, and their parents, too, in many cases. Only if they feel an inclination to further study their heritage they will learn it. Buddhism is not enforced - it is given to whoever asks for it.
What else can I help you with?
What are the Buddhists rules?
All Buddhists follow the Four Noble truths. If you are looking for more specific rules, look at the Eightfold Path.
What are some things Buddhist believe in?
Buddhists believe: * All life experience is unsatisfactory * That the cause of this unsatisfactorness is desire * That there is a relief from this desire * That this relief is through the Eightfold Path
What is the Buddhist way to end suffering?
Buddha taught that the suffering we experience is caused on deluded thinking. The reality of suffering is explained in the Four Noble Truths. Buddha's prescription for ending suffering is the Eightfold Path (google it). The hard part is actually realizing how to follow this Path. The problem of correct approach to the Eightfold Path is often discussed in the teachings. If one were to survey all the practicing Buddhists in the world today, only a tiny percentage have been so successful on the Eightfold Path as to have awakened. However, even those who have not yet awakened have laid a foundation of awakening in a future life and also avoided much trouble in their present life.
Buddhism main belief?
Karma,Peace and Harmony.To not kill or steal from other people.To not hurt people and to solve things with peace.Answer:Buddhism's main beliefs are staed in the Four Noble Truths. These are that all life is suffering. The suffering is caused by desire. That removing desire will eliminate suffering, The rout to defeating desire is to follow the Eightfold path. The Eightfold Path is , in turn, a suggested list of guidelines that a person should follow to run their life more skillfully. These are no list of Ten Commandment style orders that Buddhists follow. As a consequence Buddhists eat meat, drink wine and (as demonstrated in t the old Kung Fu TV series) learn to fight.
Which religion involves the Eightfold Path?
Buddhism
How do budhists get to nirvana?
Buddhists will definitely attain (not get to, since nirvana is not a realm of existence) Nirvana when they practise the Eightfold Path or the Threefold Training, viz. morality, concentration, and wisdom. (Nirvana is a state of freedom from all the suffering.)
What is the importance of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold path?
The four Nobel truths explain why human suffer while the eightfold path offers a way to overcome that suffering.
What might a buddhist hope to achieve by following the buddhas eightfold plan?
All the practices and instructions in Buddhism are geared toward enlightenment. Tools like the eightfold path help people to cultivate compassion for all beings, and to train their minds to be able to comprehend the true nature of reality.
Do people reach peace after completing the eightfold path?
A person does not complete the Eightfold Path, he follows it for all the cycles of life and death. After a person becomes enlightened (integrates the Eightfold Path into their being) they may reach Nirvana. This is not however "peace". Nirvana is a state of selfless existence.
Are Buddhism against cannabis use?
The Eightfold Path advises that Buddhists refrain from the use of all intoxicants - this would include cannabis. However. as Buddhism pretty much lets you do what you want, you are the one that suffers, the suggest is not compulsary.
Is eightfold path a Buddhist belief?
To be completely honest, no. That's like asking "do I have to be Jewish to follow the 10 Commandments?" Just because you don't kill people doesn't mean you have to be Jewish. You should only follow the 8 Fold Path if you agree with the 4 Noble Truths. I think it is very interesting to be a different religion and still incorporate other religions into your own life.
Which of these statements about Buddhism is true A. In India Buddhists accepted the Hindu caste system. B. Gautama founder of Buddhism was a common fisherman. C. Buddhists taught the v?
C. Buddhists taught the virtues of the eightfold path. That is the correct answer, and Gautama was ACTUALLY born to a royal family who tried to keep him sheltered. He gave up the riches and all to do what he did. His father was king, and he would have been eventually also.
