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To stop suffering buddhists must stop desiring things what could this mean for a Buddhist the UK?
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∙ 14y ago
There's a caveat to "stop desiring things" and that is that you stop desiring things that are beyond your needs - a trip to Spain just because the neighbours went, another slice of pie after you've eaten enough, a chance to spread gossip just to strut your stuff, taking something just because it's free, a date with the hottie at the office even though you're married, the last stinging word in a rebuke. These things do not hurt you to give up, no matter where you live
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What Buddhist think about Buddha?
Buddhists think the Buddha was an enlightened man who worked his way to an understanding of suffering and pain and developed a path away from these undesirable things. He then shared this understanding with others. Buddhists do not think of Buddha as a god, savior, Christ-figure. He can be honored and revered as a teacher and a leader, but not worshipped as a deity.
Why are Buddhist bald?
They aren't. Most of the Buddhists you pass everyday in the street look like everyone else - hair, glasses, T-shirts, comb overs - only in cheap movies relying on stereotypes and in pictures of lamasaries do you see primarily bald Buddhists.
A Buddhist response to evil and suffering?
Suffering is a disturbance or irritation of the mindstream. It is an obscuration of the mind, or essence of a person, or, if you will, the soul. The opposite of suffering in Buddhist epistemology is not really happiness or even the cessation of suffering, but freedom from the polarizing concept that causes us to be attracted to some things and averse to others. Suffering is thought to be the result of confused thinking. People think that to be happy, they need to grasp at those things that they think will bring them pleasure. We are very attached to this idea; that having what we want will bring us happiness. It is actually that grasping, that attachment that causes suffering. The Buddhist response to evil is to understand that it emerges from the same root as suffering, and is a result of confusion about what will bring lasting happiness. Buddhists also recognize that all sentient beings have an essential Buddha Nature, and that harmful actions are a result of obscurations of that Buddha Nature.
What is the Buddhist relationship with money?
For Buddhists money is a tool, as it is in most contemplative spiritual traditions. Money is neither good nor bad, but it has the capacity to generate suffering. Greed is suffering and so is not being able to buy food or shelter. The Buddhist relationship to money is the same as its relationship to all kinds of desires and aversions: the desire or aversion itself is what causes suffering, not the thing that is wanted or hated.
What would a Buddhist agree with?
There are many things that a Buddhist would agree with - things fall down, the sun comes up in the east. With regard to life and lifestyle he would state that as he is still suffering the human experiences related to desire, he has not yet attained enlightenment.
If s Buddhist expirenced suffering he might explain it by saying .?
Buddhists generally do not "explain" anything. They would however recall the observation made first of the Noble Truths. The first noble truth is the truth of dukkha. which can be translated as "suffering", but which suggests a basic unsatisfactoriness common to all sentient beings. Buddhists hold this to be the core of the unenlightened life. It reflects the fact that we are impermanent and exist in a constantly changing world. Basically it is a sense that things could be better, no matter how good they are or that any goodness will be short lived.
According to Buddhist philosophy what is the source of all suffering?
According to the Four Noble Truths all suffering is cause by desire. Desire in this case is the "lust" to have things beyond physical needs.
How is salvation acquired in Buddhism?
Buddhist do not share the Christen idea of a salvation. For Buddhists there is this life and the potential of rebirth*. The Buddha never concerned himself with the question of God, or Gods. His only concern was relieving the suffering of all sentient beings so that they can be happy. As to if this is possible, just see how many smiling Buddhists you see. We are generally happy people. For Buddhists our goal is Enlightenment, in which we understand all things just as they are, without preconceived notions, without judgments and were we speak and act with only good intentions for all. *Note: Some Buddhist do believe that there are realms in the afterlife, that do contains god-like beings, but these are only temporary for all inhabitants.
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 a Buddhist explanation of suffering?
Suffering is a disturbance or irritation of the mindstream. It is an obscuration of the mind, or essence of a person, or, if you will, the soul. The opposite of suffering in Buddhist epistemology is not really happiness or even the cessation of suffering, but freedom from the polarizing concept that causes us to be attracted to some things and averse to others. Suffering is thought to be the result of confused thinking. People think that to be happy, they need to grasp at those things that they think will bring them pleasure. We are very attached to this idea; that having what we want will bring us happiness. It is actually that grasping, that attachment that causes suffering.
Does accepting Buddhist four noble truths bring suffering to you?
Wrong way 'round! The Four Noble Truths make you aware that you are suffering, that this suffering is caused by wanting things that in the long run don't matter, tells you can get away from the suffering and gives you a way of doing just that.
Does desire cause human suffering?
Buddhist believe so they don't believe in material things and if one wants they will try to get more and more and more and cause suffering to get it. like a war over territory.
