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Attachment is suffering, so lack of attachments would end human suffering. It's more complex than that, but that's the gist of it.
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In the Four Noble Truths suffering is linked to desire. Desire is wanting things beyond need (it is acceptable to want food when you are hungry, but not to want yet another piece of cake when you are at the end of a meal)
This desire can be connected to wanting wealth, power, intoxication, beauty, luxury, revenge - a whole list of things.
Ending suffering is linked to shedding desire as a way of life. This can be done by following the Eightfold Path. Contrary to countless Hollywood B Movies this does not MIT a person to just eating rice, meditating on a cold mountain top or talking like a fortune cookie. A person who has adopted the Eightfold Path as his road map to living is content, happy, a good friend and many other positive things.
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∙ 13y ago
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoNot really. The eightfold path consists of right understanding, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration. If aperson were to follow these suggestions he might be able to acheive understanding and enlightenment. The Path is not however magic.
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What was buddha goal?
Buddha's intent was to end suffering. This was to be done by understanding at suffering is caused by desire and that it can be eliminated by controlling desire.
What did the Buddha observe?
The Buddha observed human nature in an effort to understand how we create our own suffering. He observed that it is the way we come to think about ourselves and our relationship to the world that is the source of the problem. He observed that if we understood what we were doing we would be able to stop doing it and end the sort of suffering that we cause ourselves.
What is the main thing Buddha did not want?
Buddha taught the path leading to the end of suffering.
After he gained the knowledge necessary to end human suffering Siddhartha Gautama became known as Buddha and what other name?
Enlightened One.
Mahayana Buddhists viewed the Buddha as a?
The Buddha, a man who uncovered the truths behind why we suffer and how to end suffering.
Who stated that there were 4 noble truths to end sorrow and suffering?
The Buddha.
How does Buddha believes the only way to end suffering is to do what?
rely on the religious teachings of brahman\.
What message did Buddha share with others to achieve wisdom and end suffering?
Love
What is the foundation of Buddhist religious belief?
The teachings of the Buddha, in particular the four noble truths: The truth of suffering, that it is integral to the human condition The truth of the origin of suffering is that it is created by our own ignorance leading to attachment and aversion The truth that suffering can end when its causes cease The truth of the path leading to the end of suffering through the eightfold path
Why did Buddha want to get rid of selfish desires?
Buddha wanted to get rid of selfish desires because it leads to sorrows. Answer: From the Four Noble Truths: # All life is suffering # Al suffering is caused by desire # There is an answer to end suffering # The answer is to follow the EIghtfold Path From this it is clear that the end of suffering comes from the elimination of (selfish) desires.
What the way to end suffering?
To completely extinguish suffering one follows the Buddha's Eighfold Path. The result of suffering being extinguished is called Nirvana.
According to the Buddha what is humanity's central problem?
The Four Noble Truths, according to the historical Buddha, supplied the framework for the 45 years he taught after reaching enlightenment. 1. There is suffering. 2. Suffering has a cause. 3. THere is an end to suffering. 4.There is a way to the end of suffering. His first truth, "There is suffering" means that as long as we percieve our lives and world as we know it as being permanent, lasting and real, we are suffering. Suffering is also known as ignorance.
