Yes. Buddhism is a practice...and not at just set times. You have to live it.
Meditation, View and Action are the three pillars that I use for my own life. Meditation is formal and informal practice, View is how we see the world, our actual view and our aspirational view. Action is actually, what we think, say and do. For most Buddhists these three pillars are interdependent; meditation is going to be more successful if it is supported by view and action.
Buddhism has been labeled "religion", "philosophy", "metaphysics", etc. -- as many labels as there are perspectives, as many perspectives as there observers. This is a key understanding, since Buddhism is, at the same time, any of these and none of these ... which introduces you to its teaching.
Perspectives imply observers, and an observer has a relative view of the whole; hence in Buddhism, everything is relative, as Einstein reaffirmed. Similarly, there is no "absolute truth" but "change".
Implied in an observer is an "atman" or ego, a nexus of cause-and-effect (karma), which in Buddhism, is the root cause of suffering (dukkha) that continues in a cycle of actual or virtual rebirth, momentary and perpetual reincarnation (Euler); this suffering, Buddhism aims to cease, through realization and "enlightenment" (true/unfettered joy).
Buddhism is a "teaching" that describes the path from ego to non-ego, from "atman" to "nirvana" (nibbana). Nirvana is not a "state" of being, rather it breaks the cycle of cause-and-effect, and of the distinction of things (the illusion), hence has no state.
The "teaching" that describes the path from ego to non-ego is called the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eight-Fold Path (both recursive), developed and taught by the Buddha circa 500 B.C., who "attained" nirvana.
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a buddhist's life is simple and care free. they have no troubles and will live eternally. it differs from a christian one in 2 aspects:
buddhists have little possessions
they don't want anything except self fulfilment
Take a look at the eightfold path as a staring point:
You should hold the right view
Have the right intention
Engage in right speech
Undertake right action
LIve bby the right livelihood
Apply the right effort
Exert the right mindfulness
Develop the right concentration
To be happy; to be kind, compassionate and generous. That pretty much sums it up.
Buddhism which is a philosophy, not a religion. He had no religion
It is a matter of opinion.
You! I think it is Buddhism.
It is more of a philosophy than a religion. Just like buddhism is more of a philosophy than a religion as well.
Buddhism is a philosophy or a religion. Members of any ethnic group can be Buddhist.
Originally, it was a philosophy. Then, people who came along later wrote sutras that claimed false things, and it became a religion. Hinduism is polytheistic and hinduism does not preach empathy, forgiveness, enlightenment, or the middle way.
taoism (not philosophy here but a religion) and buddhism.
no, they did not allow anything but the philosophy of legalism
Buddhism is a philosophy, not a religion. It does not involve worship at all.
A religion, not a philosophy, with Buddha as a divine figure.
Many Buddhists prefer the definition of a philosophy rather than a religion.
I don't think it does. Philosophy never tells you what to do. What provides rules for living is religion.