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He discovered why people suffer; that is why people are unhappy, or discontented with life and a path to alleviate this suffering.
Buddhists do not suffer for any reason, and they do not suffer morethan anyone else. Buddha simply commented on the fact that all people suffer - it is our nature and the nature of living. It might be useful to note that "suffer" includes concepts such as want more, are unhappy with, desire. long for, think we need and others. The reason for the suffering is that we all desire something more or different than what we have. This is not limited to Buddhists, all people fall into this same trap. The cure for this, and one does exist, is to find and institute a remedy for this suffering. Fir Buddhists this has been identified as following the Eightfold Path.
Buddhists' are against hurting themselves or other people. They believe that suffering and pain can be overcome, so I believe that most Buddhists' would be against any type of killing.
Simply put, Buddhists believe that life is suffering, there is a cause to that suffering and the noble eightfold path is the way to end said suffering. The cessation of suffering is know as Nirvana. For more information on the principles of Buddhism and suffering, the noble eightfold path, please refer to the related links below.
People who believe in Buddha are commonly called Buddhists. They practice Buddhism
20% of people in Korea are Buddhists
Buddhists. There are still people who believe in Buddhism, and they are still called Buddhists.
Buddhism taught that people could escape their suffering by following its principles. As a result, many Chinese seeking peace and comfort became Buddhists.
The Four Noble Truths are:All life is sufferingAll suffering is caused by desireThere is an escape from suffering and desireThe escape is the Eightfold PathAnything that is not one of the above is not one of the Nobel Truths.
The goal of all Buddhists is to reach enlightenment, which is a state in which suffering ends.
because the founder of buddhism Siddhartha Gautama thought it was cruel
The Buddha did not concern himself with answering the question of whether there is a God or Gods since it is not relevant to what he was searching for, which is an end to suffering. Buddhists do not consider The Buddha, Siddhattha Gotama, a God. Some Buddhists believe that there is a heavenly realm where people can attain temporary god-hood, but this belief is not universal.