The promise of Buddhism is finding freedom from suffering and attaining inner peace and enlightenment. It teaches that through the practice of mindfulness, ethical conduct, and meditation, individuals can overcome the root causes of suffering and find lasting happiness and contentment.

There is no universally accepted method of exegesis for the sutras in Buddhism. Different schools and traditions within Buddhism may have their own approaches to interpreting and understanding the sutras. Some common methods include historical and cultural analysis, comparative study with other Buddhist texts, and contemplation and meditation on the teachings. Ultimately, the meaning and interpretation of the sutras is subjective and may vary among practitioners.

Gautama Buddha was known as the "Enlightened one" as well as Karma

Siddhartha spent several years fasting and practicing deep meditation as a form of asceticism. He believed that by renouncing the pleasures of the body, he could achieve spiritual enlightenment. However, Siddhartha eventually realized that extreme asceticism was not the path to enlightenment and shifted to a middle way, which balanced self-discipline with self-care.

Yes, as far as I'm concerned every religion can have a pet.

The Bodhi tree at the Mahabodhi Temple is called the Sri MahaBodhi. According to Buddhism, after his Enlightenment, the Buddha spent a whole week in front of the tree, standing with unblinking eyes, gazing at it with gratitude. A shrine was later erected on the spot where he so stood, and was called the Animisalocana cetiya (q.v.). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhi_tree

most people believe dogs don't have souls. but they do. when you really think about not only is god spelled backward is dog, but they are close to us humans and have feelings, you know they do when you say they are a bad dog or yell at them they duck there head between there legs as if crying. so YA DOGS HAVE SOULS!!!!

They may do. Buddhists vary widely in the diets they adopt. While monks and nuns are usually vegetarian, or even vegan, there is no reason why they can't have vegetarian pizza. Other followers of the faith have much wider diets, including meat, so I'm sure many of them enjoy pizza.

There are no foods restricted to Buddhists, but it is good thing to avoid killing any sentient being, so some Buddhists choose to not eat meat. Others eat meat, but avoid killing the animals they eat.

Buddha saw the world as it is. Mohammed saw the world as he wished it to be. Jesus saw mankind as he would wish it to be. I can't believe that any of them really had a clue about the afterlife.

Because when you eat meat you kill a animal to eat it and they don't want to kill so that's why Buddhists don't eat meat.

Every possible food you can imagine. It is a visual feast for your eyes.

Some people in India accept the cow as a sacred animal (according totheir religious beliefs). It would be considered sacriligious to kill the cow, and so they allow cows to wander freely and die natural deaths. And eating an animal that has died on its own is considered to be a really bad idea in terms of a person's health. It might have died of a communicable diseased, it generally begins to rot right after death, and so forth. Some people in India are also, no doubt, vegetarians, who would not eat any animal. However, generally, it is the religious issue that specifically bans eating beef.

Even if the cow died a natural death, it is still sacred; it would be like eating a homeless person who has died overnight--we woudn't do it, and they won't eat a cow.

Buddhism has no rules so Buddhists may eat any food. Monks would be likely to eat less meat but will eat anything offered to them. The Buddha taught of UPAYA KAUSALA (skillful means) which basically means that Buddhists should decide for themselves in accordance with the siuation, what to do e.g. in Tibet, where vegetables are hard to grow, monks happily eat meat.

Although it may look like it, buddhists don't worship anything or anyone. From a western point of view Buddhism is more a philosophy of living than a religion. Some followers of Buddhism may worship the buddha despite the fact that the buddha denied that he was a god and said that he should NOT be worshipped. Further, he stated that the debate about the exitence of god was irrelevant to achieving enlightenment and therefore did not confirm or deny the existence of a god. For further information see Good Questions and Good Answers on buddhanet: http://www.buddhanet.net/1-gqga.htm They worship the Buddha or Siddharta Guatama

=== === 8 Noble Paths; Wisdom; 1. Right understanding. Knowledge of the self. 2. Right aspiration. Ethical conduct; 3. Right speech. 4. Right action. 5. Right vocation. Emotional balance; 6. Right effort. Elimination of evil state and development of good state. 7. Right mindfulness. 8. Right Concentration (Contemplation)

The Buddhist holy book, the Tripitaka (also known as the Pali Canon), was originally written in Pali, an ancient Indian language. The Tripitaka contains the teachings of Buddha and is considered one of the earliest and most authoritative sources for Buddhist teachings.

The holy book of Buddhism is called the Tripitaka, which means "three baskets" in Sanskrit. It is a collection of teachings and scriptures that are divided into three sections: the Vinaya Pitaka (rules for monks and nuns), the Sutta Pitaka (teachings of the Buddha), and the Abhidhamma Pitaka (philosophical and psychological analysis).

The holy land of Buddhism is traditionally considered to be India, specifically places like Bodh Gaya where Gautama Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment. Other important sites in Buddhism include Lumbini in Nepal (Buddha's birthplace) and Sarnath in India (where he gave his first sermon).

Buddha learned about the Four Sights - an old man, a sick person, a corpse, and an ascetic - when he ventured outside the palace walls for the first time and encountered these realities of human existence. This experience led him to renounce his life of luxury and seek a path to understand and alleviate human suffering.

Buddhism does not have a single, unified sacred text like the Bible. However, there are several key texts in Buddhism, such as the Tripitaka in Theravada Buddhism and the Mahayana Sutras in Mahayana Buddhism, that are considered important teachings and guides for practitioners.

Sacred texts are shared between Hinduism and Buddhism, with both religions revering texts such as the Vedas and Upanishads. However, each tradition also has its own distinct scriptures, such as the Bhagavad Gita for Hindus and the Tripitaka for Buddhists.

The sacred texts of Buddhism were not written down all at once, but were compiled and passed down orally for centuries before being transcribed. The oldest texts, known as the Pali Canon, were written down in the 1st century BCE. Other texts and scriptures were composed over the centuries by various Buddhist traditions.