What do buddhist's believe?

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Answer 1

The Triple Gem
1. The Buddha — The self awakened one. The original nature of the Heart;
2. The Dhamma — The Teaching. The nature of reality;
3. The Sangha — a. The Awakened Community. b. Any harmonious assembly. c. All Beings.

The Four Noble Truths
1. The Noble Truth of Dukkha - stress, unsatisfactoriness, suffering;
2. The Noble Truth of the causal arising of Dukkha, which is grasping, clinging and wanting;
3. The Noble Truth of Nirvana, The ending of Dukkha. Awakening, Enlightenment. "Mind like fire unbound";
4. The Noble Truth of the Path leading to Nirvana or Awakening.
All Buddhist teachings flow from the Four Noble Truths.

The Four Bodhisattva Vows
1. I vow to rescue the boundless living beings from suffering; (Link to 1st Truth)
2. I vow to put an end to the infinite afflictions of living beings; (Link to 2nd Truth)
3. I vow to learn the measureless Dharma-doors; (Link to 4th Truth)
4. I vow to realise the unsurpassed path of the Buddha. (Link to 3th Truth)
Foundation of the Mahayana Path, these vows say. 'Whatever the highest perfection of the human heart-mind may I realise it for the benefit of all that lives!'

The Eight Fold-Path
Right, Integral, Complete, Perfected.
1. Right View, Understanding;
2. Right Attitude, Thought or Emotion;
3. Right Speech;
4. Right Action;
5. Right livelihood;
6. Right Effort, Energy, and Vitality;
7. Right Mindfulness or Awareness;
8. Right Samadhi "concentration", one-pointedness. Integration of, or establishment in, various levels of consciousness.

The Five Precepts
I undertake to:
1. Abstain from killing living beings;
2. Abstain from taking that which not given;
3. Abstain from sexual misconduct;
4. Abstain from false speech;
5. Abstain from distilled substances that confuse the mind. (Alcohol and Drugs)
The underlying principle is non-exploitation of yourself or others. The precepts are the foundation of all Buddhist training. With a developed ethical base, much of the emotional conflict and stress that we experience is resolved, allowing commitment and more conscious choice. Free choice and intention is important. It is "I undertake" not 'Thou Shalt". Choice, not command.

The Five Precepts in positive terms
I undertake the training precept to:
1. Act with Loving-kindness;
2. Be open hearted and generous;
3. Practice stillness, simplicity and contentment;
4. Speak with truth, clarity and peace;
5. Live with mindfulness.

The Ten Paramita
Paramita means gone to the other shore, it is the highest development of each of these qualities.
1. Giving or Generosity; *
2. Virtue, Ethics, Morality; *
3. Renunciation, letting go, not grasping;
4. Panna or Prajna "Wisdom" insight into the nature of reality; *
5. Energy, vigour, vitality, diligence; *
6. Patience or forbearance; *
7. Truthfulness;
8. Resolution, determination, intention;
9. Kindness, love, friendliness;
10. Equanimity.


The Four Sublime or Uplifted States
1. Metta — Friendliness, Loving-kindness;
2. Karuna — Compassion;
3. Mudita — Joy, Gladness. Appreciation of good qualities in people;
4. Upekkha — Equanimity, the peaceful unshaken mind.

Full development of these four states develops all of the Ten Paramita.
The Five Powers or Spiritual Faculties
1.Faith, Confidence;
2. Energy, Effort;
3. Mindfulness;
4. Samadhi;
5. Wisdom.

The Five Hindrances
1. Sense craving;
2. Ill-will;
3. Sloth and Torpor;
4, Restlessness and Worry;
5. Toxic doubt and the ruthless inner critic.

The Four bases or Frames of Reference of Mindfulness
1. Mindfulness of the Body — breath, postures, parts;
2. Mindfulness of Feelings, Sensations — pleasant, unpleasant and neutral;
3. Mindfulness of States of Consciousness;
4. Mindfulness of all Phenomena or Objects of Consciousness.

The Three Signs of Existence or Universal Properties
1. Anicca — Impermanent;
2. Dukkha — Unsatisfactory, stress inducing;
3. Anatta — Insubstantial or Not-self.

Answer 2

Central are the Four Noble Truths.
1. Suffering exists
2. Suffering arises from attachment to desires
3. Suffering ceases when attachment to desire ceases
4. Freedom from suffering is possible by practicing the Eightfold Path

The Eightfold path is:
Right View
Right Thought
Right Speech
Right Action
Right Livelihood
Right Effort
Right Mindfulness
Right Contemplation

I choose the source below instead of numerous others because it appears to be a Buddhist site as opposed to a non-Buddhist site talking about Buddhism. (BTW, I am not a Buddhist and did edit out a bunch of my own observations and opinions about Buddhism and only kept the quotes from the source, after some thought)

Answer 3

Buddhism is a religion or should I say more of a philosophy...The Buddhist goals in life it to reach total enlightenment. Most Buddhist focus on three traditions I forgot them all, but you can search the Internet for more on this Oh! there's a book title The World Religion it's very good, check it out you may find some insightful text there.

Answer 4

Basically they believe that the main truth of life is impermanence. Nothing stays the same. Eveyrone you will care about will die and so will you. You are not the same person you were a minute ago etc. In fact, there is more of a similarity between two babies born to different parents then their is to a newborn and that same person when they are 90 years old.

It also teaches that we live a desparate existence, consumed with desires and needs and fears. An example would be to try to stop eating for a few days, your human desire to eat would become so strong that it would distort your personality. We can't even stop breathing for a few minutes or we feel the panic and pain of death breathing down our neck!

This is what the first noble truth means You must actively feed your desires to breathe, eat, protect your loved ones, acquire possessions, protect yourself from the elements, etc... In fact if yo mediate on it, most of what you consider to be "you" is a massive web of desire and fear. We think of most of these desires and fears to be noble and good , like the desire to protect your family, or to accumulate wealth, or to care for a loved one.

Buddhists believe that these desires and fears make us who we are, and when we act on them is it natural that other desires and fears take their place, in a cycle that has a tendancy to feed on itself, like the more you have the more you want... It's easy to think of examples of this, your income, addictions, etc. The mechanism of this cycle is karma.

Buddhists believe that there is a way to break this cycle by slowly stopping from acting on the desires and fears that we feel. The buddha supposedly totally freed himself from these desires and fears and karma, and as a result, his sense of self (an illusion) faded and he just became part of the universe, to no longer exist as an individual. This is called nirvana.

Buddha left some instructions for his followers called the eightfold path, which is basically a way of life that's supposed to minimize the karmic cycle and eventually, over many lifetimes, can break ti down to the point where the indivual can free themselves of the illusion of self and "me" and achieve nirvana also. Very few buddhists believe they can achieve nirvana, but most feel more peace, calmness, and other benefits from the ability to distance themselves from the desires and fears that control us all.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Avoid all evil ,
Do all good ,
Purify the mind .

This is the teaching of all the Buddhas

Answer 7

they believe the path to inner peace (nirvana) come through wanting nothing. there's other stuff too

Answer 8

They believe in budda

Answer 9

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