Explain buddhism.?

Question

I don't know very much about buddhism, do you know an informaiton. And I am also wanting to know more about Om meditation.

Answer 1

There are a number of web sites that discuss Buddhism. One is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism

Om meditation is not really Buddhist though, but Hindu (as far as I understand anyway). Hinduism is very related to Buddhism though.

I'm very hesitant to give a short answer to the question of "what is Buddhism" because it is very difficult to explain accurately even with a long description. But generally, it has to do with overcoming life as normally live it. This can be seen in a more spiritual sense, achieving nirvana, or in a more practical way, like Zen's focus on teaching person to be more focused on the present moment. However, these goals are not seen as exclusive but complimentary. Some forms of Buddhism place a great deal of focus on meditation, such as Zen, while others focus on actions and lifestyle, such as Theravada. All of Buddhism focuses in one way or another on radically simplifying life and thought. This is often described as detachment, or non-attachment, but this idea is often misunderstood, since many Buddhists are very "engaged" in the world.

Om meditation, in a simple sense, is simply a form of focusing the mind and developing discipline. Disciplining the body and mind are very central to Hinduism. Yoga and it's demanding postures is another example of this. However, Buddhism developed out of Hinduism, so they are very philosophically similar, but also differ in some significant ways.

Answer 2

www.buddhanet.net has many articles on Buddhism

Also go to your nearest buddhist monastery and ask . Find it from
http://www.buddhanet.net/worlddir.htm

Essentially buddhism teaches that everything changes and is therefore unsatisfactory. You can be Bill Gates but still you are subject to the laws of nature ie:- sickness, old age , and death leading to separation from loved ones. The Buddha explained that the Noble Eightfold path (mainly consists of developing virtue , wisdom and concentration) will lead to us attaining the supreme bliss of Nibbana which is unchanging and blissful. You may not choose to strive for Nirvana but anyhow practising the Noble Eightfold Path will make you a much happier person

Answer 3

There are philosophical factors to Buddhism like King Milinda's No-Chariot Argument, religious factors like zazen meditation or perhaps on the instant-up non secular factors like stupa worship. yet enable me provide you the easy gist of what Buddhism teaches. From an fairly youthful age, you have been conditioned. You have been taught to devour the final issues, to love the final human beings, and to concern the incorrect human beings. You have been taught to bathe your hands and face at present to stay away from germs and ailment day after today. All this conditioned you to think of of your self as a individual - as a results of fact the main considerable character in a drama talked approximately as your life. yet, as a results of fact of that, you ask questions like: what is going to I do with my life? What could i think in? Who am I? In a observe, you go through. Buddhism proposes which you have a manner out. you are able to end existential suffering in case you in basic terms understand which you are the concern. you haven't any longer have been given a self - you're in basic terms a handy fiction, a team of physique factors and psychological states. Buddha teaches that there isn't any you above and previous the ingredient factors. Buddhists argue that, in case you recognize the end results of this, you regulate into rather selfless. All of fact could be understood properly, as a results of fact that we end making up labels and names for issues that don't finally exist. via accomplishing this, there is finally no overexcitement or severe discomfort, in basic terms a course between those extremes. there isn't any attachment to issues. No "why me"? there is only life. the concern, a Buddhist says, isn't the lesson you have been conditioned to verify. do no longer end washing your hands and face - that ultimately ends up in much less suffering interior the international. the concern is the form you discovered it - you mistakenly think of which you're a individual, and this finally ends up in existential suffering for you, only like all and sundry else. in case you regulate right into a Buddhist, this course in the direction of liberation would be your adventure. Buddhism claims that each and every thing else is secondary. greater importantly, what do you think of?

Answer 4

Buddhism is a religion. You can go to your local Buddhist temple just to meditate and you don't have to follow their believes. They welcome everyone. They are the most peaceful people I have ever met. I'm trying to reach their level. The religion is complicated.

Answer 5

Buddhism is not a religion. You cant go to your local Buddhist temple just to meditate but you have to follow their believes. They hate everyone. They are the most violent people I have ever met. I never tried to reach their level. Buddism is too simple!

Answer 6

Essentials of Buddhism

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

Noble Eightfold Path

Three Qualities Eightfold Path
Wisdom (panna) Right View
Right Thought
Morality (sila) Right Speech
Right Action
Right Livelihood
Meditation (samadhi) Right Effort
Right Mindfulness
Right Contemplation



Three Characteristics of Existence

1. Transiency (anicca)
2. Sorrow (dukkha)
3. Selflessness (anatta)

Hindrances

1. Sensuous lust
2. Aversion and ill will
3. Sloth and torpor
4. Restlessness and worry
5. Sceptical doubt

Factors of Enlightenment

1. Mindfulness
2. Investigation
3. Energy
4. Rapture
5. Tranquillity
6. Concentration
7. Equanimity

Things that slow us down and restrict our freedom

1. Self-delusion
2. Doubt
3. Clinging to Ritual
4. Sensuous Lust
5. Ill Will
6. Greed for Fine Material Existence
7. Greed for Immaterial Existence
8. Conceit
9. Restlessness
10. Ignorance

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The Four Noble Truths (Cattâri Ariya Saccâni)
1. There is dukkha.
Dukkha (suffering, unhappiness, discontent, etc.) is inherently a part of
life. The Buddha is sometimes misquoted as saying that "life is suffering,"
but although he stated that suffering is in the nature of life, he never said
that our life experiences are limited to suffering alone.

The First Noble Truth may be understood in several ways. For one thing,
the conditioned phenomena of the universe in which we live are ultimately
unsatisfactory, due to impermanence and other factors. Not getting what
one wants is dukkha; getting what one doesn’t want is dukkha; separation
from beloved persons and possessions is dukkha; birth is dukkha; pain is
dukkha; old age, disease, and death are dukkha.

2. This is the origin (arising) of dukkha.
Dukkha arises due to craving (tanha). While craving is not the only
cause of dukkha, it is a primary cause—and also one that we do have
some control over. When we have a craving that we cannot fulfill, we
then experience unhappiness. In addition, craving (along with other
factors) helps to perpetuate Samsâra (the cycle of birth-and-death), in
which we repeatedly experience dukkha.

While the Second Noble Truth asserts craving as a cause of dukkha--
and craving for pleasure undeniably can lead to suffering--note that
the experiencing of pleasure isn't the problem; the mindless pursuit of
it is. Buddhism doesn't condemn pleasure per se, only those pleasures
that are illegal, immoral, and/or harmful. In the case of monks or nuns,
whatever is a violation of monastic rules is condemned, of course.

3. This is the cessation of dukkha.
Whatever is subject to origination is subject to cessation. * In other
words, whatever has a beginning, also has an ending. Dukkha can
be brought to an end through detachment from, and relinquishing of
craving. When the cause of dukkha—craving—does not arise, then
dukkha does not arise. The state of total liberation from dukkha (and
its causes) is called Nibbâna (Nirvâna).

4. This is the Path that leads to the cessation of dukkha.
The Path or method of practice that leads to the cessation of dukkha
(through the cessation of craving) is the Noble Eightfold Path. The
factors of this path are: Right Understanding (or view), Right Thought
(or intention), Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort,
Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration.

This Path ‘that leads to the cessation of dukkha’ may also be defined as
the Path that leads to Happiness, Liberation, and Peace.

MORALITY, MEDITATION, AND WISDOM:
THE NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH
(ARIYA ATTHANGIKA MAGGA)
1. Right Understanding/View (Sammâ Ditthi): seeing Reality, understanding
Dhamma; an understanding that is consistent with the way things are. Right
Understanding doesn’t mean mere intellectual assent to doctrines that have
been read and heard. It is an understanding that comes through experience,
from direct observation. It is understanding interdependence and causation. It
is an understanding of ethical cause and effect: kamma (karma) and its fruits or
consequences. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, Right Understanding is
a penetrative understanding of dukkha, the arising of dukkha, the cessation of
dukkha, and the Path leading to the cessation of dukkha.

2. Right Thought/Intention (Sammâ Samkappa): thoughts that are associated
with selflessness, renunciation, and generosity, free from selfishness and greed;
thoughts associated with loving-kindness, free from aversion, anger, and hatred;
and thoughts associated with compassion, free from violence and cruelty.

3. Right Speech (Sammâ Vâcâ): speech that is free from falsehood, from slander,
from harshness or abusiveness, and from frivolous, useless talk (ie, gossip). Right
speech is truthful; it is gentle, kind, purposeful, instructive, and supportive.

4. Right Action/Conduct (Sammâ Kammanta): abstaining from harming or killing;
abstaining from stealing; and abstaining from sexual misconduct (adultery, etc.).
Right Action is being non-violent and peaceful; it is giving, rather than taking; it is
sexual purity or fidelity.

5. Right Livelihood (Sammâ âjîva): avoidance of any occupation which require
one to harm or kill, to steal or cheat, to exploit living beings, or to cause others to
engage in any of these types of conduct.

6. Right Effort (Sammâ Vâyâma): there are four Right Efforts: the effort to prevent the
arising of unwholesome states of mind; the effort to eliminate unwholesome mind-
states that are already present; the effort to bring about wholesome states not yet
arisen; the effort to maintain and perfect wholesome states that are already present.

7. Right Mindfulness (Sammâ Sati): mindful contemplation (present-moment aware-
ness) of the body, feelings, the mind, and mental objects (the five hindrances, seven
enlightenment factors, five aggregates, etc.).

8. Right Concentration (Sammâ Samâdhi): states of meditative absorption known as
jhâna, in which the mind is directed toward a specific subject of meditation. When one
maintains this focus, one may then experience rapturous joy and feelings of well-being
and happiness. One develops single-pointed concentration (cittassa ekaggatâ) and
tranquility. In the highest of the jhânas, one experiences equanimity and a temporarily
purified state of mindfulness.