What is the basic philosophy of Buddhism?

Answer 1

To follow the 4 noble truths.(1)life inevitably involves suffering(2)suffering originates from our desires(3)suffering will cease if desires cease(4)there is a way to realise this state-the eightfold path.The eightfold path goes as so(1)right understanding(2)right thought(3)right speech(4)right action(5)right livlihood(6)right effort(7)right mindfullness(8)right meditation.This is the main principal for buddhism.Their only true desire is for others to reach enlightment.To become omnipotent and escape all perils of life.Including death.By not denying the inevitable.To escape the karma wheel of life and reach nirvana(eternal bliss).

Answer 2

Regretfully it's not really as simple as that. It's like asking, "What is the basic philosophy of Christianity."

First off, like any other belief system, it's not felt in the same way by everyone who practices. There are multiple types of Buddhism and even different areas where it may be slightly different based on that specific culture.

I suppose that the basics are...
You come to the conclusion that desire leads to suffering.
Think good thoughts, do good acts.
Meditation is one of the keys to eliminating desire

I think that if you are really curious, and would like a quick intro without having to get in too deep, read the Tao of Pooh, it's a fun book and it gives you great insight into Buddhism.

Then, if all goes well, you can join the path of the enlightened or even step off of the path at some point and nimbly step into Taoism.

Love as always,

Sebastian

Answer 3

buddhism is probably one of the most peaceful religion there are. the main goal is to attain nirvana through meditation, compassion, kindness and knowledge. similar to hinduism they believe in reincarnation, until you can achieve nirvana. do get nirvana, humans have to learn their true self. they separate themselves from materialistic things (the biggest one being money). they also need to learn to think without the influence of emotions, particularly the bad ones that are incited by materialistic things (like money inspires greed). unlike western beliefs, you can have multiple tries to achieve nirvana. you keep coming back until you have learned all the lessons that are required, at which point you may reach nirvana. when you do bad things like say rude or mean things to people, do bad things like harming or killing a person, it just sets you back a lot further from attaining nirvana
there are certain people, known as Bodhisattva's, who had the chances to attain nirvana, but they chose to come back to earth to help other attain nirvana.
they also have the Four Noble Truths:
there is suffering
there is a cause or origin of suffering
there is a end of suffering
there is path out of suffering which is the Eightfold Path.
Each of these Truths has three aspects so all together there are twelve insights.
learning these (and i mean truly learning these), especially the last one, how to end the path of suffering, help you attain nirvana.
buddhism, like any other religion goes a lot deeper. this is the basic overview.

Answer 4

Buddhism's origins are rooted in the questioning of suffering in the world ... why it exists ... how to alleviate it. And that answer determined was through the realization that all things are really one.

We see ourselves as separated ... apart from others and the world around us, but we are more akin to a current in the ocean .... our force flows through the waves, influencing and being influenced by other currents ... but nothing is ever lost or gained.

We are not individuals adrift, rather we are simply part of the ebbing and flowing within the vast ocean of the universe.

Answer 5

The basic philosophy of Buddhism is ahimsa, or nonviolence. Buddhists who eat meat are acting contrary to the most important tenent of their religion. Buddha is an incarnation of Krishna, as mentioned in the Srimad Bhagavatam. Buddha appeared to decry the cruelty of animal sacrifice made in the name of religion - going on even today.
Buddha propogated the idea of reincarnation, stating that the material experience is essentially illusory and full of suffering. Enlightenment or nirvana, means the gradual negation of ones material consciousness by the cessation of desire. Material desire is seen as the principle of bondage and suffering.
The liberated condition is postulated as merging with brahman, a nonsentient state of bliss and eternity. Essentially this is a non theistic concept which is described in the Vedas as advaita or impersonalism, as opposed to theistic concepts of a Supreme Godhead.
In the Bhagavad Gita this type of spiritual path is not recommended
kleso dhikataras tesam avyaktasakta cetasam
avyakta hi gatir dukham dehavadbhir avapyate (BG12.5)

"For those whose minds are attached to the unmanifested, impersonal feature of the Supreme, advancement is very troublesome. To make progress in that discipline is always difficult for those who are embodied."

Despite this, Srila Bhaktisiddhata Sarasvati Thakur declared that one impersonalist is worth a thousand fruitive actors in terms of spiritual merit.

Answer 6

Buddism is a spiritual pursuit wherein one seeks enlightenment through meditaion, compassion, and kindness. Buddism addresses the god within and its existence in all things. Buddist belief is one of reincarnation, with the goal of life being that this one be the last. We return here in new lives in order to continue on our karmic path, and when we reach enlightenment, we get to be released into nothing. Buddist thought embraces no-thing-ness, and the unmanifested. The goal of life is to die before you die and realize there is no death. That being said, it is still an iorganized religion with its pitfalls, but buddist spirituality is a peaceful way of life and one which appears to me to be free of much of the hypocricy that other religions posses.

Answer 7

The basic problem of mankind is that people are unhappy because they want things they can not have. So if you just kill the instinct to have things then people would be happy. Therefore you must achieve a state of absolute peace with nothing.

Answer 8

Breaking God's law by worshiping a statue instead of Him.

Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Revelation 9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk

Answer 9

Aint no philosophy to it! Sit with your legs crossed in the Andes and chew coca leaves! There isnt enough oxygen up there so thats all the energy they can muster! I think its also why they do nothing but mumble!

Answer 10

that's totally widely used line - that human beings have chanted with the aid of fact it exchange into spoken. rather that's the 1st verse that summerised the coaching of the Buddha throughout His lifetime. ye dharm? hetu prabhav? hetun te??? tath?gato hy avadat te??? ca yo nirodha eva? v?d? mah??rama?a? Translation "All phenomena arise from reasons; those reasons have been taught by using the Tathagata, And their cessation too has been proclaimed by using the large Shramana."