Buddhists what do you believe in and what are your opinions about life?

Answer 1

Discovering who u r,by doing it,we wont waste our life on unnessary stuff


When the Buddha announced his impending exit from the sphere of mortality, his dear disciple Ananda burst into tears. “Lord, you have been the polestar of our spiritual path so far. Whom should we contact for guidance and higher instructions when you will not be there in the land of the living?” he asked.

The Buddha replied: Atmadeepo bhava - Be light unto yourself.

Your wavering, questioning self must be silenced at the still point of concentrated consciousness. Amidst the darkness of worldly delusion only the emanation of radiance from within - like the full moon - can bring enlightenment. Guru Purnima symbolises emanation of inner illumination, the awakening of the sleeping Buddha within.

In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna advised his dear disciple Arjuna: “Lift yourself up with the help of your self ”. You are your best friend, philosopher and guide, at the same time you can be your worst enemy as well. Arjuna was never advised to seek refuge in a guru. Rather, he was advised to rise above all religious rituals and seek refuge in Him, the embodiment of eternal Being, the pure Consciousness, and real Self behind the apparent ripples of delusion.

The concept of seeking the light within is perfectly in tune with scientific spirituality. Whenever we sincerely seek intuitive guidance from within we create a magnetic pool to attract the requisite energy vibrations of infinite potentiality hidden within us. Each soul is potentially divine and we need to awaken this divinity through concentrated efforts and continuous aspiration. This is spirituality. No one else can make us gain the same; we need to source it from inside.

In the Mahabharata, when Dronacharya refused to accept Eklavya as his disciple, the boy made an image of Dronacharya and started practising archery in front of the image. Consequently, he mastered the art of archery as good as Arjuna who was the best direct disciple of Dronacharya, through assiduous practice and intuitive skills. The secret lies in intense aspiration leading to requisite release of the potential hidden within through the psychology of faith in a guru despite the physical absence of the guru in the learning process.

Aurobindo had an experience in cosmic consciousness due to his intense aspiration and soul searching. He never had a guru. Although he received instructions on yoga from Bhaskar Lele, he never accepted him as his guru and his teachings did not lead him to self-realisation.

A true guru can be instrumental in transformation of our ego into divine self and release of divine consciousness through the mechanism of faith. But the dogmatic claim of the essentiality of a guru in the spiritual path falls apart on closer scrutiny. The life of the Buddha, Christ, Ramakrishna, Aurobindo, Ramana Maharshi and others bear ample testimony to the fact. Guru Purnima, therefore, is an occasion for awakening of our inner illumination in full beam for manifestation of the divinity already within us.

Answer 2

I believe that the Buddha attained enlightenment through his own efforts. Then, out of compassion for all living beings, spent the rest of his life teaching so that we, by following his teaching, could also attain enlightenment.

Opinions: I believe that all beings are somewhere on a spiritual path at their own level of understanding. Since I am not in possession of changeless, absolute truth, I believe it's important to be tolerant of others religious views and not attempt to impose mine upon them.

I try to live my life as to not bring any suffering to any sentient being, this is the reason I am vegetarian.

I believe that there is no such thing as a "Just War". There is much truth to the saying "There is no way to peace, peace is the way".

Words I try to live by and that are posted where I can see them every day. A quote from Mahatma Ghandi: "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony".

Peace...

Answer 3

Life is about becoming an enlightened person so that you will no longer have to be reincarnated on Earth. This means controlling your thoughts and emotions, being happy, and being compassionate and kind to others. To many, Buddha is not really a god but a wise man who taught a way that people can better themselves. Buddha himself doubted that any gods existed. He developed a practice by which people could work on becoming enlightened without the aid of any Divine force. Positive emotions and mind-sets make this much easier, so finding true happiness is one of the most important goals. Happiness comes from within, not from material objects or circumstances. Many people have a mistaken idea that wealth or physical pleasure or power over others will make them happy. It doesn't and only causes more suffering. With the proper attitude, mind-set, and expectations even the poorest person can be entirely happy. Ultimately, happiness is the lack of suffering. If you can train your mind to not suffer, no matter what happens, you can find the avenue to happiness and joy. Buddha said that life is suffering and that most suffering is caused by desire for something that you do not have. By expecting that life will be full of difficulties, it can be easier to get through them without agonizing of them too much. When you experience suffering in life and then agonize over your suffering, you have suffered twice. One of the main tennents of Buddhism is to avoid and aleviate suffering, mostly by training your mind and emotions to 'laugh at your troubles' and teaching other how to do this too. Humility is another important aspect since pride and ego do not lead to actual happiness and are often what leads us into conflict and experienceing and causing suffering. 'All things are temporary' is a teaching that also helps me a lot. My troubles and problems in life will all eventually pass, the possession of material objects, situations both baneful and favorable, even life and death are temporary things. Making connections to things that will pass away is a waste of time and effort. The one connection that is encouraged is compassion and being connected to your fellow humans as this is neccessary for happiness. Since Buddhism is not really a theology, it's practices and philosophy can be used with any other religion. You do not have to stop your own religious practices in order to apply it's teachings, you do not have to pray to Buddha. I am a new age pagan and I worship several ancient Germanic gods and goddesses, but I find Buddha's teachings to be very helpful. The gods are great, but I cannot expect them to do all the work on all the improvements that I need to make to my mind and heart. It's my personal responsibility.

Answer 4

I take refuge in the Three Triple Gems:

1. The Buddha, i e the Enlightened One, and the innate ability of all sentient beings of reaching Enlightenment and freedom from all suffering and the causes of suffering

2. The Dharma, i e the Teachings of the Buddha, stating the problems we have and showing the way to get release from those problems

3. The Sangha, i e the community of enlightened beings, also the community of monks and nuns striving together on the path to Buddhahood.

I believe in the Four Noble Truths:

1. The life of all sentient beings has the quality of suffering, eg we want what we don't have (be it health, money, love, cars, respect, rest, wisdom, and so on), we're afraid to lose what we already have (friends, things, positions, family, health, and so on), we want to get rid of what we have (illness, enemies, loneliness, overwork, sorrow, bad breath, and so on) and we are afraid to get what we don't have (illness, bad weather, rape, flat tyre, separation, death, and so on).

2. The suffering has a cause. The cause is grounded in the three poisons: Desire, aversion and ignorance. Desire makes us want things we don't have and fear to lose what we have, aversion makes us want to get rid of what we don't like and fear to get other things we don't have. Ignorance is the cause of desire and aversion. In other words, the cause of suffering lies in our own minds and in our deluded way of seeing the world, and our reactions to it.

3. There is a way to get release from suffering, because if the suffering has a cause, you can also get rid of suffering through eliminating its cause.

4. The way to get release from suffering is summed up in the Noble Eightfould Path, or even shorter, in the cultivation of Ethics, Meditation and Wisdom. Ethics to counteract our egoism (through altruism, compassion and loving-kindness), Wisdom to get insight in the true nature of reality and what really helps us, and Meditation to give us concentration and mindfulness so we can cultivate Ethics and Wisdom without hindrance.

Answer 5

i believe in karma/reincarnation and that everything happens for a reason. life is a very short period of time, each one of us will go through the same stages of life, ex. birth, getting old, sickness and death. it's a never ending process that goes in circle. we've been through too many lives that we forget who we really are. in order to walk away from this never ending cycle we must discover our true selves.

Answer 6

I'm trying as hard as I can to look like a Buddha. Is that worth 10 points?

Answer 7

I believe life is completely neutral. But that doesn't stop me from reveling in it's beauty from time to time. Obviously, we're all going to live, and we're all going to die. When we are alive we try to see as much truth as possible.

Answer 8

its not really about options, you can do whatever you want with life.