2007-01-06 14:39:23 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The name Buddhism comes from the word 'budhi' which means 'to wake up' and thus Buddhism is the philosophy of awakening.This philosophy has its origin in the experience of the man Siddhata Gotama,known as tha Buddha,who was himself awakened at the age of 35.
The essence of the Teaching of the Buddha are:
1.The Four Noble Truths
2.The Noble Eightfold Path
3.Dependent Origination
4.Three Marks of Existence
Please go to:http://www.bswa.org
The above is one of the best site on Buddhism.
2007-01-06 18:44:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anger eating demon 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Simply speaking, this is to avoid harming others and to help them as much as possible. Another way of expressing this is, Abandon negative action; create perfect virtue; subdue your own mind. This is the teaching of the Buddha. By abandoning negative actions (killing, etc.) and destructive motivations (anger, attachment, close-mindedness, etc.), we stop harming ourselves and others. By creating perfect virtue, we develop beneficial attitudes, like impartial love and compassion, and do actions motivated by these thoughts. By subduing our mind, we cut away all false projections, thus making ourselves calm and peaceful by understanding reality.
The essence of Buddha’s teachings is also contained in the three principles of the path: definite emergence, the dedicated heart and wisdom realizing emptiness. Initially, we seek definitely to emerge from the confusion of our problems and their causes. Then, we see that other people also have problems, and with love and compassion, we dedicate our heart to becoming a Buddha so that we are capable of helping others extensively. In order to do this, we develop the wisdom understanding the real nature of ourselves and other phenomena.
2007-01-07 03:09:45 · answer #2 · answered by sista! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nanipms is an asshole
I'm Buddhist so hip hip hurray!
Major differences from other religions
1) Everyone has a chance at nirvanah even if you don't practice buddhism
2) We don't worship anybody!
Okay so anyway nirvanah is the state of perfection where you are able to see the world as it is not as how it looks. To reach nirvanah you have to let go of all earthly attachments. This doesn't mean you don't get to use them you just have to be able to have no attachment whatsoever. Once nirvanah is reached you have escaped the cycle of life and death where you are reincarnated as an animal in 1 of ? realm (heaven hell earth animal so on) according to your actions in previous lives.
www.buddhanet.com might help you a bit.
2007-01-06 22:47:10 · answer #3 · answered by Brian 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look it up on Wikipedia, dumbass. That said, my favourite teaching of his (and the one that clearly shows that he and Jesus are on opposite sides) was that you shouldn't believe anything because your elders say so, or your friends, or ancient texts; in fact, you should believe in things only if they seem reasonable to YOU. Jesus, on the other hand, said "blessed are those who have not seen, and yet believe," i.e. he encouraged blind faith.
2007-01-06 22:45:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
besides teaching enlightenment.
Try reaching nirvana and end world suffering
2007-01-06 22:43:23 · answer #5 · answered by Ayan (ai-en) 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sound of one hand clapping
2007-01-06 22:58:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nirvana ?
achieve complete liberation from suffering>
2007-01-06 22:43:03 · answer #7 · answered by dk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"It worked for me"..that was his teaching's..never said it would for others.
2007-01-06 22:40:32 · answer #8 · answered by Royal Racer Hell=Grave © 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/footsteps.htm
2007-01-06 22:43:00 · answer #9 · answered by S K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't take any wooden nickels.
2007-01-06 22:41:49 · answer #10 · answered by Beavis Christ AM 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋