2007-08-01 16:55:48 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Thanks guys! I'm still trying to work this out in my head. I know, but I don't know. You know?
2007-08-01 17:10:44 · update #1
I'm only level 1 so I can't give anybody a thumbs up.
2007-08-01 17:12:10 · update #2
You guys are pretty good!
Mr. Coyote and James: you speak as though you know something.
2007-08-01 17:49:56 · update #3
nola: that I know!
2007-08-01 17:50:34 · update #4
Mr. Baggins: is that your real name? How did you come to use that name?
I don't want to go to a monastery. I want you guys to tell me. I heard R&S was the place to go! lol
2007-08-01 17:54:41 · update #5
Cosmiclearner: I like the idea of a free spirit.
2007-08-01 17:56:16 · update #6
Ms. Flora: I like the idea of peace.
2007-08-01 18:08:00 · update #7
Mr. Baggins: well that's a beautiful metaphor and a beautiful answer!
2007-08-01 18:39:09 · update #8
Knowledge of oneself, this leads to compassion, this leads to forgetting oneself, this leads to enlightenment unfolding or flowering, this leads to Buddha or yourself.
2007-08-01 17:07:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
From opposite ends of the scale, both Cosminccoyote and Tenno are right.
The only way to truly understand the spirit of Buddhism is to meet Buddhists and to start practising.
Find a monastery near you. Go and visit. Ask for teaching.
There's nothing like meeting Buddhist monks for learning about it. (In Buddhism, 'monks' includes both men and women.)
EDIT
No, not my real name - it's a metaphor!
There's a difference between knowing something and knowing about it.
If you just want to know about it, then the true spirit of Buddhism, imo, is cosmic wisdom, uncovered by loving kindness, uncovered by meditation and moral living.
2007-08-02 00:42:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your question assumes that there is only one spirit and that it can be explained in a sentence of paragraph.
To make a gross simplification:
there are four noble truths that are the core foundation of buddhist doctrine
1. All life is suffering
2. Suffering is caused by desire
3 To eliminate suffering, you must eliminate desire by realizing that the existence of an individual sperate 'me' is an illusion and therefore all desire and attachment is illusion.
4. To achieve this, you should follow the 8fold path prescribed for right buddhist practice.
The attainment of complete detachment from desire leads to enlightenment and with it freedom from the cirle or birth and rebirth.
2007-08-02 00:09:22 · answer #3 · answered by tenno1234 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Truth
2007-08-02 00:05:11 · answer #4 · answered by Champion of Knowledge 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
All things of truth originated from the first place. So also did your spirit.
2007-08-02 00:28:28 · answer #5 · answered by James 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ahimsa Paramo Dharmah
Non violence is the spirit of Buddhism
2007-08-02 01:03:24 · answer #6 · answered by Shripathi Krishna Acharya 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Freedom, is as close as one can get to it.
The Buddha once said that as the ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so His Dhamma-Vinaya has one taste, the taste of Freedom.
(Vimutti Rasa).
Cosmic Coyote's is a more seasoned answer, though. :-)
2007-08-02 00:50:26 · answer #7 · answered by goodfella 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know..
" The Spirit of New Orleans "
=)
2007-08-02 00:12:03 · answer #8 · answered by nola_cajun 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
peace and happiness through enlightenment
2007-08-01 23:58:53 · answer #9 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋