Buddhism?faith followers only?

Question

can you write one sentence that forms the utmost belief of this religion.

Answer 1

All of the many teachings of the Buddha center on the Four Noble Truths.

The First Noble Truth is that life is suffering. To live, you must suffer. It is impossible to live without experiencing some kind of suffering. We have to endure physical suffering like sickness, injury, tiredness, old age and eventually death and we have to endure psychological suffering like loneliness, frustrations, fear, embarrassment, disappointment, anger, etc.

The Second Noble Truth is that all suffering is caused by craving. When we look at psychological suffering, it is easy to see how it is caused by craving. When we want something but are unable to get it, we feel frustrated. When we expect someone to live up to our expectation and they do not, we feel let down and disappointed. When we want others to like us and they don't, we feel hurt. Even when we want something and are able to get it, this does not often lead to happiness either because it is not long before we feel bored with that thing, lose interest in it and commence to want something else. Put simply, the Second Noble Truth says that getting what you want does not guarantee happiness. Rather than constantly struggling to get what you want, try to modify your wanting. Wanting deprives us of contentment and happiness.

The Third Noble Truth is that suffering can be overcome and happiness attained. This is perhaps the most important of the Four Noble Truths because in it the Buddha reassures us that true happiness and contentment are possible. When we give up useless craving and learn to live each day at a time, enjoying without restless wanting the experiences that life offers us, patiently enduring the problems that life involves without fear, hatred and anger, then we become happy and free. Then, and only then, do we being to live fully. Because we are no longer obsessed with satisfying our own selfish wants, we find we have so much time to help others fulfil their needs. This state is called Nirvana. We are free from all psychological suffering as well. This is called Final Nirvana.

The Fourth Noble Truth is the Path leading to the overcoming of suffering. This path is called the Noble Eightfold Path and consists of Perfect Understanding, Perfect Thought, Perfect Speech, Perfect Action, Perfect Livelihood, Perfect Effort, Perfect Mindfulness and Perfect Concentration. Being a Buddhist practice consists of practicing these eight things until they become more complete. You will notice that the steps on the Noble Eightfold Path cover every aspect of life: the intellectual, the ethical, the social and economic and the psychological and therefore contain everything a person needs to lead a good life and to develop spiritually.

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Answer 2

The likeliness of humanities existence is even less likely then you getting 400,000 royal flushes in a row, the chances of your existence is a billion times less likely than that, now either you believe we hit the mega jackpot or that there is some being to create order in this world. Also what evidence are you looking for? My religion believes that God the Father and his Son Jesus Christ visited a man on earth to restore his gospel. Also the earth does have edges, not edges like the end of the earth, or that it is a square, but it does have cliffs and oceans which do look like edges. And there are pillars they are called pinnacles. Also the foundation that God could have laid could be the blob at the beginning of the universe. To this day no one knows why that "blob" of infinite mass was disturbed, or how it even came into existence. Also if you talk to many of todays top theoretical physicists, they think that we know almost nothing about the actual universe that we are in. In reality this world could be an illusion, or a test if you put it into a spiritual sense.

Answer 3

Taken from THE PATH contained within the Dhammapada of Lord Buddha:

*"Of paths the Eightfold is the Best; of truths the Four Noble Truths are the best; of all states Detachment is the best; of men the Seeing One (Buddha) is the foremost. This is the path; there is no other path that leads to purity of insight. Follow this path, for this path bewilders the Evil One (Mara = the deluded mind)."

- With Metta {loving-friendliness).

Answer 4

I hope I am not misinterpreting your question. Are you asking if there is one sentence that would proves this form of religion?
Or are you asking if there is one sentence that would make you believe in this religion?
I hope I understand it correctly.

One sentence.
You are the Buddha, awaken to this.

Thank you for your question

Answer 5

I guess the following fits your constraints.

"To shun all evil, to do good, to purify one's heart--this is the teachings of the Buddhas."
~"The Dhammapada" (verse 183)

All other teachings of the Buddha are, in my opinion, "simply" an elaboration to the above. I hope you find this of some help.

May all be at peace.

John

Answer 6

Learn, understand and ask questions about suffering then ponder, think and find out ways to end suffering ...... faith is not required.

(For angel of death, there is no supreme in buddhism. Everything is equal, buddha or insect)

Answer 7

Buddhism is a philosophy not a religion.

Answer 8

HH Dalai Lama always says:
"My religion is kindness"
(one sentence)

Answer 9

Become enlightened by seeking spiritual truth to become one with the supreme.

Answer 10

Happiness is only possible, if you realize what is making you unhappy