How does Bhudda view Human Nature?

Question

Like Christians believe that eveyrone is a son of God etc etc.

Answer 1

The four noble truths:

1) Suffering prevails in human life
2) Desire and attachment cause suffering
3) Suffering can be overcome
4) Releasing desire and attachment ends suffering

Buddha also preached no-self. Which is to say that a great part of the reason we suffer (given the four noble truths) is that we desire and are attached to having a self-concept. Since we believe we have a self, and desire to have a self, that is a big reason why we suffer. The Buddhist term for no-self is anatman.

The Buddha did NOT preach nihilism, the philsophy of destruction or extinction. No-self does NOT mean non-existence. It stricly means NO SELF CONCEPT. In fact, the formation of a self concept is not natural to human existence, it is a delusion, or more appropriately, a dream. The term Buddha is a name which means "the awakened one." The Buddha became awakened when he realized the illusory nature of his own self-concept.

In losing the nature of his self-concept, he began to experience experience first-hand. As long as we have a self-concept, we are always INTERPRETING the world through our self-concept. I "like" this, I "dislike" that. This is "good." That is "bad." Buddha would say, the world has nothing inherently good or bad in it, our minds add those qualities to the world because we have this illusory self-concept.

So the goal for human beings is liberation from suffering, which means liberation from our illusory concepts, especially our self-concept. This is what is traditionally meant by "enlightenment." It is about awakening from the dream that we are individual beings, and waking up to the reality that we are all inter-being. Inter-being is another essential buddhist concept. It means you can't have a human without first having things like water, the sun, vegetation, animals, etc. So all of life is inter-dependent to the extent that we are deeply connected to everything around us.

Once a person has woken up to this potential within them (everyone has it, in fact ALL SENTIENT BEINGS have this "potential"), they then realize the world is full of sadness because of all the false self-concepts that people believe in. So a vow is made: we decide to be born for countless lives, enduring the pains of life, until we have served everyone to find this liberation for themselves. This is known as the Bodhisattvic vow.

Answer 2

Buddha believes every soul can reach enlightenment, through their own actions and thoughts.

Our souls are bound to the mortal world, and unable to reach the higher state of beings due to our desires and emotions. Much like the original Taoist beliefs, one must be able to forsake the mortal life, and leave everything behind, in order to escape the eternal cycle and death and reincarnation.

Answer 3

According to his teachings humans suffer because they exhibit desires. He also believed by eliminating our desires we would cease to suffer. Everything else we see in Buddhism today was added later and does not reflect Buddha's teachings.

Answer 4

Logically Illogical.

Answer 5

Bhudda is dead. He can do nothing for anyone.
Threr is only one risen savior, The Lord Jesus Christ.
He died and rose for you. Even before you were he knew you.

Answer 6

dam all of those bastar|> need so shut the fck up and stop talkin sh!t and we can belive in wher ever we what about human nature.

Answer 7

he believed all living creatures suffer and our main goal should be to break that cycle of suffering and achieve peace.

Answer 8

How DOES a dead man view human nature today...

hmm......

Answer 9

From six feet underground.

Answer 10

Buddha is dead and in hell.