buddhism:core_beliefs
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| ====== Buddhism / Core Beliefs ====== | ====== Buddhism / Core Beliefs ====== | ||
| - | What are the core beliefs of a Buddhist? | + | What are the core beliefs of a Buddhist? |
| * All conditioned things are impermanent | * All conditioned things are impermanent | ||
| * Mind and body are impermanent things | * Mind and body are impermanent things | ||
| + | * Impermanence leads to dissatisfaction | ||
| + | * Nothing dissatisfying and impermanent should be called " | ||
| * Dukkha is the result of clinging/ | * Dukkha is the result of clinging/ | ||
| * It is possible to be rid of dukkha | * It is possible to be rid of dukkha | ||
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| * Flawed perspective leads to flawed results, correct perspective leads to correct results | * Flawed perspective leads to flawed results, correct perspective leads to correct results | ||
| * Refuges: | * Refuges: | ||
| - | * Buddha - understood stress and its causes, overcame stress | + | * Buddha - understood stress and its causes, overcame stress, taught what he understood |
| - | * Dhamma - is the teachings of the Buddha to understand stress, its causes, and overcame | + | * Dhamma - is the teachings of the Buddha to understand stress, its causes, and overcome |
| - | * Sangha - people who understand the teachings of the Buddha, are overcoming | + | * Sangha - people who understand the teachings of the Buddha, |
| + | * Actions based on greed / fear / delusion will lead to future pain | ||
| + | * Killing, stealing, raping, lying, intoxication lead to future pain | ||
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| + | ===== Essential route ===== | ||
| + | See [[https:// | ||
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| + | - Giving - not just to Buddha and Buddhists but all people and all creatures, things like food, medicine, care... | ||
| + | - Virtue - abstaining from bad behaviors | ||
| + | - Heaven - the result of giving and virtue | ||
| + | - Drawbacks - why nirvana is better than heaven | ||
| + | - Letting go - how to change your behaviors here and now | ||
| + | - Four noble truths - the essential teaching of Buddha on suffering, its causes, and its defeat | ||
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