The purpose of life as a Buddhist is to achieve Nirvana (ending of further becoming). Buddha's core teachings are called the four noble truths. These include 1) life is suffering, 2) the cause of suffering is craving, 3) suffering ends when craving ends, which is Nirvana, and 4) one achieves the end of suffering by following the Eightfold Path of Right Understanding, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right…
This chart contains a grid for different philosophical anthropologies that answer the question of personhood.…
"The meaning of life, that which makes life happy, is to find one 's particular purpose, to will that one thing which constitutes purity of heart, and to become a person capable of carrying out that idea" (Kierkegaard, 2000, p.…
“Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life and that happiness, not pain or…
To live a healthy life, we must first understand what a fulfilled life consist of; therefore we know something about the ultimate purpose of life. There is also the concepts of excellence and virtue,…
This question asks plainly “What is the meaning of life?” or more specifically “What’s my purpose?” The Theistic belief, as stated by Weider and Gutierrez, is that the purpose of man is to know God. The Christian can know God through a relationship that was bridged by the Messiah (John 1:18). By this salvation a purpose is given to share the Gospel (Mark 16:15).…
So, all in all the questions that how should humans live, Can be summed up in one simple sentence, live your life to the fullest with a meaningful purpose and set goals that can be achieved by working on virtues that you love. Once a person has attained all the achieved everything in life, it is all about the search of inner peace, but with goals set for the benefit of the society by acting upon favorable virtues inner peace can easily be attained in the process of achieving and maintain a successful…
What’s the purpose of life? What's the meaning of life? Is purpose of life to pursuit happiness throughout one's life? Happiness in life is directly related to having a specific purpose and interaction with others. the pursuit of happiness is a part of the american dream, every American and future citizens of America from other countries dream of it.…
The simple answer is simply this: the meaning of life is whatever we choose it to be. One person may choose to provide food and shelter for oneself, for a family or for total strangers. Another person may choose to provide inspiration and guidance to others, or to accumulate wealth, and yet another person may choose, on a moment to moment basis, that which brings peace and happiness to oneself. This decision in what makes your life meaningful is something each one of us makes for ourselves and it is always open to change. It becomes the basis for many other decisions that we make on a day to day basis. If we decide the…
What is the meaning of life? The answer to this question has sought over since mankind became capable of exercising their brain capacity past a level of primal instinct. In general life is rather meaningless, we all simply exist together on this planet. But before one dwells on the pointlessness of human existence, they should think about the purpose of each individual person in our society. We create goals for ourselves; we all have a role to play in our society. In a sense, we choose our future and in doing so, give ourselves a purpose to live. The purpose of human existence in general may be absent, but in our society and through our goals and achievements, I believe each individual creates their own purpose.…
“As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well used brings happy death.”- Leonardo da Vinci. There are few people in this world that know what it means to live a meaningful life. They think about everyone else before themselves, they begin to realize the things that matter the most, and they follow the rules.…
I believe that everybody is born with a purpose, whether it be good or bad. According to the Indian mythology one has to do what they do and shouldn’t care about the result whether it be good or bad because that’s what they were suppose to do; that’s their destination. A lot of us waste a lot of our time in looking for what we are good at or what we want to do in life. Even though we tend to target our goals in life from before, some succeed while others fail; one shouldn’t waste time in looking for what they want to do in life because their destiny will eventually find them. I realized this a few days back when I watched a movie called “Ashoka The Great” which had mass killing and atrocity in it. I was disturbed but I didn’t really care about it, however, while I was asleep I had depressing dreams and disturbing thoughts. Thus, I woke up all wet with sweat. I asked myself “ What does life mean to me?”, and I kept thinking. I realized that the life I was living before had no aim and meant nothing. However, after a long thoughtful night I realized that to me life meant to live and let others live, care for people who care for me and strive to learn till the end.…
To have a meaningful life is to wake up every morning with a sense of appreciation for the opportunity to live another day. Everyone is here for a reason. Finding that reason could be difficult, but in order to find it, you have to pursue your passion. Doing everything that it takes to accomplish something that you love makes your life worth living. Whether it be caring for people, excelling in your job, or creating something new, your passion creates a joy inside that compares with nothing else. When you know that you are working every day towards that passion, you feel a sense of purpose. You are driven towards this state of self-accomplishment. And until you are able to accomplish this goal, you are unsatisfied and feel a void in your life.…
When God created this universe, he created each every particle in it with a certain purpose and with a certain design in mind. And that is what our belief in our religion tells us that no one is superior or inferior in front of Allah but it’s our deeds that make us superior or inferior in front of our creator. Our deeds are determined by our performance in the tasks that Allah gives us throughout our lives.…
What is my purpose in life is a question frequently asked by many people as they ponder the reason for their existence. Life is simple and simply the reason why we are still gaining knowledge, learning new things and passing it to others. One very good example of our existence is a seed, when planted in the garden, it grows into step by step process to the fulfillment of its reason for existing. We exist because we had our purpose in life. Every one of us is expected to play a role in making other happy. THIS MAKES LIFE MORE MEANINGFUL.…