The Four Noble Truths
thoughts and actions for they lead to rewards or consequences, Buddha taught his followers to use the Four Nobles truths and the Eightfold path which are the basic concepts and that they may find their path to enlightenment. The First Noble truth is that life has suffering, that it is inevitable. There will be pain, anger, jealousy, greed, even loneliness in one’s mind; however, the practices show how suffering can be overcomed and one can achieve happiness. The Second truth is that craving and aversion are what causes suffering. Expecting what you want is not the way to achieve happiness. One can not expect to want everything or have admiration from others automatically. Instead, change wanting into earning and one will feel admiration for
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Buddhism fits into a scientific approach when one use the four noble truths in finding their path of spiritual enlightenment. The beliefs can be tested so that one can understand the way of life instead of taking the teachings for word. This religion can be seen as a personal lesson for one who seeks to be at peace spiritually and mentally. The idea of wisdom not saying what is true but rather understanding the truth. True wisdom is achieved with compassion and understanding the reality and seeing that all of life’s phenomena is incomplete instead of fixed. Compassion comes from comfort, sympathy, caring, concern, and sharing and the Buddhist shows that when we have compassion for ourselves; we have compassion for others. This religion unlike any other is tolerable of other religions as well. Buddhism agrees with other teachings of religion but Buddhism goes further into giving purpose to life through wisdom and understanding. The Buddhist does not preach nor convert towards others; simply provided answer to help the problems of others. Karma is seen as a cause and effect process and states that every action has a result whether good or bad. Buddhists use this law as way of understanding many things in the world such as who lives poor and who rich, who lives longer and why some are gifted than others. To understand the process of the results
Buddhism fits into a scientific approach when one use the four noble truths in finding their path of spiritual enlightenment. The beliefs can be tested so that one can understand the way of life instead of taking the teachings for word. This religion can be seen as a personal lesson for one who seeks to be at peace spiritually and mentally. The idea of wisdom not saying what is true but rather understanding the truth. True wisdom is achieved with compassion and understanding the reality and seeing that all of life’s phenomena is incomplete instead of fixed. Compassion comes from comfort, sympathy, caring, concern, and sharing and the Buddhist shows that when we have compassion for ourselves; we have compassion for others. This religion unlike any other is tolerable of other religions as well. Buddhism agrees with other teachings of religion but Buddhism goes further into giving purpose to life through wisdom and understanding. The Buddhist does not preach nor convert towards others; simply provided answer to help the problems of others. Karma is seen as a cause and effect process and states that every action has a result whether good or bad. Buddhists use this law as way of understanding many things in the world such as who lives poor and who rich, who lives longer and why some are gifted than others. To understand the process of the results