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    with his surroundings and truly achieve Nirvana. As time goes by Siddhartha realizes that one can only experience Nirvana and once one achieves oneness with his surroundings then they can’t explain it to another through teachings. Then a time later the original Buddha who has achieved Nirvana‚ comes into contact with Siddhartha. When they meet they converse about the followers of Buddha‚ and Siddhartha tells Buddha of his thoughts on how one can’t achieve Nirvana through teachings but only by experiencing

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    Buddhism teaches the belief in the cycle of rebirth‚ however‚ without a belief in a soul; Buddhists believe it is the parts of the individual’s personality that reform in the new life. Finally‚ Buddhism teaches followers about nirvana granting release from the cycle of rebirth. Nirvana is a state of bliss without pain‚ and liberation from the cycle of rebirth and Buddhists believe that it can be obtained within one’s lifetime‚ rather than at death (Molloy‚

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    Buddha taught that in order to achieve nirvana a person must do good works and go through multiple cycles of rebirth. Jesus taught that if a person puts their faith in Him‚ when they die they will immediately go to heaven. Buddhists and Christian’s view of the afterlife are very different even though their leaders lived similar lives on Earth. Buddha was born in Nepal and left home at a young age to discover the meaning of life. Once he discovered the path to nirvana‚ he named it Dharma and traveled around

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    to be sacred or spiritual in nature. Hindus believe the man’s Atman is eternal and when he or she reaches Nirvana their Atman will become one with Brahman. They believe in reincarnation and karma. Basically they believe what goes around comes around. Good karma brings them closer to Nirvana. Bad karma results in being reborn into a lower life from extending the time it takes to reach Nirvana. They also consider animals and humans are similar and they think they should be regarded as partners in

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    the cycle of death and rebirth known as samsara is ended. Buddhism’s approach of sacred reality is very similar to that of Hinduism‚ this is due to the fact Buddhism was formed in response to Hinduism. The sacred reality of Buddhism is known as Nirvana. In Buddhism the Four Noble Truths provide the basis that life is suffering (dukkah); suffering is caused by attachment (tanha); suffering can cease

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    to achieve Nirvana. Nirvana is being able to and capable of being completely content with your life‚ mainly not having any desires in this life. You can only achieve Nirvana if you follow the Eight Fold Path and the Four Noble Truths. Those are both the rules put in place to help guide the people in achieving Nirvana. In Buddhism if you do not achieve Nirvana in one life then your soul is placed in another body until your new body achieves it. Most of the time people achieve Nirvana in their life

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    He screamed out his feelings of neglect and sadness in his time with Nirvana to the day he died. This encouraged teens to express themselves in their own‚ different ways. When Cobain was eight years old‚ his parents got divorced. This took an enormous toll on the rest of Cobain’s childhood as well as his high school years

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    follow certain paths in order to ultimately achieve Nirvana (the place where all the enlightened beings reside). However‚ according to Buddhist religious text‚ "He (Buddha) set himself forty-eight vows to fulfill‚ which‚ he proclaimed‚ would allow him to reach Nirvana." (Encarta 98‚ "Amitabha‚") Buddhism is a personal religion. Buddhists follow the instruction of one man who made strict rules and rituals for himself so that he may reach Nirvana. Because Buddhism is such a personal journey‚ the importance

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    significant teachings is that everyone is different‚ and hence each individual ’s path to enlightenment is unique. For this reason‚ Buddhists acknowledge that they must take inspiration from a variety of sources to complete their individual journey to Nirvana. Belief in the concept of enlightenment is therefore important within Buddhism with different branches and schools giving varying emphasis to the many teachings of Buddha and his close followers‚ while some believe in Bodhisattvas‚ from whom they

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    learning the dharma ’s or teachings‚ and reaching enlightenment to break the spiral and stop suffering. These philosophies over time became religions‚ and later in China they eventually get brought together as one religion. Buddhism believed in nirvana reaching enlightenment which meant to relieve oneself from being reborn. Buddhist believed life was suffering so they kept themselves unattached to earthly things including family. Buddhism is living in the present and centered around practice‚ and

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