Buddhism
Buddhism believes that humans live in a realm of suffering due to their craving for material and superficial things. Buddhist believe that if humans could let go of their desires, they could achieve Nirvana and break the chain of karma. "Desire, then, is the vulnerable point at which the circle can be broken" (Ellwood, 1999). In able to achieve Nirvana, humans have to pull back the senses from the attachments they have to their desires, and this can only be achieved through meditation and concentration. This is considered "the last and culminating point of the Eightfold Path, which focuses one's awareness on something other than the objects of desire and so lets the senses quiet down from burning for things they can never really have" (Ellwood, 1999). This idea leads us to the first Noble Truth, which states that all life is suffering due to the second Noble Truth. The second Noble Truth explains that "the reason for this sense of inadequacy in ordinary life is that we are alw!ays trying to cling to things - objects, persons, ideas, experiences - that are partial and not permanent, and so kee
The Theravada doctrine venerates the Buddha as a single supremely gifted, yet mortal teacher, in contrast to the succession of transcendent beings suggested by Mahayana. Some Theravada scriptures list other Buddha's, but in general the emphasis is on one historical Buddha, on the grounds that no universe can put up with more than one Buddha. The dharma of the historical Buddha is usually regarded as being in the Tipitaka. Unlike Mahayana, which has created a vast number of additional scripture texts, Theravada limits itself to its core dharma. The Mahayana Buddhism originated in India but spread itself throughout China, Korea, Japan, Tibet, Central Asia, Vietnam and Taiwan. They also, like the Theravada movement, regard their doctrine as the full revelation of the nature and teachings of the Buddha. In contrast to the conservative Theravada, Mahayana embraces a wider variety of practices, has a more mythological view of what a Buddha is, and refers to broader philosophical issues. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Within the Buddhist tradition, Mah
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