@kandal
"The same thing could be said of Buddha and other founders of religions too."
Umm, not really:;;Both buddhism and Christianity contain unambiguous moral codes.
The Buddha said "above all, loving kindness' . He also taught the practice of 'ahimsa' IE refraining from harming any living thing. Compassion is central to Buddhist teachings.
A mainstream view of Buddhism is that it is an atheistic philosophy, not a religion.
Jesus' parables, such as 'the good Samaritan' are also about compassion and right action.. "Turn the other cheek" 'is a literal admonition. So is
John:87 :So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her."
In Buddhism there can be no enlightenment with living a compassionate life
The Eightfold Path
The Eightfold Path is composed of eight primary teachings that Buddhists follow and use in their everyday lives:
Four Noble Truths
"The same thing could be said of Buddha and other founders of religions too."
Umm, not really:;;Both buddhism and Christianity contain unambiguous moral codes.
The Buddha said "above all, loving kindness' . He also taught the practice of 'ahimsa' IE refraining from harming any living thing. Compassion is central to Buddhist teachings.
A mainstream view of Buddhism is that it is an atheistic philosophy, not a religion.
Jesus' parables, such as 'the good Samaritan' are also about compassion and right action.. "Turn the other cheek" 'is a literal admonition. So is
John:87 :So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her."
In Buddhism there can be no enlightenment with living a compassionate life
The Eightfold Path
The Eightfold Path is composed of eight primary teachings that Buddhists follow and use in their everyday lives:
- Right View or Right Understanding: Insight into the true nature of reality
- Right Intention: The unselfish desire to realize enlightenment
- Right Speech: Using speech compassionately
- Right Action: Using ethical conduct to manifest compassion
- Right Livelihood: Making a living through ethical and nonharmful means
- Right Effort: Cultivating wholesome qualities and releasing unwholesome qualities
- Right Mindfulness: Whole body-and-mind awareness
- Right Concentration: Meditation or some other dedicated, concentrated practice
Four Noble Truths
- Unguarded sensory contact gives rise to craving and clinging to impermanent states and things,[3] which are dukkha,[10] "incapable of satisfying"[web 2] and painful.[web 2][3][4][5][6][web 3]
- This craving keeps us caught in samsara,[note 2] the endless cycle of repeated bhava ("becoming") and jāti (literally: "birth", interpreted as rebirth, but also as birth of the ego[11][12]), and the continued dukkha that comes with it.[note 3]
- There is a way to end this cycle,[13][note 4] namely by attaining nirvana, cessation of craving, whereafter birth and the accompanying dukkha will no longer arise again.[note 5][14]
- This can be accomplished by following the eightfold path,[note 1] confining our automatic responses to sensory contact by restraining oneself, cultivating discipline and wholesome states, and practicing mindfulness and dhyana (meditation).[15][16]