Despite thesevicissitudes, Buddhism did not abandon its basic principles. Instead, they were reinterpreted, rethought, and reformulated in a process that led to the creation of a great body of literature. This literature includes the PaliTipitaka(“Three Baskets”)—theSutta Pitaka(“Basket of Disco...
Basic Beliefs and Practices The basic doctrines of early Buddhism, which remain common to all Buddhism, include the “four noble truths”: existence is suffering (dukhka); suffering has a cause, namely craving and attachment (trishna); there is a cessation of suffering, which is nirvana; ...
Buddhism, as a religion, lays great emphasis on the adherence to the basic beliefs. The basic Buddhist belief comprise of the basic teachings and concepts of Buddhism. Lord Buddha urged His followers to concentrate on the Four Noble Truths, which helps in attaining freedom from suffering. In th...
Despite thesevicissitudes, Buddhism did not abandon its basic principles. Instead, they were reinterpreted, rethought, and reformulated in a process that led to the creation of a great body of literature. This literature includes the PaliTipitaka(“Three Baskets”)—theSutta Pitaka(“Basket of Disco...
From the Upanishads came two other religious traditions, both of which share the basic fundamental beliefs of what is commonly referred to as Hinduism; these are Jainism and Buddhism. Buddhism evolved as an offshoot of Hinduism, with the same basic fundamental belief structure. There are strong li...
However, Yungdrung Bon's basic religion has a great influence on Tibetan folk. It happens that the mystery of Tantra is very similar to Yungdrung Bon. As a result, the two gradually combine. There are no monasteries for this sect, no organization, no systematic doctrines, and no complete ...
Apparently, you and Carolyn consider yourselves to be the only types of legitimate “Christians” who are allowed to exist and be safe from “satan” and wrong thinking; somehow, you have deemed yourselves entitled to tell everyone else how wrong their practices, beliefs, churches, leaders and ...
A powerful movement of "priests" who incorporated magic practices in their teachings continued to exist throughout the Pagan period, and though they may have respected the basic rules of the Vinaya and donned the yellow robe, their support was rooted in the old animistic beliefs of the Myanmar...
This furnishes the basic context for the moral life. The acceptance by Buddhists of the teachings of karma and rebirth and the concept of the no-self gives rise to a difficult problem: how can rebirth take place without a permanent subject to be reborn? Indian non-Buddhist philosophers ...
by the Buddha as he judged a particular situation. While in many cases the Buddha’s authorship may be doubted, the attempt is made to refer all authority to the Buddha and not to one of hisdisciples. The heart of thevinayatexts is thepatimokkha, which became a list of monastic rules....