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Today, I've decided to have a look at Buddhism. I'm not a religious person, but I am open-minded and love learning about different cultures, etc. For months I've looked at religions, hoping that I'd find one that I could commit to. Unfortunately I couldn't find one, there wasn't one that I could put faith into... oh well, at least I tried. On the other hand, Buddhism is one of the few religions I can actually grasp. The theory seems much more easier to believe. From what I know already.. They have one deity - Buddha - but what makes it different from others is that he was actually a real person originally rather than an actual 'god' which, personally, I think makes it easier to cope with the idea. Also, Buddhism has some really good beliefs. However, I haven't looked into these in detail before so that's what I'll do now (:
It's a religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama who was alive 26 centuries ago. "The Buddha" translates to mean "The awakened one". It's been debated whether or not Buddhism is an actual religion since there is no god(s) in the beliefs and is sometimes referred to as being more a philosophy which may be a reason why Buddhism is more understandable for me (I love Philosophy xD). The idea of the religion is to move along the path to enlightenment through morality, meditation and wisdom. The whole point is go through self discovery. There are four noble truths - which are known as Dhama meaning "truth" - ;
- The truth of suffering (Dukkha)
- The truth of the origin of suffering (Samudāya)
- The truth of the cessation of suffering (Nirodha)
- The truth of the path to the cessation of suffering (Magga)
All those truths are relative and I actually believe in them which is something (: Buddhists also follow the idea of reincarnation, which I also happen to believe in just differently to the religion, and there are 6 realms in which a soul can be reborn; heaven, humanity, titans, hungry ghosts, animal and hell.
There's also 5 precepts, which are like the ten commandments:
- Do not kill.
- Do not steal.
- Do not lie.
- Do not misuse sex. For monks and nuns, this means any departure from complete celibacy. For the laity, adultery is forbidden, along with any sexual harassment or exploitation, including that within marriage. They also disagree with homosexuality.
- Do not consume alcohol or other drugs.
Then there's the eightfold path which I'd go into detail about but there's a lot to it hehe. Here's a diagram to show the basic meaning - sort of.
Well, that's pretty much the basics...
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