An Inside Look At Buddhism Essay

1180 words - 5 pages

Buddhism first started when a monk named, Siddhartha Gautama, was enlightened, over 2,500 years ago, and over 300 million people all over the world are Buddhists. For most Buddhists, Buddhism is a way of life, and less of a religion. Buddhism is made up by six important subjects: the four noble truths, the eightfold path, samsara, karma, rebirth, and nirvana. Buddhism has many teachings that need to be understood, and one of those teachings is that, everything is temporary and that nothing lasts forever. Many people suffer, it does not matter if they are rich or poor, known or unknown, they are all equal, but only through Buddhist teachings they can win true happiness.
Gautama showed his followers the way of the Buddha and that can be understood by following the Four Noble Truths, which is then followed by learning the Eightfold Path. The first truth tells us that life is pain; life contains discomfort and suffering for all people, not just one individual. The second truth is believed that suffering is produced by the desire and the hatred for unnecessary, inanimate objects and each other. So, in simpler terms that means, receiving what you want, will not make you happy, because there is always going to be something even better. The third truth lets us know that pain can be healed in time and that pleasure can be achieved; that is saying that, if we give these useless items and ideas, and learn to live each day without the use of technology, then we can become happy. Then we will have more time to help others and do things we need to do in order to survive the right way. The fourth truth is the fact that the Eightfold Path is the way that will lead us to enlightenment and to be one with the universe (White).
The Eightfold Path wants us to be righteous and true to our word, training our minds to be enlightened and to gain the answers we so desperately look for, but we can obtain this information by accepting the Four Noble Truths and increasing our love for others, even strangers (White). The Eightfold Path has eight parts of the path that are separated into three parts of the Buddhism practice, and they are moral conduct, mental discipline, and wisdom. We do not have to accomplish one after the other in the numerical order, but they are to be achieved at the same time, knowing the capability of each person. They all need to be connected and each needs to help the other. It would be more helpful and a clear understanding of the Path, and if we arrange them according to the three essential elements (Rahula).
Buddhists believe that we are enclosed in a circle of life. They believe that people are born again many times, and every time you are reborn again is a new chance to reach nirvana, and when they reach nirvana, they can be free from suffering or the business of being. Buddhists think that we cannot know, but most individuals may be reborn in different forms. It may be like a person, or an animal or even a plant. Rebirth could be in a...

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