The Buddha teaching is meant
to carry man to peace, happiness, and ultimate bliss/Nirvana.
The core premise of Buddhism
is to be enthusiastic, energetic, calm, and balanced throughout life regardless
of hostilities that may be around, “…He is calm and serene and cannot be upset
or dismayed by changes” (19). When a person has a strong sense of Self this
leaves space for suffering because attachment to one owns identity causes pain
when change occurs. A person can believe hardship is the universe being against
them, but in truth the universe isn’t for or against anything, death and
rebirth is a part of change that must occur. Like a plant grows, it is flexible
to the environments because it knows that to reach its fullest potent is must
adapt or die. Attachment to ideologies on how life should be for a person is
the leading reason for deep pain because nothing is permanent. Nor should be
because the Self that a person is today will not be tomorrow so there is no
relevancy is attaching oneself to any ideology on Self.
. “…Consciousness depends on
matter, sensation, perception, and mental formations and that it cannot exist
with it…” (18), is a truth according to the Buddha yoga. The essence or soul of
a person is only a combination of every-changing physical and mental forces
that flow through and out of a person’s identity. A Buddhist accepts the conditions
and environment in which they live in. Everything is empty ready to be filled
up and then poured out again. It is important to not waste time on metaphysical
pursuits. A person’s focus should be on being joyous in this life and not
worrying about what is beyond this life. A Buddhist should not be concerned
with ownership over things because a person is not here to own pleasures on
Earth, but to co-create with Earth. Overall, the Buddhist religion accepts the
world the way it knowing that everything changes and pursuing joy through
simplicity and kindness.
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