Buddhism

Buddhism

Introduction

The founder of Buddhism is Gautama Buddha Shakyamuni. He was born as a royal prince in 624 BC in a place called Lumbini, which was initially in northern India but is now part of Nepal. Shakya is the title of the royal family into which he was born, and Muni means “able one.” His parents provided him the name “Siddhartha,” and there were many wonderful propositions about his future. In his early years, he lived as a prince in his royal palace, but when he was 29 years old, he left the comforts of his home to seek the meaning of the suffering he saw around him. After 6 years of arduous yogic training, he abandoned the way of self-mortification and instead sat in mindful meditation beneath a bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya, India [1].

On the full moon of May, with the rising of the forenoon celebrity, Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha, the enlightened one. For the next 45 years, the Buddha wandered northeastern India, teaching the Dharma or path that he had realized in that moment of enlightenment.

The philosophical foundation of Buddhism is the theory of Dharmas. According to that theory, all that is, all nature, is a single stream, a whirlwind consisting of elements (atoms). The life span of an element is infinitesimal or momentary, and everything that consists of them will sooner or later cease to exist, but that which really exists cannot cease. Therefore, all phenomena of nature, both material and spiritual, cannot be called genuinely real being. The elements have their carrier, Dharma, the eternal and immutable substance, which is the genuinely real being or essence of all phenomena. Nirvana is the supreme aim[1].

Discussion

Soon after his enlightenment, the Buddha had a dream in which he saw the human race as a bed of lotus flowers. Some of the lotuses were deep inside in the mud, others were emerging from it, and others again were on the point of blooming. In other words, all people have the ability to unfold their potential and attain enlightenment, though some need just a little help to do so. So, the Buddha decided to teach, and all of the teachings of Buddhism may be seen as attempts to fulfill this vision: to help people grow toward enlightenment.

Buddhism sees life as a process of unchanging change, and its practices aim to take benefit of this fact. It means that one can change for the better [2]. The decisive component in altering oneself is the brain, and Buddhism has developed numerous procedures for employed on the mind. Buddhists practice meditation, which is the most important method of developing a more positive state of mind that is characterized by calm, concentration, awareness, and emotions such as compassion, love, and friendliness. Using the awareness developed in meditation, it is possible to have a fuller understanding of oneself, other people, and of life itself; love, friendliness, and compassion, however, are the Buddhist way of life[2]

First of all, Buddha taught the first Wheel of ...