I want to understand Buddhism

Hello friend,
I am from India where there are a lot of Buddhists. I really like the way they dress up.
coming to the point, the aim of Buddhism is to spread humanity, to love human beings and to be easy on animals. I know all the religions teach that but here, we do not have so many rituals as you have in Hinduism or in Islam. It is a simple religion to follow and asks you to lead a simple lifestyle.

Buddhism is not a religion but a discipline of though or philosophy. Buddhist have no Gods so to speak but teachers. The purpose of Buddhism is to find peace and harmony in all and elevate the mind to pure thought and unlike the religions that teach a heaven, the purpose of Buddhist I believe is to ascend to a higher consciousness. Buddhism had its beginnings in Hinduism but long ago broke from the religious aspects of Hinduism and kept the school of thought that man could assend his mundane world into a harmony and peace with creation.

It is a facinating religion that I have done a bit of research on. I think that what will help you understand it the most in a very simple way is the simpsons episode "she of little faith"

type that title into google and it show be the 6th one down, on a site called wtso. Its a fantastic summary of the basics of Buddhism

Buddhism to me comes in a few different parts.

First, it teaches you how to understand your mind. Using the techniques of mindfulness, you learn to examine your motivations, to study your own reactions, desires, disappointments, sadness, suffering, joy, greed, etc. Mindfulness will help you understand where these emotions and motivations come from.

I found that using mindfulness (keeping yourself aware of your thoughts, and in the moment) helped me with unneeded mental anguish very quickly.

Then Buddhism helps you use mindfulness to understand the world around you. You learn to understand the way the world is, and accept it for what it really is. You also learn to accept yourself for the way your are, and those around you.

The goal of Buddhism is to eliminate extremes in emotion. The simplest way to express the core ideology of Buddhism is this: If you want something, and can't have it, you are disappointed", though most texts usually use the word "suffering" instead of disappointment. By slowly eliminated desires, first with little things, and things we can't change, we eliminate "suffering" from our lives.

That can be a little bit unsettling for some people, but don't worry. Buddhist don't expect you to just stop wanting things right away. I've been a Buddhist for a few years now, and I suspect I will still have desires that will cause me disappointment until the rest of my life, but I still feel that Buddhism is making my life better be reducing my disappointment through mindfulness.


Best of luck, and I'm sorry if any of this is confusing at all.

Try to practice these in your daily life. Just try.

1. Abstain from taking any lives.
2. Abstain from taking what is not yours.
3. Abstain from conducting sexual misconduct.
4. Abstain from telling lies.
5. Abstain from taking any intoxication. It is to keep a healthy mind.

Watch your mind.

Do good. Avoid evil.

hi i am from india..there are persons that follow buddhism..i read in history that this great religion originated from india and spread throughout the globe.. but i think there are not much buddhists here compared to the hindus
thanks for sharing
Arun

buddhism is the most scientific religion till the date yet it has not yet been fulfill all the spritiual needs of human.