Buddhism

Buddhism To summarise, once we are able to recognise what suffering really is, then we can start to remove its causes. To stop these activities that have no merits, we have to “dig out the root of defilement” (Cush, 1994). To eradicate personal defilement, one needs to remove their heart, which is this belief in a self. If one does that, then one will eventually come to realise the wisdom of non-self. Through understanding “the absence of a self, we should no longer create bad actions and bring an end to the whole process of ruining ourselves,” (Francesconni, 2001) and this is the cessation or end to suffering. We begin to see a prevailing optimism in Buddhism that the human spirit, with the right understanding of the self, can begin to make themselves pure of thought. The fourth noble truth is the path leading to the end of suffering. To achieve this, one must progressively go step by step, stage by stage in order to complete their journey. The Noble Eightfold Path is the set of actions and attitudes that can lead to the cessation of suffering. The eightfold path can be thought of as simply the Buddha’s handbook for attaining buddhism, one, suffering, siddhartha, path, self, clark, brown, pure, enlightened, end, born, belief, understanding, throughout, through, thought, taoism, step, state, stage, spirit, should, several, remove, religion, palace, out, noble, mystical, india, however, first, experience, enlightenment