What_Does_Buddhism_Teach

What Does Buddhism Teach What Does Buddhism Teach, and How Does It Differ From Christianity' Legend tells us that Buddha was a powerful young prince who gave up his earthly position and possessions in order to seek enlightenment and salvation. Buddha lived in India approximately 600 years before Christ. He was concerned with the terrible things that were being done within the Hindu tradition, so he developed his own religious system. Buddha taught that the question of God’s existence is meaningless. His conception of salvation is radically different than that taught by Christianity. Buddha believed in reincarnation. He taught that every evil thing we do ties us more tightly to the cycle of rebirth. Buddha taught that a person can escape the cycle of reincarnation and enter nirvana only by following the "Noble Eight-fold Path", a strict ethical system. Buddhist teachings include dedication to meditation. Meditation involves emptying one’s mind of all content and learning to drift away from a consciousness of this world. Thus, it is part of the process by which a Buddhist frees himself from the attachments to this world and the cycle of reincarnation. We should not confuse nirvana with heaven, however. buddha, world, taught, reincarnation, nirvana, existence, cycle, buddhist, salvation, order, god, christianity, buddhism, ultimate, system, suffering, simply, provides, out, need, meditation, god#8217s, flame, evil, escape, different, christ, being, young, years, work, within, whether, very, tradition, tightly