| Buddha's core teachings are about enlightenment or | | | | Buddha after being enlightened and attaining nirvana. |
| awakening as the result of one's own experience. | | | | 1.) Life is suffering: It is life's unsolicited partner, such as |
| According to Buddhism, enlightenment can free a | | | | old age, diseases, death, and pain. There are more |
| person from craving or desire, suffering and rebirth. | | | | things that cause our suffering like people we love and |
| The freedom is only achieved through self discipline, | | | | people we hate, unfulfilled desire and other worries |
| knowledge and meditation. The teaching is necessary | | | | brought about by everyday existence. |
| to live a joyful life with love and compassion to others | | | | 2.) Desire Causes of Suffering: The Buddha said that |
| which is a proof of being enlightened. | | | | people suffer because of wrong desires and lack of |
| There are two main objectives of Buddhism | | | | knowledge of the consequences (karma) of the |
| 1.) Learn the teachings of Buddha. | | | | harmful things they do. People seem to be always |
| 2.) Learn to know oneself (who we are). | | | | short of contentment and fail to be happy because |
| First we need to learn the teachings before it can be | | | | they never feel satisfied with they have. |
| put to use. When we learn to discover ourselves | | | | 3.) How to End Suffering: The teaching is about cutting |
| through the teachings applied to our daily living; that is | | | | off suffering by giving up unnecessary desires, live |
| the time we get to disregard the undesirable feelings | | | | what is in you and be happy without the injured past |
| of desire, anger, fear and jealousy and bring out the | | | | and without so much foresight to the future. We are |
| part in us which is free from all those sufferings, | | | | more likely to end up disappointed if we expect |
| perfect like the Buddha in nature. | | | | something we do not have. |
| While the two main objectives are in force, there are | | | | 4.) The Path to the end of Suffering: This is known in |
| important spiritual lessons about Buddha teachings. | | | | another teaching as the Noble Eightfold Path or the |
| They are: | | | | Middle way. |
| - The Four Noble Truths | | | | 5.) The Noble Eightfold Path |
| - The Noble Eightfold Path | | | | The Eightfold Noble Path needs the practice of |
| The only surviving early Buddhist Canon contains the | | | | meditation. We seek to attain self control, give up |
| Four Noble Truths which were the first teachings of | | | | personal will, greed, or desire. |