meme

Mar 29, 2007 19:32

Stolen from Alex:  Ok, usually I don't post these things, but I have a reason.  I'll post my results first.:

You scored as Buddhism. Your beliefs most closely resemble those of Buddhism. Do more research on Buddhism and possibly consider becoming Buddhist, if you are not already.

In Buddhism, there are Four Noble Truths: (1) Life is suffering. (2) All suffering is caused by ignorance of the nature of reality and the craving, attachment, and grasping that result from such ignorance. (3) Suffering can be ended by overcoming ignorance and attachment. (4) The path to the suppression of suffering is the Noble Eightfold Path, which consists of right views, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right-mindedness, and right contemplation. These eight are usually divided into three categories that base the Buddhist faith: morality, wisdom, and samadhi, or concentration. In Buddhism, there is no hierarchy, nor caste system; the Buddha taught that one's spiritual worth is not based on birth.

That whole schpiel about suffering?  It's a mistranslation from the original language.  A better translation would be something along the lines of "malcontentedness."  It makes alot more sense for malcontentedness to be caused by materialism and attachment than suffering, don't you think?  I thought so.

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