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#1 )) Name: Anonymous @ 2020-12-22 04:49

Are you familiar with Buddhism, or curious about it? Do you practice Buddhism?

Buddhism in a nutshell: there is suffering in life. suffering is caused by attachment. Suffering can be overcome, and is overcame by living and thinking in a logical, compassionate way.

The older school of thought, Theravada, has a great English-language website put together:
> http://accesstoinsight.org

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#1,7 )) Name: Anonymous @ 2020-12-30 19:37 🌎 0chan

whats different between buddhism & notbuddhism?

#1,8 )) Name: Anonymous @ 2021-01-01 05:10 🌎 0chan

Why would I want to follow Buddhism over hedonism?

#2 )) Name: Anonymous @ 2021-01-01 10:22

In the western world founded on Christianity, it is difficult to accept and internalize the concept of karma; it ultimately clashes with the christian compassion idea. If a person suffers from poverty or even illness, it's their karma; to help them is not automatically an act of compassion. This is difficult even for non-Christians because the opposite is taken for granted in the West.

#3 )) Name: Anonymous @ 2021-01-07 08:34

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Buddhism seeks the liberation from suffering for all sentient creatures, so how could compassion be viewed as a wrong? A monk is even supposed to have compassion for a gang of sadists who kidnap him, torture him, and slay him, according to the dhamma.

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