Question

Based on the story of Siddhartha Gautama’s journey, what are the core tenets (beliefs) of Buddhism? You must use ALL of the words in the box below in your answer.
suffering

Prince Siddhartha

Buddha

Ascetic

Enlightened One

meditation

middle path

Answer 1

Answer:

The basic doctrines of early Buddhism, which remain common to all Buddhism, include the four noble truths: existence is suffering (dukhka); suffering has a cause, namely craving and attachment (trishna); there is a cessation of suffering, which is nirvana; and there is a path to the cessation of suffering, the eightfold path of right views, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration. Buddhism characteristically describes reality in terms of process and relation rather than entity or substance.