Buddhists are encouraged to protect life, including the lives of animals, which is said to create karmic causes for a long life in this and future lives, as well as good health, a pleasing appearance and a favorable rebirth.
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The Buddha taught that, contrary to appearances, the source of happiness lies within our own minds.
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Duhkha is often translated as suffering, and so it’s understandable that most people assume duhkha is limited to the physical and mental suffering that we all experience.
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A long, long time ago as a bodhisattva, Maitreya specialized in the meditation on great love. He meditated on great love continually.
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The ethical foundation of Buddhist practice is to benefit others as much as we can and if we can’t do that, at least to not harm them.
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Without denying that beings have the capacity to do horrific things, Buddhists believe that no being—ordinary or supernatural — is all bad or inherently evil.
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