Because of the focus on spiritual growth and selflessness in Buddhism, practitioners of the religion are at odds with the values of the world around them. For people to live in harmony it is imperative that one understand why Buddhists give up material wealth, live a strict lifestyle, and cut ties with loved ones to participate in their religion the way that they do. ... Compared with these, how unstable and fleeting are the joys of sexual love, or winning a lottery. ... Though the rigidity of the Buddhist religion may seem impossible for people outside of the religion to comprehend it is i...

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One must also perform selfless acts of duty and service for the good of others and the community. ... Also, like Bhraman can take multiple forms, there are multiple forms for one to show their love for their god. ... In the Bhakti mode one must be selfless and affectionate and work only for the sake of Bhraman. ... In the final stage one neither hates nor loves anything. ...

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However, he is still different from other people by his inability to love. ... Selflessness becomes very valuable for him. ... He says that his soul has been sick for so long due to his inability to love. ... Hindu view is in contrast to this idea in twofold way: love is seeing as devotion to Brahman/Atman and knowledge (not love) is the way to liberation. ... The greatest source of Buddha message we can find in the Siddhartha's words: " But I think it is only important to love the world, not to despite it, not for us to hate each other, but to be able to regard the world and ourselves a...

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Ethical conduct is based primarily on the concept of universal love and compassion for all living things. ... Right Thought is thinking only selflessly, filling thoughts with love and non-violence. ...

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Also if looking at the Noble Eightfold Path and their brief explanations, which Buddha gives, it is not hard to realize that in short, Buddha is telling people to change their negative views and doings to positive, change hatred to love etc. ... Just from this I was able to conclude that Mahayana teachings are rather selfless and are there for the good of all of the people, i.e. the more people follow Buddhism the faster will all beings reach liberation from the sufferings of the world. ...

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