Part 1: Buddhism
The goal of this paper is to analyze 1 of the 10 major fundamental questions we have gone through in class. Excerpts from the book Anthology of World Scriptures by Robert E. Van Voorst will be used in this paper.
Solution:
The question of Solution addresses what if anything, can be done to fix the world and humanity.
In Buddhism, their religion is based on the “life and teaching of the Indian sage Siddhartha Gotma, The enlightened one, or Buddha.” In this religion, they believe that people can overcome the misery of the world and reach their own “Buddha status by a process of mental and moral purification. They believe through the Eightfold path they will be able to truly reach enlightenment. The eightfold path is divided …show more content…
These three steps are a part of Moral Discipline. The three steps in this are Right speech, Right conduct or action, and Right livelihood. For a person or disciple to achieve right speech they must watch their words they use and seek to avoid deceptive and uncharitable speech. In Right speech, the disciple should not tell lies and “refrain from using abusive speech.” The Buddhist see idle chatter and gossip as bad and they see it as a waste of time. When people have idle chatter, they don’t really ever say anything to each other most just say hi and continue with their day, if you do have a conversation with someone that is passing by it usually isn’t very memorable or heartfelt. Right conduct or action is the next part in this division. To achieve this step, you must be morally obligated in your everyday life by saying this you need to respect other people and their property and live charitably. You should also “not take a life, not steal, and being chaste.” Right Livelihood is the last part to this second division and it states that you should not go for a job that would cause harm to others, not living for the fortune and living free from luxury, making sure everyone is unharmed, and helping mankind in any way possible. Throughout this division of the eightfold path the disciples are supposed to learn about morality and how to live morally and purely and how to protect …show more content…
A worldview is our most basic assumption about the nature of reality and it helps us explain our world and it also helps guide our actions. In order for a question to fundamental it must be historically perennial, conceptually foundational, and existentially inescapable. To determine if a fundamental question or FQ is actually fundamental we use the world views test. A world view test makes sure that the FQ is justified, logically consistent, explains the info with great evidence and has a wide range of evidence, is plausible, and is existentially
The goal of this paper is to analyze 1 of the 10 major fundamental questions we have gone through in class. Excerpts from the book Anthology of World Scriptures by Robert E. Van Voorst will be used in this paper.
Solution:
The question of Solution addresses what if anything, can be done to fix the world and humanity.
In Buddhism, their religion is based on the “life and teaching of the Indian sage Siddhartha Gotma, The enlightened one, or Buddha.” In this religion, they believe that people can overcome the misery of the world and reach their own “Buddha status by a process of mental and moral purification. They believe through the Eightfold path they will be able to truly reach enlightenment. The eightfold path is divided …show more content…
These three steps are a part of Moral Discipline. The three steps in this are Right speech, Right conduct or action, and Right livelihood. For a person or disciple to achieve right speech they must watch their words they use and seek to avoid deceptive and uncharitable speech. In Right speech, the disciple should not tell lies and “refrain from using abusive speech.” The Buddhist see idle chatter and gossip as bad and they see it as a waste of time. When people have idle chatter, they don’t really ever say anything to each other most just say hi and continue with their day, if you do have a conversation with someone that is passing by it usually isn’t very memorable or heartfelt. Right conduct or action is the next part in this division. To achieve this step, you must be morally obligated in your everyday life by saying this you need to respect other people and their property and live charitably. You should also “not take a life, not steal, and being chaste.” Right Livelihood is the last part to this second division and it states that you should not go for a job that would cause harm to others, not living for the fortune and living free from luxury, making sure everyone is unharmed, and helping mankind in any way possible. Throughout this division of the eightfold path the disciples are supposed to learn about morality and how to live morally and purely and how to protect …show more content…
A worldview is our most basic assumption about the nature of reality and it helps us explain our world and it also helps guide our actions. In order for a question to fundamental it must be historically perennial, conceptually foundational, and existentially inescapable. To determine if a fundamental question or FQ is actually fundamental we use the world views test. A world view test makes sure that the FQ is justified, logically consistent, explains the info with great evidence and has a wide range of evidence, is plausible, and is existentially