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This 5 page paper provides an overview of the nature of Buddhism and the view of Buddhism as a way of achieving wisdom. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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rather a path toward enlightenment" (231). It also holds to the idea that all individual people are, at their core, basically good and that it is possible for all beings
to achieve enlightenment but that they have to choose to "walk" the metaphorical Buddhist path that can lead to enlightenment (Alarid and Wang 231). Alarid and Wang elaborate on this
idea when they write: "The Buddhas doctrine is a vehicle to help people cross the river of life from the shore of ignorance, desire, and suffering, to the other shore
of transcendental wisdom (enlightenment)" (Alarid and Wang 231). Having reached such a state of being allows for a person to be free from both longing and misery (Alarid and Wang
231). This then means that anyone who follows the path of enlightenment and shared what they have learned may be considered to be a Buddha. Definitions idealism:
idealism is a term related to philosophical inquiry, that relates in Buddhism to the significance of the conceptual view of the ideal, one that is mental and spiritual in nature.
materialism: materialism is base don the belief that the mind and brain are interconnected and if the brain stops functioning, the mind (or spirit) no longer exists.
Buddhists believe that the mind is non-physical and is reborn in another form after the brain dies. pragmatism: pragmatic philosophy is based on action, rather than on materialism,
rationalism or idealism. ontology: ontology is based on the belief in what is real, provable and demonstrable. Buddhism and Wisdom Buddhism was founded by
Siddhartha Gautama, born in Lumbini (Napal) in 563 BCE. When he was 29 years of age Siddhartha Gautama left his family and life behind so he could seek out the
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