Buddhism Briefing
Everyone will be talking about Tiger Woods’ public apology tonight, and if you haven’t seen or heard it, first of all, you’re not missing anything, second of all, a quick Google search will give you what you need. One item that will likely be discussed as well is Tiger’s mention of returning to Buddhist traditions.1
Say what? You better know your Buddhism before tonight or you’ll be forced to sit silently and smile while everyone else dissects Tiger’s speech word for word. A whole religion can’t be summed up in one simple post, but here are a few bullet points on Buddhism to get you through the night:
- It’s the fourth largest religion in the world.
- Reincarnation is a fundamental belief.
- Buddhist’s follow Four Noble Truths, which involve a deep understanding of the cycle of suffering.
- Prajna is the practice of discernment, insight, wisdom, and enlightenment – this is at the core of Buddhism and is expanded on in something they call the Eightfold Path.
- It’s a non-theistic religion, which means Buddhists don’t pray to a deity or claim that their religion began from a higher power.
- The Buddha is merely a special human being who fulfilled his highest human potential.2
If the above statements don’t help you enough, then follow the links below. Or, just bring up that whack job who ran his plane into an office building in Texas the other day.
Read on:
ReligiousTolerance.org – Buddhism
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