Beliefs

In general, Buddhists believe:

• We are all responsible for our own actions.
• Unwholesome actions eventually bring negative results; wholesome actions eventually bring positive results.
• We are all responsible for our own happiness.
• Humans have the ability, with their own effort, to give up greed and hatred and delusion.
• True happiness doesn’t come from our material possessions.

Specifically, they believe

• The Buddha, named Gautama, discovered the true nature of reality.
• He discovered the cause of suffering, craving, and the way to end it.
• With this understanding, he attained enlightenment, completely removing the roots of greed, hatred, and delusion from his mind.
• He taught these truths to the world and this information is still available to us today.
• By practicing these teachings, others have also completely ended suffering in their lives.

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