Tradition
Buddhism
Era · ~500 BCE — presentRegion · India → East & Southeast Asia → global
The path of the Buddha — Siddhartha Gautama's diagnosis of suffering (dukkha), its cause (craving), its cessation (nibbana), and the practical eightfold path to that liberation.
Core beliefs
- 01The Four Noble Truths: suffering, its cause, its end, and the path.
- 02Anatta: no fixed, separate self.
- 03Anicca: all things are impermanent.
- 04Karuna (compassion) and metta (loving-kindness) as the felt face of awakening.
Practices
- Meditation (samatha, vipassana, zazen)
- The Eightfold Path
- Mindfulness
- Loving-kindness practice
- Refuge in the Three Jewels
Key figures
- · Gautama Buddha
- · Nagarjuna
- · Bodhidharma
- · Thich Nhat Hanh
- · the Dalai Lama
Bridges to other traditions
- Sunyata (emptiness) ↔ Ein Sof ↔ apophatic God
- Bodhicitta ↔ agape ↔ karuna
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