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Suffering in Buddhism
Comparison Essay # 19066
Suffering in Buddhism
A comparison of the ideas on the role of suffering in human life from Hinayana and Mahayana Buddhism.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages) |
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1991
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"This study will examine the Buddhist perception of suffering, specifically the attitude taken toward suffering by Hinayana and Mahayana Buddhism.The differences between the two schools of Mahayana and Hinayana have less to do with the perception of the nature of suffering than with the prescribed ways to escape suffering. Both Mahayana and Hinayana schools see suffering as a condition created by illusionary beliefs on the part of human beings. On the other hand, they approach the problem of suffering from entirely different viewpoints, offering opposing ways of escaping the miseries caused by illusion.
Generally, both schools see suffering as the result of man's belief in the permanence of life and its fleeting moments. As we read in Ross, "The Buddha was . . . not unaware that the ordinary..."
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Suffering in Buddhism (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Comparison-Essay-Suffering-in-Buddhism/19066
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"Suffering in Buddhism" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Comparison-Essay-Suffering-in-Buddhism/19066>
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