How should I answer the question,"why we were born", so that person who is unfamiliar with Buddhist’s principles can understand it easily?

Someone who is unfamiliar with Buddhist’s principles asked me the reason for why we were born. How should I answer this question so that he can understand it easily?

Someone asked me: the objective of maintaining the 8 precepts is to be celibate. If he is able to maintain the third precept, the other subordinate precepts such as the sixth, seventh, and eighth precepts, he does not need to maintain those. Is this tru

Someone asked me: the objective of maintaining the 8 precepts is to be celibate. If he is able to maintain the third precept, the other subordinate precepts such as the sixth, seventh, and eighth precepts, he does not need to maintain those. Is this true?

In the Arizona desert, Buddhists will embark on a three-year silent retreat

A Mind Invulnerable to Worldly Vicissitudes

The mind that is afraid or disappointed by Worldly Vicissitudes is worrisome that is might encounter something unpleasant or something that it is afraid of

Alms giving and Peace

Everyone’s goal of life can be classified into 3 levels : 3. Ultimate goal of life

An ultimate goal of life is aimed at the highest service for the greater good and for the benefit of everyone

Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta for Pursuers of Perfection # 1

In this Appendix we delve al little deeper into the meaning of the Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta. The Dhaamacakkapavattana Sutta itself is a very brief teaching because it serves merely as a reminder to listeners who were already well versed in the materials covered

Japan's new hi-tech 'graveyards'

The Mother of Great Kindness within the House

Buddhism contains teachings on ways to maintain a warm, gentle family that have been used as a reference by people for thousands of years

The Noble Truth of the Origin of Suffering # 2

The Lord Buddha taught that the extent of craving in the minds of living beings is so great as to be beyond words