Just as compassion is the wish that all sentient beings be free of suffering, loving-kindness is the wish that all may enjoy happiness.” The Buddha gave many teachings on the importance of ...

The article explores the inevitability of suffering in life and how it can lead to personal growth and empathy. Drawing on ...

In the Four Noble Truths the Buddha taught that suffering comes from craving. He said that the strongest form of craving was sexual attraction, and that family life left less time for meditation ...

The Buddha's teachings (or Buddha Dhamma) emphasize the deep interconnection between body and mind, both as a source of ...

Buddhism is a "wisdom tradition," meaning that it is based on the realizations or insights of the historical Buddha and that it holds that all suffering and even the suffering of death are related to ...

Biographies of the Buddha describe how young Prince Siddhartha became disillusioned with the fleeting luxuries of palace life. He eventually left home to find a cure for the inevitable suffering ...