Karvana Case Study
1) Explain and evaluate the notions of Karma, samsara, and Nirvana?
a) We know karma to be a chain of causes and necessary consequences in the world of human actions. Karma is the urge we have of doing something based on our previous actions or behavior. I believe the world has negative and positive energy. For example; an individual soul consists of negative and positive energy, which for a normal person, is balanced out. Therefore, what goes around comes around. In life we choose whether to listen and act upon certain urges or ignore it. I do not believe karma predetermine our future. Karma is the reason why things occur in our lives, based on the actions we have done. Karma is not built upon a distinct action but the accumulation of our conduct and actions.
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Atman refers to the spirit of each individual living thing. Each living thing such as people, animals, and plants has an atman that forms an everlasting essence. The body houses the atman until the body dies. Atman is immortal and eternal. Brahman is the endless essence of the universe and the ultimate divine reality. It is the life foundation of all that has been. Brahman is not an individual being. More like the original ground or reality of all being and existence.
3) Explain the Buddha’s four noble truths. Is he correct in his view? Buddha’s four noble truths are suffering, the causes of suffering (ex. ignorance, attachment to things), the existence of salvation, which is nirvana, and the path to nirvana. The four noble truths basically state that suffering exists. The noble truths involve the way you live, speak, and act. In a sense of “practicing what you preach." Without it there will empty theory and lies. The way you challenge and regard your suffering you will learn from it, and the way you train your mind to release it.
4) Explain and evaluate the “Eight Fold Path”. Is this a reasonable philosophy for
a) We know karma to be a chain of causes and necessary consequences in the world of human actions. Karma is the urge we have of doing something based on our previous actions or behavior. I believe the world has negative and positive energy. For example; an individual soul consists of negative and positive energy, which for a normal person, is balanced out. Therefore, what goes around comes around. In life we choose whether to listen and act upon certain urges or ignore it. I do not believe karma predetermine our future. Karma is the reason why things occur in our lives, based on the actions we have done. Karma is not built upon a distinct action but the accumulation of our conduct and actions.
b) Samsara …show more content…
Atman refers to the spirit of each individual living thing. Each living thing such as people, animals, and plants has an atman that forms an everlasting essence. The body houses the atman until the body dies. Atman is immortal and eternal. Brahman is the endless essence of the universe and the ultimate divine reality. It is the life foundation of all that has been. Brahman is not an individual being. More like the original ground or reality of all being and existence.
3) Explain the Buddha’s four noble truths. Is he correct in his view? Buddha’s four noble truths are suffering, the causes of suffering (ex. ignorance, attachment to things), the existence of salvation, which is nirvana, and the path to nirvana. The four noble truths basically state that suffering exists. The noble truths involve the way you live, speak, and act. In a sense of “practicing what you preach." Without it there will empty theory and lies. The way you challenge and regard your suffering you will learn from it, and the way you train your mind to release it.
4) Explain and evaluate the “Eight Fold Path”. Is this a reasonable philosophy for