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Explain Buddhism in 5 words

PoetPhilosopher

PoetPhilosopher

Veteran Member
I wanted to know more about Buddhism, but sometimes about 5 words is my attention span. So, explain Buddhism in 5 words. What could go wrong?
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Snow White said:
I wanted to know more about Buddhism, but sometimes about 5 words is my attention span. So, explain Buddhism in 5 words. What could go wrong?
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Interesting challenge!

I agree with many of the posts so far.

My offering would be:

Compassion will make you happier.

Seriously, though - f you really want to learn more about Buddhism there is a load on the web - hard to know where to start.

Just off the top of my head try Pema Chodron's site. She is a Buddhist nun and has written some popular books. You can get a bunch of her stuff at this site - the pdf file alone is worth a look and it is perfectly free. Pema writes a lot about the need to be kind to yourself so that you can then be kinder towards friends & enemies & strangers.

Here is her site -

Articles

Enjoy the rest of your browsing!

:)
 
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