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scriptures are treated by many Western scholars as the main credible source for information
regarding the actual historical teachings of Gautama Buddha. Just what and who that Buddha was,
and the range of his teachings, is of course a matter of interpretation and belief: was the Buddha a
great man (basically human), or an earthly projection of a higher cosmic being who fills space and
time (as many Mahayana Buddhists believe)? No historical research can prove such a point either
way.
The following points are the a few of the fundamentals of the teachings attributed to Gautama
Buddha:
• The Four Noble Truths: that suffering is an inherent part of existence; that the origin of
suffering is ignorance and the main symptoms of that ignorance are attachment and
craving; that attachment and craving can be ceased; and that following the Noble Eightfold
Path will lead to the cessation of attachment and craving and therefore suffering.
• The Noble Eightfold Path: right understanding, right thought, right speech, right action,
right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.
• Dependent origination: that any phenomenon 'exists' only because of the ‘existence’ of
other phenomena in a complex web of cause and effect covering time past, present and
future. Because all things are thus conditioned and transient (anicca), they have no real
independent identity (anatta).
• Anicca (Sanskrit: anitya): That all things are impermanent.
• Anatta (Sanskrit: anātman): That the perception of a constant "self" is an illusion.
• Dukkha (Sanskrit: duḥkha): That all beings suffer from all situations due to unclear mind.
However, in some Mahayana schools, these points have come to be regarded as more or less
subsidiary. There is some disagreement amongst various schools of Buddhism over more esoteric
aspects of Buddha's teachings, and also over some of the disciplinary rules for monks.
According to tradition, the Buddha emphasized ethics and correct understanding. He questioned
the average person's notions of divinity and salvation. He stated that gods are subjected to karma
themselves; and the Buddha is solely a guide and teacher for the sentient beings who must tread
the path of Nirvāṇa (Pāli: Nibbāna) themselves to attain the spiritual awakening called bodhi and
see truth and reality as it is. The Buddhist system of insight and meditation practice is not believed
to have been revealed divinely, but by the understanding of the true nature of the mind, which
must be discovered by personally treading a spiritual path guided by the Buddha's teachings.
Language
It is unknown what language or languages the Buddha spoke, and no conclusive documentation
has been made at this point. However, some modern scholars, primarily philologists, believe it is
most likely that the Buddha spoke some form or forms of a vulgate then current in eastern India,
Mâgadhî Prakrit.
See also
• Iconography of the Buddha
• Buddha as an Avatar of Vishnu
• Buddha as viewed in other religions
• Buddhahood
• List of the 28 Buddhas
• Maitreya Buddha (Future Buddha)
• Physical characteristics of the Buddha
References
1. ^ Buddha