ABOUT BUDDHISM

Four (4) Noble Truths
1. There is suffering.
2. There is a cause of suffering.
3. There is the cessation of suffering.
4. There is a path leading to the cessation of suffering.

Noble Eight Fold Path
1. Right View
2. Right Intention
3. Right Speech
4. Right Action
5. Right Livelihood
6. Right Effort
7. Right Mindfulness
8. Right Concentration

Buddhist Teachings
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage."

"Not to commit any sin, to do good, and to purify one's mind, that is the teaching of (all) the Awakened."

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him."

"For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule."

Recommended Reading

The Four Noble Truths:  The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 1, by Geshe Tashi Tsering

The Noble Eight-Fold Path:  Way to the End of Suffering, by Bhikkhu Bodhi

What the Buddha Taught, by Walpola Rahula

Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki