Important Practices and Customs
- Buddhists aim to achieve enlightenment through meditation, mindfulness, and following the Eightfold Path, which includes right understanding, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.
- Many Buddhists are vegetarian as part of their commitment to non-violence and compassion toward all living beings.
- Buddhists do not believe in a creator god but follow the Buddha’s teachings to achieve spiritual awakening.
- It is common to see monks and nuns wearing simple robes, representing renunciation of worldly desires and a commitment to spiritual practice.
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