Buddhist principles
Noble truths, detachment
Buddhist principles are the core teachings of Buddhism, centered on ending suffering through understanding its causes.
The Four Noble Truths identify suffering, its origin in craving, its cessation, and the path to liberation.
The Eightfold Path prescribes right understanding, intention, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration.
Other key principles include impermanence, non-self, and karma—the idea that actions have consequences across lifetimes.
- nonviolencePrincipled rejection of force
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- meditationFocused attention practice
- preceptsRules of conduct
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
Karma · impermanence · concentration · beginner's mind · Four Noble Truths · emptiness · mindfulness · present moment · ahimsa · enlightenment · generosity · letting go · liberation · Samsara · truthfulness · tranquility · right action · awareness
Buddhist principleshedonism
Pursuit of gratification
consumerism · materialism · acquisitiveness · greed · avarice
Buddhist principlesegoism
Doctrine of self-motivation
narcissism · self-aggrandizement · egotism · individualism · self-promotion
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