Does Life Have Any True Meaning? Enlighten Us All.... ( Archived) (28)

that was of course my interpretation of Buddhist studies i made. On my facebook this just appeared so thought to share in case serious persons are following this thread

You have to check up. It’s your responsibility to know whether something is right or wrong. You can’t just say, “This is true because Buddha said, because God said.” Lord Buddha himself made that very clear.

He explained, “I teach the same thing differently because people’s minds are different. Since one explanation doesn’t fit all, I present my teachings in a graded, systematic order.” For example, while the Buddha taught more advanced students that there is no soul, he taught simpler ones that there was one. Why did he give such contradictory teachings? It was in order to prevent beginners from falling into a nihilistic extreme. Later on, when they were ready, he would also teach them that actually, there’s no such thing as a permanent, self-existent soul.

The conclusion is that Lord Buddha taught according to people’s individual psychology. Every teaching should be taken personally.

Lama Yeshe
in The Peaceful Stillness of the Silent Mind

DNA life was a big mistake.........creatures eating other creatures is absurd ......creatures should be eating sand.........

Silicon-Life?

I agree since beginningless time is without end.
"Does life have any true meaning"?
Yes, life has true meaning because we all have been creating suffering.
Sufferings we are able to learn from that can then be transformed into more positive activities thereby producing more happiness...like in Bhutanese Constitution set out path of "Gross National Happiness" e.g. (copy & paste)
[Bhutan's principles have been set in policy through the gross national happiness index, based on equitable social development, cultural preservation, conservation of the environment and promotion of good governance.]!
end copy & paste.

Benefiting others is a path taught by the Buddha ('s) it is a philosophy / path, directed towards ceasing the causes of our sufferings. Teachings that guide our understanding towards extinguishing the causes of our sufferings, including those sufferings that we have all in the past time engaged in that caused others suffering.
Logic and reason explaining the nature of sufferings...offering antidote's for our ills..and directed towards assisting us in not just this one life time but our future lives to.
The word enlightenment in Tibetan Mahayana view translates as going beyond.
Its my understanding an enlightened being that has gone beyond, ceased creating the causes for suffering rebirth.