The Buddha's Message Essay Questions

Christopher W. Gowans

1. What kinds of desires, if any, does the Third Noble Truth allow us to retain? Why?

 

2. Compare and contrast Buddha’s moral teachings with those of Aristotle, J. S. Mill, Immanuel Kant, or Virginia Held. In particular, consider both the goals and the content of Buddha’s moral philosophy.

 

3. How can Nibbāna be “a state of selfless existence” without being a “state of absolute nothingness”? That is, if the enlightened person does not dissolve into nothingness upon achieving Nibbāna, how can Nibbāna be a selfless existence?

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