The Value of Enlightenment

Buddhism teaches us about suffering and troubles. Our ignorance and delusion causes both of these. In order to overcome these there are many teachings, such as the Eightfold Path: to understand rightly, to consider rightly, to observe rightly, and so on. This is a practice for approaching enlightenment. The teachings of enlightenment can change your ideas or point of view, and as a result can change your values. Changing your values means that as you mature, you grow to value spirituality over materialism. It is just like growing children who eventually become adults – when they are young they derive their joy from toys, but as they get older their joy starts to come from invisible things, such as art, music, or spiritual pleasure. I would like to invite you to consider the value of enlightenment.

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