What is Buddhism's views on smoking?
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well i apologise in advance if these sharings were to mislead anyone which i have no intention to do so. there are many many riches, leisure, power & wealth & come back to square one, i'll still abandon them.
it's a good sign that alot of countries are looking into smoking as unhealthy for the environment & people. why must be buddhism's view? buddhist are also human / nature / being sharing the same earth, air, water & resources. if one were to look at everything as equal then there's no alienating one another as this faith & that faith. we have feelings, senses to feel & empathise with everyone else. if it's not healthy & its a suffering for you then it will also be as suffering for others. -
can i have ur wealthOriginally posted by paperflower:well i apologise in advance if these sharings were to mislead anyone which i have no intention to do so. there are many many riches, leisure, power & wealth & come back to square one, i'll still abandon them.
it's a good sign that alot of countries are looking into smoking as unhealthy for the environment & people. why must be buddhism's view? buddhist are also human / nature / being sharing the same earth, air, water & resources. if one were to look at everything as equal then there's no alienating one another as this faith & that faith. we have feelings, senses to feel & empathise with everyone else. if it's not healthy & its a suffering for you then it will also be as suffering for others. -
you want it for what 1st?Originally posted by Cenarious:can i have ur wealth
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deja vu.Originally posted by Cenarious:can i have ur wealth
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so that i dont have to workOriginally posted by paperflower:you want it for what 1st? -
Going by the principles of karma, you would if you intentionally blew smoke into the face of non-smokers.Originally posted by NUS_Superst@r:Pls. If I smoke, will I have bad karma?
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noOriginally posted by An Eternal Now:deja vu.
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That's kind of similar to my view as well.Originally posted by NUS_Superst@r:Okay, I summarise all your points.
What Buddhism views it as nothing more than a bad habit, not something desirable but it is neither wrong or right. It is just like other bad habits such as drinking, watching porn. -
we can talk and summarize until the cows come home, fact is, we will still feel sad, anguish, fear, and all those feelings of suffering when hit by bad karma, all these r mere talkcocking, good luck my friends
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Buddha's Advice
The Buddha advised people to work hard without wasting their valuable time and to earn, invest for the future, to support their families, fulfill their duties and obligations, and to spend carefully what they earned, without waste. According to the Buddha, renunciation is not the only way to practise Buddhism. He advised lay people to practise Buddhism while fulfilling their normal duties. At the same time he had no objection to the worldly happiness enjoyed by lay people. He had explained that there are four kinds of worldly happiness that householders can experience:
1. to enjoy economic security or sufficient wealth acquired by just and righteous means (atthi-sukha);
2. to spend wealth liberally on himself, his family, his friends and relatives, and on meritorious deeds (bhoga-sukha);
3. to be free from debts (anana-sukha);
4. to live a faultless, and a pure life without committing evil in thought, word or deed (anavajja-sukha). When you come to know that you have earned something for yourself through honest means, the happiness that you gain through your accumulated wealth gives happiness which develops confidence in household life. -
Noted.
