Thought for Today
Redemption
In some forms of Buddhism, redemption is inherent in the discipline of giving up attachments to desires:
While other religions view the satisfaction of certain desires as the mark of salvation, Theravada Buddhism teaches that the extinction of desire is the prerequisite to salvation.
While other religions hold up eternal life as the consequence of redemption, the redemptive goal of Theravada Buddhism is release from any and all forms of life. While other religions provide assistance to man in his quest for redemption, Theravada Buddhism teaches that in this quest one can rely on no one and on nothing but oneself:
neither gods nor priests, neither church nor sacraments, nor faith nor works are of any avail.
It was an answer to this question: (twitter)
"EveryONE (body) is searching .. for someTHING ... and do we kNOW why? what?"
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