Buddhist and The World

 Buddhism Treat Other People who are not Buddhism

If a Buddhist follows the Eightfold Path he practices these interactions with his fellow humans:

1. Right Understanding - tries to understand people, not geyying angry with them

2. Right Thought - thinks kindly towards everyone
3. Right Speech - talks politly wiht thout anger or hatred
4. Right Action - treats people honestly and with courtesy
5. Right Livelihood - works to better society
6. Right Effort - doesn't waste time on pettiness
7. Right Mindfulness - - fosuses on the positive aspects of the world
8. Right Concentration - doesn't spend time on hatred or redressing wrong

 
He also practices:
Equanimity: Holding all things in an ease filled balance and does not get angry or upset
Loving-kindness: The spontaneous reaction to all beings
Compassion: A reaction to the pain of others
Sympathetic Joy: Shares delight of the good fortune of others when he becomes aware of it

Buddhism and Women

A female child may prove even to be a better offspring than a male.

Women's position in Buddhism is unique. The Buddha gave women full freedom to participate in a religious life. The Buddha was the first religious Teacher who gave this religious freedom to women. Before the Buddha, women's duties had been restricted to the kitchen; women were not even allowed to enter any temple or to recite any religious scripture. During the Buddha's time, women's position in society was very low. The Buddha was criticized by the prevailing establishment when He gave this freedom to women. His move to allow women to enter the Holy Order was extremely radical for the times. Yet the Buddha allowed women to prove themselves and to show that they too had the capacity like men to attain the highest position in the religious way of life by attaining Arahantahood. Every woman in the world must be grateful to the Buddha for showing them the real religious way of living and for giving such freedom to them for the first time in world history. 

The Buddha has confirmed that man is not always the only wise one; woman is also wise.

Nowadays many religionists like to claim that their religions give women equal rights. We only have to look at the world around us today to see the position of women in many societies. It seems that they have no property rights, are discriminated in various fields and generally suffer abuse in many subtle forms. Even in western countries, women like the Suffragettes had to fight very hard for their rights. According to Buddhism, it is not justifiable to regard women as inferior. The Buddha Himself was born as a woman on several occasions during His previous births in Samsara and even as a women He developed the noble qualities and wisdom until He gained Enlightenment or Buddhahood.