A. The Buddhist idea of paradise is to not construct a brand new paradise on the earth from scratch, however to understand that the place every of us stands is not any apart from paradise itself. The issue is that we can not recognise paradise whereas staying there as a result of we’re deluded by illusions. We are able to take pleasure in it provided that we grow to be free from illusions.
So, Buddhism just isn’t a faith that encourages us to pursue a paradise that’s someplace distant past our attain, however a faith that helps us to understand that we’re already in paradise, by letting us know why we can not realise the very fact and instructing the best way to discern it. Actually, the concept of making a brand new paradise is simply one other phantasm.
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