Is buddhism merely a dark art that carries its adherent or new recruit to seek only beauty?

s buddhism merely a dark art that carries its adherent or new recruit to seek only beauty? — Alexander Hine

Or What is the spiritual outcome in practicing Buddhism?

Can we find a taxonomy that fills the gap between,
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A summary, gleaned from bot scraping web sources, informs what Buddhism claims as
its grounds.

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Practicing Buddhism leads to profound spiritual transformation, ultimately aiming for enlightenment and liberation from suffering.

Core Goal
Buddhism's ultimate spiritual outcome is attaining Nirvana, a state of complete awakening where the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth (Samsara) ends, extinguishing greed, hatred, and delusion. This liberation arises from realizing the Four Noble Truths—suffering's existence, its cause in craving, its cessation, and the path to end it via the Noble Eightfold Path. Practitioners cultivate wisdom, ethical conduct, and mental discipline to transcend ego and dukkha (unsatisfactoriness).

Key Spiritual Benefits
Mindfulness and Clarity: Regular meditation fosters deep self-awareness, revealing impermanence and reducing mental clutter for inner peace.

Compassion and Oneness: Practices build empathy (karuna), dissolving self-centered boundaries and promoting interconnectedness with all beings.

Five Spiritual Powers: Faith, energy, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom strengthen, cleansing perception and diminishing confusion.
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Long-Term Transformation
Consistent practice shifts one's worldview toward non-attachment and equanimity, yielding serenity, fearlessness toward death, and purposeful living. While Nirvana is the pinnacle, interim outcomes include emotional resilience and ethical harmony, supported by both tradition and modern studies on meditation.


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