Buddhism teaches us about suffering and troubles. Our ignorance and delusion causes both of these. In order to overcome these there are many teachings, such as the Eightfold Path: to understand rightly, to consider rightly, to observe rightly, and so on. This is a practice for approaching enlightenment. The teachings of enlightenment can change your ideas or point of view, and as a result can change your values. Changing your values means that as you mature, you grow to value spirituality over materialism. It is just like growing children who eventually become adults – when they are young they derive their joy from toys, but as they get older their joy starts to come from invisible things, such as art, music, or spiritual pleasure. I would like to invite you to consider the value of enlightenment.
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