Why should we have faith in the Buddha?
Why should we have faith in the Buddha as our refuge? To get the answers, you should first need to know about the Buddha’s life only then we can understand why the Buddha was an exceptionally noble individual who has unrivalled as the most supreme being in the three worlds. Why should we have faith in him as the teacher of human beings, deities and celestial beings? Stated simply, he is worthy of faith because he discovered and showed all these beings the way leading to cessation of suffering. To understand why the Buddha is worthy of such faith, we should understand the intrinsic meaning of the word Buddha. In other words, Buddha means “the one who knows”. If we look at the actual meaning in Pali word, it says “bujjhatiti buddho”, whereby when it is transalated in English, it says, “because he knows, he is called Buddha”. What does he know? He knows the true nature of phenomena. Therefore, Buddha means “one who knows true nature”. In this world, what are all beings looking for? The...