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Threefold Benefit of the Teaching The teaching of the Buddha is traditionally said to lead to three types of benefits:
The benefits in the present life are personal well - being, happiness and peace of mind right here and now, and economic political and social justice. The benefits in future lives are favorable form of rebirth, a form which will aid us in our quest for final deliverance. The highest benefit is final deliverance, liberation from samsara. The emphasis on the last of these benefits to the exclusion of the others has lead to the distortions and misunderstandings referred to earlier. |