Philosophies for Life 124: 10 Life Lessons From Buddha (Buddhism)
Nov 19, 2025
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In this podcast we will be talking about 10 Life Lessons From Buddha. Gautama Buddha was a philosopher, meditator, spiritual teacher, and religious leader who is credited as the founder of Buddhism.
So with that in mind, here are 10 important lessons that we can learn from Gautama Buddha -
01. Practice the Middle Way
02. Adopt the right view
03. Create good karma
04. Live everyday like it is your last
05. Great things are the results of small good habits
06. Show your wisdom in silence
07. If in a conflict, choose compassion
08. Choose friends for quality over quantity
09. Be generous
10. You can be a Buddha too
I hope you enjoyed listening to this audio and hope these 10 life lessons from Buddha will add value to your life.
The Buddha was a philosopher, meditator, spiritual teacher, and religious leader who is credited as the founder of Buddhism. He was born as Siddhartha Gautama in India in 566 BC into an aristocratic family and when he was twenty-nine years old, he left the comforts of his home to seek the meaning of the suffering he saw around him.
After six years of arduous yogic training, he abandoned the way of self-mortification and instead sat in mindful meditation beneath a bodhi tree. On the full moon of May, with the rising of the morning star, Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha, the awakened one. The Buddha wandered the plains of northeastern India for 45 years more, teaching the path or Dharma he had realized in that moment. Around him developed a community of people, drawn from every tribe and caste, devoted to practicing this path.
Nowadays, he is worshiped by most Buddhist schools as the enlightened one who has escaped the cycle of birth and rebirth, transcending Karma. Their main teachings focus on their insight into duhkha meaning “suffering” and into Nirvana, which means the end of suffering.
So with that in mind, here are 10 important lessons that we can learn from Gautama Buddha -
01. Practice the Middle Way
02. Adopt the right view
03. Create good karma
04. Live everyday like it is your last
05. Great things are the results of small good habits
06. Show your wisdom in silence
07. If in a conflict, choose compassion
08. Choose friends for quality over quantity
09. Be generous
10. You can be a Buddha too
I hope you enjoyed listening to this audio and hope these 10 life lessons from Buddha will add value to your life.
The Buddha was a philosopher, meditator, spiritual teacher, and religious leader who is credited as the founder of Buddhism. He was born as Siddhartha Gautama in India in 566 BC into an aristocratic family and when he was twenty-nine years old, he left the comforts of his home to seek the meaning of the suffering he saw around him.
After six years of arduous yogic training, he abandoned the way of self-mortification and instead sat in mindful meditation beneath a bodhi tree. On the full moon of May, with the rising of the morning star, Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha, the awakened one. The Buddha wandered the plains of northeastern India for 45 years more, teaching the path or Dharma he had realized in that moment. Around him developed a community of people, drawn from every tribe and caste, devoted to practicing this path.
Nowadays, he is worshiped by most Buddhist schools as the enlightened one who has escaped the cycle of birth and rebirth, transcending Karma. Their main teachings focus on their insight into duhkha meaning “suffering” and into Nirvana, which means the end of suffering.