Does Buddhism affect peoples lifestyles both inside and outside the community?
Buddhism does not have to drastically affect people’s lifestyles, but rather it changes people’s attitudes toward life and makes life more meaningful. We can carry on with our routine work and enjoy family life based on the Buddha’s teachings. We begin to act wisely and mindfully by observing universally accepted moral and ethical principles, exercising patience, tolerance, sympathy, humility and compassion, creating understanding, rendering selfless service, and training the mind to gain wisdom. By cultivating such virtues in our lives, we should be able to achieve something noble and beneficial to all and experience peace, happiness, tranquility and satisfaction in life. We perform our duties well and become role models for what we do to help people in our surroundings. If everybody behaves like this, we can influence our society, country, and even the world in a positive way.
