Common misunderstandings
Arise because they do not sufficiently consider the cultural background.

• Buddha – Is not a god, he was a human being.
• Dharma – Is the speech (teaching) of the historical Buddha.
• Karma – Actions that we store with our body, speech, and spirit in our mental continuum, not fate.
• Spirit – Is not physical; it is a formless continuum without beginning or end. Comparable to an hostel (body) in which the guest (spirit) resides.
• Soul – Does not exist in Buddhism.
• Enlightenment – ​​Is not dependent on an external, higher being, only on the self.
• Renunciation – Does not mean chastity, but the pursuit of liberation from the cycle of existence.
• Tantra – Is a secret teaching and not a sexual practice.