It is also a psychology, a life-style, and a training. The religious aspect provides clear and strict moral and behavioral codes. The psychological aspect, the sense of personal and universal responsibility, offers a life-style that encourages study, meditation, healthful diet, exercise and training on how to realize the above. This training involves the development of the creative imagination, the calming and purification of the mind, and the knowledge to become a better, wiser, and more loving being. The Buddhas were once ordinary beings who by taming their own minds removed the delusions and attained Buddhahood.
Bad actions lead to unpleasant experiences.
Good actions lead to pleasant experiences. By learning to recognize what leads to what, Buddhism awakens a responsibility for our own actions which leads to self-reliance. Through the process of learning to think correct thoughts and learning to change our negative attitudes and motivations to positive ones, Buddhism teaches how we can change our negative habit patterns to wholesome ones. The impermanence of self and all other conditioned phenomena. The interdependence of all things upon each other.