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BUDDHISM. BUDDHISM. Siddhartha Gautama born in Nepal @ 560 BCE born a Hindu prince member of the Kshatriya caste gave up his wealth set out on a journey of self-discovery why does suffering exist? The Middle Way Four Noble Truths Noble Eight-Fold Path NIRVANA SUTRAS. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
BUDDHISMSiddhartha Gautama
born in Nepal @ 560 BCE born a Hindu prince
• member of the Kshatriya caste gave up his wealth set out on a journey of self-discovery
• why does suffering exist?
The Middle Way Four Noble Truths Noble Eight-Fold Path
NIRVANASUTRAS
The FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
1. Suffering exists
2. Suffering exists from attachment to desires
3. Suffering ceases when attachment to desire ceases.
4. Freedom from desire/suffering is possible by practicing the Noble Eightfold Path
Noble Eight-Fold Path
Wisdom: Meditation:
1. Right View 6. Right Effort
2. Right Thought 7. Right Mindfulness
Morality 8. Right Contemplation
3. Right Speech
4. Right Action
5. Right Livelihood
NIRVANATotal, complete contentmentEscapes the hindrances of lifeFree from suffering from
one’s own desiresWhat happens when the soul
escapes from the wheel of life?
TATHAGADA (thus gone)• like the flame of match that is
extinguished
FIVE HINDRANCES
1. Lust
2. Ill will
3. Sloth and laziness
4. Restlessness and worry
5. Skeptical doubt
Daily Dharma: Mind Hindrances
Seven Factors of ENLIGHTNMENT
1. Attentiveness
2. Investigation of the Law
3. Energy
4. Rapture
5. Tranquility
6. Concentration
7. Equanimity
three bodily states: standing, sitting, andlying down
TEN Perfections
1. Generosity 8. Resolution
2. Morality 9. All-embracing
3. Renunciation kindness
4. Wisdom 10. Equanimity
5. Energy
6. Forbearance
7. Truthfulness
THERAVADA BUDDHISM
“Doctrine o/t Elders”conservative branchThe Little Wheel
less followers
Buddha is a teacherSpread to Sri Lanka,
Myanmar, Thailand
THERAVADA BUDDHISM ideal is arhat
become an enlightened saint wisdom
few possessions begging bowl three colored robes a belt a mending needle fan to cover face razor to shave head water strainer
MAHAYANA BUDDHISM “Great Vehicle” or “Big Wheel”
majority of followers
non-monastic lifeBuddha is a godSpread to China, Tibet, Korea &
Japan ideal is compassion
can attain nirvana through assisting others
Bodhisattva: holds back on attaining nirvana to help others
BUDDHISM
"Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: it transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural & spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity." Albert Einstein