BuddhismBuddhismMr. OrnsteinMr. Ornstein

Willow Canyon High SchoolWillow Canyon High School

AP World HistoryAP World History

Buddhism Starts in IndiaBuddhism Starts in India

Buddhism Starts in Buddhism Starts in India but SpreadsIndia but Spreads

East AsiaEast Asia Southeast AsiaSoutheast Asia ChinaChina JapanJapan KoreaKorea VietnamVietnam ThailandThailand

Siddhartha GautamaSiddhartha Gautama

Founder of Founder of BuddhismBuddhism

Northeast India Northeast India (Now Nepal)(Now Nepal)

Was a High Was a High Caste HinduCaste Hindu

Buddha-”EnlightBuddha-”Enlightened One”ened One”

SiddharthaSiddhartha

Gautama Rejected His Wealth Gautama Rejected His Wealth and High Casteand High Caste

Buddhism comes from Buddhism comes from HinduismHinduism

Buddhism is a rebellion Buddhism is a rebellion against Hindu Social against Hindu Social Structure.Structure.

Main Ideas of BuddhismMain Ideas of Buddhism

4 Noble Truths4 Noble Truths8 Fold 8 Fold

Path/Middle Path/Middle WayWay

ReincarnationReincarnationMeditationMeditationNirvanaNirvana

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What does What does “Mo Money, “Mo Money, Mo Mo Problems” Problems” mean?mean?

4 Noble Truths4 Noble Truths

To Under Stand Buddhism You Must To Under Stand Buddhism You Must Believe the Following:Believe the Following:

““Life Is Suffering”Life Is Suffering” ““Wants and Desires Cause Suffering Wants and Desires Cause Suffering

and Make Life Miserable”and Make Life Miserable” ““Sufferings End when Cravings End”Sufferings End when Cravings End” ““To Reach Enlightenment You Must To Reach Enlightenment You Must

Follow the Teachings of the Buddha”Follow the Teachings of the Buddha”

NirvanaNirvana

State of Eternal State of Eternal HappinessHappiness

Full Union with the Full Union with the Divine EssenceDivine Essence

Goal for Buddhist Goal for Buddhist to Reachto Reach

Must Accept 4 Must Accept 4 Noble TruthsNoble Truths

Follow 8 Fold PathFollow 8 Fold Path

Eight Fold PathEight Fold Path

Teachings of Teachings of the Buddhathe Buddha

Way to End Way to End SufferingSuffering

ReincarnationReincarnation

SamsaraSamsaraLike Hinduism, Buddhism Like Hinduism, Buddhism

believes in Reincarnation.believes in Reincarnation.Reincarnation continues until Reincarnation continues until

you reach you reach Enlightenment/NirvanaEnlightenment/Nirvana

MeditationMeditation

Central to Central to BuddhismBuddhism

Train Your Train Your MindMind

Part of the 8 Part of the 8 Fold PathFold Path

Important TextsImportant Texts

Sutras- Books Sutras- Books Containing the Containing the Teachings and Teachings and Lesson of the Lesson of the BuddhaBuddha

Tripitaka- Tripitaka- Collection of Collection of important Buddhist important Buddhist texts and writingtexts and writing

Buddhism SpreadsBuddhism Spreads

Silk Roads- Series of Trade Silk Roads- Series of Trade Routes Connecting India and Routes Connecting India and China.China.

Buddhism Diffuses throughout Buddhism Diffuses throughout Asia along the Silk RoadsAsia along the Silk Roads

Buddhism in ChinaBuddhism in China

Buddhism will be more Buddhism will be more popular in China than Indiapopular in China than India

Chinese Peasants liked that Chinese Peasants liked that Buddhism offered the hope of Buddhism offered the hope of a better afterlife than the life a better afterlife than the life many of them were living.many of them were living.

Three Branches of BuddhismThree Branches of Buddhism

TheravadaTheravadaMahayanaMahayanaVajrayana Vajrayana

(Tibetan)(Tibetan)

Theravada BuddhismTheravada Buddhism

Popular in Southern AsiaPopular in Southern AsiaMost Traditional Form of Most Traditional Form of

BuddhismBuddhismClosest to Siddhartha’s Actual Closest to Siddhartha’s Actual

TeachingsTeachings

Mahayana BuddhismMahayana Buddhism

Felt Theravada was too strict, elite, Felt Theravada was too strict, elite, and too influenced by Hinduism.and too influenced by Hinduism.

““The Great Vehicle”The Great Vehicle” More appeal to common people than More appeal to common people than

just monksjust monks Most Popular form of BuddhismMost Popular form of Buddhism Compassion is key conceptCompassion is key concept

BodhisattvaBodhisattva

Important Concept in Mahayana Important Concept in Mahayana BuddhismBuddhism

““Enlightened Being”Enlightened Being”Vow not just to reach Nirvana, Vow not just to reach Nirvana,

but to help others reach Nirvanabut to help others reach NirvanaFollowers believed they would be Followers believed they would be

reincarnated multiple times in reincarnated multiple times in order to reach Enlightenmentorder to reach Enlightenment

Zen BuddhismZen Buddhism

Form of Mahayana Form of Mahayana Buddhism popular Buddhism popular in Japanin Japan

Has Elements of Has Elements of Confucianism and Confucianism and DaoismDaoism

Meditation is very Meditation is very important.important.

Vajrayana/Tibetan BuddhismVajrayana/Tibetan Buddhism

Has elements of Has elements of Mahayana and Mahayana and Thervada Thervada Buddhism.Buddhism.

Influenced by Influenced by Hinduism and Hinduism and Animism alsoAnimism also

Dalai LamaDalai Lama

Spiritual and Spiritual and Political Leader Political Leader of Tibet and of Tibet and Tibetan Tibetan BuddhismBuddhism

China Took Over China Took Over Tibet and Tibet and current Dalai current Dalai Lama is not Lama is not allowed home.allowed home.

American BuddhistsAmerican Buddhists

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Ticket Out the DoorTicket Out the Door

Who is the founder of Buddhism?Who is the founder of Buddhism?What are 3 Beliefs of Buddhism?What are 3 Beliefs of Buddhism?What are three branches of What are three branches of

Buddhism?Buddhism?Who is the Dali Lama?Who is the Dali Lama?