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Buddhism
Mr. Ornstein
Willow Canyon High School
AP World History
Buddhism Starts in India
Buddhism Starts in
India but Spreads
 East Asia
 Southeast Asia
 China
 Japan
 Korea
 Vietnam
 Thailand

Siddhartha Gautama
 Founder
of
Buddhism
 Northeast India
(Now Nepal)
 Was a High
Caste Hindu
 Buddha”Enlightened
One”
Siddhartha
Gautama
Rejected His Wealth
and High Caste
Buddhism comes from
Hinduism
Buddhism is a rebellion
against Hindu Social
Structure.
Main Ideas of Buddhism
4
Noble Truths
 8 Fold
Path/Middle
Way
 Reincarnation
 Meditation
 Nirvana
Answer???
What
does
“Mo Money,
Mo Problems”
mean?
4 Noble Truths
 To
Under Stand Buddhism You Must
Believe the Following:
 “Life Is Suffering”
 “Wants and Desires Cause Suffering
and Make Life Miserable”
 “Sufferings End when Cravings End”
 “To Reach Enlightenment You Must
Follow the Teachings of the Buddha”
Nirvana
State of Eternal
Happiness
 Full Union with the
Divine Essence
 Goal for Buddhist
to Reach
 Must Accept 4
Noble Truths
 Follow 8 Fold Path

Eight Fold Path
Teachings
of
the Buddha
Way to End
Suffering
Reincarnation
Samsara
Like
Hinduism, Buddhism
believes in Reincarnation.
Reincarnation continues until
you reach
Enlightenment/Nirvana
Meditation
 Central
to
Buddhism
 Train Your
Mind
 Part of the 8
Fold Path
Important Texts
Sutras- Books
Containing the
Teachings and
Lesson of the
Buddha
 TripitakaCollection of
important Buddhist
texts and writing

Buddhism Spreads
 Silk
Roads- Series of Trade
Routes Connecting India and
China.
 Buddhism Diffuses throughout
Asia along the Silk Roads
Buddhism in China
Buddhism
will be more
popular in China than India
Chinese Peasants liked that
Buddhism offered the hope of
a better afterlife than the life
many of them were living.
Three Branches of Buddhism
Theravada
Mahayana
Vajrayana
(Tibetan)
Theravada Buddhism
Popular
in Southern Asia
Most Traditional Form of
Buddhism
Closest to Siddhartha’s Actual
Teachings
Mahayana Buddhism
 Felt
Theravada was too strict, elite,
and too influenced by Hinduism.
 “The Great Vehicle”
 More appeal to common people than
just monks
 Most Popular form of Buddhism
 Compassion is key concept
Bodhisattva
Important Concept in Mahayana
Buddhism
 “Enlightened Being”
 Vow not just to reach Nirvana,
but to help others reach Nirvana
 Followers believed they would be
reincarnated multiple times in
order to reach Enlightenment
Zen Buddhism
Form of Mahayana
Buddhism popular
in Japan
 Has Elements of
Confucianism and
Daoism
 Meditation is very
important.

Vajrayana/Tibetan Buddhism
Has elements of
Mahayana and
Thervada
Buddhism.
 Influenced by
Hinduism and
Animism also

Dalai Lama
 Spiritual
and
Political Leader
of Tibet and
Tibetan
Buddhism
 China Took Over
Tibet and
current Dalai
Lama is not
allowed home.
American Buddhists
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
Ticket Out the Door
 Who
is the founder of Buddhism?
 What are 3 Beliefs of Buddhism?
 What are three branches of
Buddhism?
 Who is the Dali Lama?