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Buddhism
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Life of the Buddha
Enlightenment
Buddha as a teacher
What do Buddhists believe?
Symbolism
Death of Buddha
Map of how Buddhism spread
What was the Buddha’s name?
His Life……
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•He was a prince.
•He found life devoted to
material pleasures was empty and
unfulfilling
•He experienced a desire to find
the meaning of life
•He was shocked by the four
sights he saw when visiting the
city
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SIDDARTHA GOTAMA
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The Four Sights
The traditional accounts record that the young prince saw:
An old man
A sick man
A dead man
A wandering holy man
Through witnessing such suffering and death, Siddartha
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His Response……..
…was to leave the
comforts of the palace
and spent his life in the
search for answers to the
questions posed by
human life
At first he thought that
extreme self denial would
help him find spiritual
truth
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WELL DONE!
After six years he Siddartha did not find the enlightenment
he sought.
Instead he followed a middle way between the two
extremes of self indulgence (when he was a prince) and self
denial (when he starved himself!
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Search for Enlightenment
Siddhartha sat under a tree and meditated,
determined not to give up until he
achieved the enlightenment
What was the name of the tree?
Answer
The story recounts that he experienced
many temptations, but he resisted
them all
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BODHI TREE
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The Enlightenment
Siddartha became the Buddha when he overcame the fires of:
Greed
Hatred
Ignorance
‘BUDDHA’ simply means ‘ENLIGHTENED ONE’
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Buddha as a Teacher
The Buddha first taught the to way to liberation from
suffering to five ascetics, at the Deer Park in Sarnath.
What does this mudra
(hand gesture) mean?
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The Law of Karma
The recognition that our actions have consequences
Positive actions have
positive consequences
Negative actions have
negative consequences
Buddhists believe we have the ability to change ourselves
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Rebirth
Karma continues throughout the processes of death and rebirth
- there is a connecting link from life to life
Candle being lit just
as the old one
flickers and dies
The new flame is
different yet it has
carried on from the
old one
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The Three Universal Truths
Anicca
Constant change/impermanence
Anatta
No permanent soul/being
Dukkha
Pain/suffering in the world
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The Four Noble Truths
• All life is suffering
• The origin of suffering is craving
• We can stop suffering, by overcoming craving
• The way to this is to follow:
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think is right!
A) The yellow brick road
B) The eight fold path
C) Mrs McCarthy home from work
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D) The three jewels
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The Noble Eightfold Path
– to enlightenment
The path is symbolised by an eight• Right Understanding
spoked wheel…..
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Right Thought
Right Speech
Right Action
Right Livelihood
Right Effort
Right Mindfulness
Right Concentration
The Dharmachakra
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The Five Precepts
Buddhists should
refrain from:
 harming or killing living beings
 stealing
 sexual misconduct
 false speech
 intoxicants (like alcohol & drugs)
These are not commandments, but guidance to be followed voluntarily
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The Three Jewels
Buddhists take refuge in:
the Buddha
the Dharma
the Sangha
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‘Dharma’ means all
NATURAL LAW!
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‘Sangha’ means
The Buddhist
Community
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The Lotus Flower
A symbol of
devotion and
meditation - It
rises above it’s
muddy waters to
beauty and peace
The Buddhist
seeks to rise
above passion,
illusion and
hatred to the
beauty of nirvana
Why do Buddhists use the Lotus Flower as a symbol?
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The Death of the Buddha
After 45 years of teaching the Buddha passed away at the age of 80.
His body was cremated but his ashes and bones (RELICS) were sent to
various kingdoms and placed in STUPAS where he was honoured
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Images of the Buddha reclining on his death bed at peace, are common
STUPAS
The Spread of Buddhism
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