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11 December 2015
Buddhism – How it started, why, and basic beliefs.
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Bellringer – What are 2 “criticisms” one might
make about the caste system in Hinduism?
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Buddhism
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Origins of Buddhism 4 Noble Truths
Eightfold Path
HW – None
Milton Bradley in 1943
Buddhism
Siddhartha Gautama
Life of Buddha
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"Awakened One" or “Enlightened One” (Buddha)
Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who would one day
be known as the Buddha, began his life as a
prince in a kingdom in ancient India.
Siddhartha Gautama
Life of Buddha
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Story of: His mother ~ Lotus Flower & Elephant
What’s it mean?
Siddhartha Gautama
Life of Buddha
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Prince Gautama (Buddha) was born about 553
BCE. He had parents who loved him, many
servants to wait on him, the finest clothes, and a
different palace for each season of the year. Yet,
he found his world full of suffering.
Outings…
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He meets an old man
He sees a sick man
He sees a corpse (dead man)
Life of Buddha
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On his fourth outing, he met a monk. He
was amazed that this monk could find
calm and peace in a world filled with such
sufferings. That day he made a very
difficult decision. He decided to leave his
wealth, his comfort, his wife, and his
newborn son, to become a monk.
Life of Buddha
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For the next six years he
traveled throughout India.
But the answers he found
were not enough.
He followed two different
teachers and also
“punished his body” as a
way to try to find
peace/end of suffering.
Siddhartha Gautama
Becoming Buddha
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For the next six years he
traveled throughout India.
But the answers he found
were not enough. One day,
while sitting under a fig
tree, (after meditating for
seven weeks) an
understanding came to
him. This understanding
was a way to end
suffering. That was the day
Prince Siddhartha Gautama
began to earn a new title,
the Buddha, which means
"Awakened One".
Mara
Human Suffering – 3 things
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Human Suffering is caused by…
Wanting what we do not have
Wanting to keep what we already have
Not wanting what we dislike but have
Basic Buddhist Information
Nirvana – a state of perfect peace
(“heaven”)
 People that do not reach Nirvana are
reincarnated
 Buddha was against the caste system;
that earned him a lot of followers.
 He thought that it didn’t matter what
caste people belonged to – all that
mattered is that they lived the way they
should.
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Buddhist Basics
People that follow the Buddha’s teachings
are called Buddhists. The teaching of
Buddhism reflect Hindu ideas.
 He rejected many of the ideas contained
in the Vedas, including animal sacrifice.
 Buddha has 4 guiding principles that are
at the heart of his teaching. They are
known as The Four Noble Truths.
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Four Noble Truths: 1
 Life
is painful
Four Noble Truths: 2
 Desire
causes pain
Four Noble Truths: 3
 Eliminating
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desire can eliminate pain
People can overcome desire and ignorance and reach
nirvana – a state of perfect peace.
Four Noble Truths: 4
The Eightfold Noble Path (the
Middle Way) eliminates desire:
Wisdom
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Right Understanding/View:
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Dhammapada: “Everything you
are is the result of what you
have thought.”
You must know the Four Noble
Truths
You must avoid harmful
thoughts
Know the truth
Right Intention:
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You must try to eliminate
selfish desire
Free your mind of evil
Morality
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Right Speech
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Say nothing that harms
others
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Right Action
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Avoid harming others
 World for the good of
others
Right Livelihood
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Respect life
Avoid what requires you, or
even tempts you, to harm
others
Ethical restraints
Do not kill
 Do not steal
 Do not lie
 Do not ingest
intoxicants
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Mental Development
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Right Effort
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Right Concentration
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You must work constantly to
avoid selfish desire
Resist evil
Practice Meditation
You must develop mental
powers to avoid desire
“binding mind to a single
spot”, as in Hindu meditation
Right Meditation
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Like Hindu meditation
illumination of object as
object, empty of what it is
Spread of Buddhism
According to tradition, after Buddha’s
death 500 of his followers gathered
 His followers spread his teaching
throughout India
 His teachings were popular and easy to
understand
 Asoka (powerful king in India) became
Buddhist in 200s BC and built temples and
schools throughout India & beyond
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