Download Asian Religions Part 2

RELIGIOUS GROUPS
OF SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN ASIA
Hinduism
Buddhism Part 2
Shinto
Confucianism
Islam
SHOW ME WHAT YOU “MIGHT” KNOW
On a sheet of paper, write the word “Buddhism”
going down as for an acrostic.
 Ex:
B
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U
D
D
H
I
S
M
Now for each letter, write the words that you think
of when you think of Buddhism and fit them into
your acrostic. Oh, did I mention that the words
have to start with each letter?
TO GET US STARTED…
BUDDHISM…
The “middle way of wisdom and compassion”
AGE
of RELGION:
2500 years old
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Began around 500 B.C.
BASICS OF BUDDHISM
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Buddhism originated in India
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Spread rapidly
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Fourth largest religion in the world today.
WHERE WAS BUDDHISM FOUNDED?
Began in
India, spread
throughout Asia
BASICS OF BUDDHISM
Siddhartha Gautama
 The “Buddha” or “the enlightened one”
 Traveled all over India to share his
“enlightenment” with other people
 Developed a group of followers devoted to his
teachings about a “way of life” to
“enlightenment”.
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FOUNDER:

Buddha “The Enlightened One”
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Also know as Siddhartha Gautama
WHO WAS THE BUDDHA?
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Born Siddhartha Gautama – of noble caste in India,
563 B.C.E.
Raised in great luxury to be a king
Empathy for the suffering of others; at age 29 rejected
the life of luxury to seek enlightenment and the solution
to suffering
THE SPREAD OF BUDDHISM
Within two centuries after
the Buddha died,
Buddhism began to spread
north and east into Asia
 By 13th century Buddhism
had disappeared from India
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QUICK CHECK…
THUMBS UP OR DOWN?
The
enlightened one is
Buddha.
QUICK CHECK…
THUMBS UP OR DOWN?
Buddhism
Hinduism.
is older than
QUICK CHECK
THUMBS UP OR DOWN?
Buddhism
spread from
India to the north and east
in Asia.
BASICS OF BUDDHISM
Buddhists
do not believe in a
diety, but rather the teachings of
one man, Buddha.
Holy books in a collection,
Tripitaka, tells all of Buddha’s
teachings.
MONO OR POLY?
 Like
Hinduism, this is confusing.
 Buddhism is technically NON-theistic (no worship
of gods)
 They do believe in gods and Titans, but they
don’t worship them
 Buddha is not a god, only a teacher
BASIC BELIEFS

Like Hindus, Buddhists believe in…

Reincarnation: belief that the soul is reborn into another body
after death
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Karma: good and bad deeds done in one’s life. Believed to affect
your next life.
WHAT DID THE BUDDHA TEACH?
The Four Noble Truths:
to give up greed/selfishness and greedy desires
1.
2.
3.
4.
To live is to suffer
The cause of suffering is selfishness
The solution is to eliminate selfishness thus achieving Nirvana
The way to Nirvana is through the “Eight-Fold Path”
NIRVANA
1.
2.
3.
Nirvana is a peaceful state of mind
Achieving Nirvana means escape from the cycle of rebirth
Reached by following the Middle Way
Birth
Samsara
Death
Life
NIRVANA
WHAT IS THE EIGHT-FOLD PATH?
EIGHT FOLD PATH: 8RULES TO FOLLOW
Wisdom:
•Right understanding
•Right motivation
Moral discipline:
•Right speech
Mental discipline:
•Right action
•Right effort
•Right livelihood
•Right mindfulness
•Right meditation
QUICK CHECK…
THUMBS UP OR DOWN?
Buddhists
do not believe
in reincarnation.
QUICK CHECK…
THUMBS UP OR DOWN?
Buddhists
Buddha.
believe in a god called
QUICK CHECK…
THUMBS UP OR DOWN?
Enlightenment
means that you
will be reborn and get out of
Nirvana.
QUICK CHECK…
THUMBS UP OR DOWN?
The
Four Noble Truths are the
basics of Buddhist belief about
life
QUICK CHECK…
THUMBS UP OR DOWN?
The
Eight Fold Path is how a
buddhist gets to a temple.
QUICK CHECK…
THUMBS UP OR DOWN?
Nirvana
is what a Buddhist gets
when in a temple.
HOLY PLACES

BODH GAYA, INDIA
Birthplace of Buddhism.
 This where Buddha reached
Nirvana and became enlightened
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COUNTRIES WHERE BUDDHISM
MAJOR RELIGION…
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India, China, Japan,
Thailand,
Cambodia, many
other Asian
countries
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NOW “TELL” ME WHAT YOU KNOW.
On a sheet of paper, write the following sentence:
 What I think I learned about Buddhism is…
 Make a quick list (10?) of words that you think of when
you think of the lesson on Buddhism.
 Now, use those words to write a paragraph explaining
what you learned about Buddhism. Make sure you use
the topic sentence above to start your paragraph.
 Have you included all of the words from your list? Give
it to your elbow partner to have them circle the words.
 Care to share?
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