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Buddhism
Revision
Part Five
THE NOBLE
EIGHTFOLD
PATH THIS IS
ESSENTIAL
The Noble Eightfold Path
• 1. Right Speech.
• Perfect speech is truthful.
Avoid gossip and words that
are hurtful.
• 2. Perfect Action.
• Always try to do the right
thing. Show kindness to all
living creatures.
3. Perfect Livelihood.
Do work that is not going to harm
anyone, including animals.
The people in this photo are
doing the opposite of the
Perfect livelihood.
4. Of the
Eightfold
path
Perfect
Effort
Practice
good
thoughts
and
actions.
5. Perfect Awareness
Be always aware of what you are doing
and the consequences for yourself and
others.
6. Perfect Meditation.
This helps to train the mind so that
you become calm and in control
7. Perfect Vision
This is an understanding that life is changing
all the time. We can’t find happiness in things
that change.
8. Perfect
Emotion
This is a
person having
the right
attitude to life,
showing
good will to all.
The Three Jewels
• I go to the Buddha
for refuge
• I go to the Dharma
for refuge
• I go to the Sangha
for refuge
Dharma= Teaching Sangha= Community
Refuge
• I go to the Buddha for security,
and trust and respect
Dharma
Dharma
• This means the
Buddha’s
teaching
Sangha
• This means the
community of monks.
Buddhist
monk
Bikku
There is no God in Buddhism
Buddhists do
worship in a
Temple called
a Vihara.
A VIHARA
A Buddhist shrine
Candles incense images,
bell, flowers , statue.
the people meditate and
pray to the Buddha. They
ask for help and ask for
guidance in their daily life.
Buddhist’s
meditate to a
mantra.
The most
famous is
called Om.
A Buddhist Shrine
Candles, statues, incense,
prayer wheels, flowers,
water, chanting
Buddhism Is it a religion or a way of
life
It has places of worship.
It has rules to follow
It has monks & nuns.
It has rituals & prayers
It has a belief that something
happens after death.
In that respect it is like a
religion.
Buddhism is not a religion but a
way of life.
• They do not believe in a God.
• All other religions believe in a God.
• If you believe in not harming anything and
living a peaceful life then you can be a
Buddhist.
• It is not a complicated system.
• It depends how you define way of life.
Buddhist Household
shrines
Buddhist boys about to become
monks
Key Concepts
• The
Three Jewels
• The Three Marks of Existence
•The Four Noble Truths
• The Five Precepts
• The Noble Eightfold Path
Key Words
Ascetic
Reincarnation
Karma
Renunciation
Nirvana
Meditation
Enlightenment
Tipitaka
Mandala
Mantra
Dharma
Sangha
The title of this picture
is the Buddha within.
Hopefully you will have
some idea of what that
might mean. If the
Buddha is within me I
am calm and able to live
my life by the dharma.
End of
Buddhism
Revision
part Five