Survey
* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
Buddhism Leaders & Text Who do believers worship? Do not worship a god Who are their leaders? Monks & Nuns What was the name of their sacred text? Jatakas Founder Siddhartha Gautama (563 - 483 BCE) AKA = Buddha Meaning? The Enlightened One Birth (563 BCE) Noble family Time of common questioning of Hinduism Lots of omens gold-tinged skin, a bump on his head, webbed fingers/toes, a long tongue & hair b/w his eyebrows If he stayed home, he would become a ruler, if he left home, he would become a religious man Siddhartha What would your average father want? Great ruler How do you keep your son at home? Sheltered him from the outside world Royal treatment incentive to never leave home Spoil him Siddhartha Gautama @ 29 left the palace 4 times and saw… 1. An old man 2. A sick man 3. A corpse 4. Wandering holy man Seemed @ peace Conclusion: Life is suffering Rel. life offers peace Went in search of Rel. truth Siddhartha Spent 6 yrs in forests seeking enlightenment Debated w/ Rel. leaders Meditation Ascetic Extreme self-denial Yet no truth! 49 days of meditation → Bodhi tree Musician’s Quote? 'If you make the string too tight, it will break. If you make the string too loose, it will not play” Eureka! ~~ Enlightenment ~~ Buddhism – Basic Beliefs Path to Nirvana? Through moderation in all things Not extremes self-indulgence or self-denial Middle Way Buddhism - Basic Beliefs Four Noble Truths Eight Fold Path Reincarnation & Karma Nirvana Four Noble Truths 1. Life is suffering 2. Cause? • 3. End suffering? • 4. Desire for pleasures of this world End desires Overcome desires & attain enlightenment • Follow Eightfold Path aka Middle Way Eightfold Path Guide to behavior Goal Nirvana Release from selfishness & pain Buddhism & Society How do Buddhist feel about the caste system? Reject it! Anyone can reach nirvana What is the effect on society? Created religious communities (sangha) Missionaries Social order