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Dharma Wheel
Lotus blossom
Conch Shell
The Vase
The Eternal Knot
 Largest religion in Asia
 Began in India - 560 BC.
 Grew out of Hinduism
 Founder was Gautama Buddha
 Growing rapidly around the world
 One Buddhist temple in Augusta
Buddha - legends of early life
 Born to wealthy king - in India
 “Seer” predicted he was to be great ruler
 If he saw four things he would become
the founder of a new religion
[1] Disease
[2] Old age
[3] Death
[4] Monk who had renounced world
 Married and had a son
 Practiced the Hindu religion
Buddha - When he was about 30
Saw the 4 things that changed his life
[1] Disease
[2] Old age
[3] Death
[4] Monk who had renounced world
Renounced his family
Became a mendicant [beggar] monk
Buddha - Wandering years
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Studied “Hindu” religion
Rejected
Tried “ascetism” for 6 years
Became a living skeleton - near death
Five monks were his followers
Meditated 40 days and 40 nights
Experience - called bliss of Nirvana
Buddha - His religion was born
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Experience described as “bodhi”
Gautama became the “Buddha”
The one who had become fully awake
“From good must come good,…”
Five monks followed him again
Taught them the meaning of life
Enlightenment in your heart
Built on fundamental principles of Hinduism
Karma
Reincarnation
Nirvana
Rejects some parts of Hinduism
Highest “caste” could end cycle
Rejected authority of Vedas & Upanishads
Four Noble Truths
(1) Existence is suffering
(2) Cause of suffering
(3) How to end suffering
(4) Cessation of suffering
Noble Eightfold Path
1.Right views
2.Right intentions
3.Right speech
4.Right behavior
5.Right occupation
6.Right effort
7.Right contemplation
8.Right meditation
13 Major divisions
2 Main divisions
 Theravada - Hinayana
 Mayhayana Buddhism
Zen Buddhism
 Theravada - Hinayana
Three groups - “Tripitaka”
Vinaya Pitaka
Sutta Pitaka
Abhidhamma Pitaka
 Mayhayana Buddhism
No fixed group
5,000 volumes and growing
Cosmos
Deity
Man
Man’s Plight
Salvation
Conduct
Destiny
Cosmos
Prakriti - matter = physical world
Purusha
Deity
Denied belief in any god
Believed in many deities
Man
Reborn - reincarnation
No soul
Man’s Plight
Holds in bondage to rebirth
Salvation
Middle way of life
Conduct
Right thought, speech - eliminate desire
Destiny
Nirvana
To die away - cease to exist
1. Do Not Believe in God
Founder called “Lord Buddha”
Bible teaches…
God is eternal, immutable, omnipresent,
omniscient and omnipotent
God created all things Gen. 1:1
God loves man
2. Man is worthless
Man will cease to exist
Bible teaches…
Man is made in image of God
Gen. 1:27
Man has body, soul & spirit 1 Thes.5:23
Man will live eternally Heaven/Hell
3. Human body is miserable hindrance
Living in flesh is not a happy existence
Bible teaches…
Body is creation of God - Gen. 2:7
Body is temple of Holy Spirit
1 Cor. 6:19-20
1 Cor. 15:51-54
4. Reincarnation
Born and die many times
Buddha lived 530 lives
Bible teaches…
One life and one death
Heb. 9:27 “And as it is appointed unto
men once to die, but after this the judgment:”
5. Spread by Political Power
Adapted to the country
Appealed to man’s laziness
Bible teaches…
Gospel is spread by preaching truth
Romans 10:15
6. Offers no hope
Doctrine of Annihilation
Bible teaches…
Hope of eternal home in heaven
John 14:1
Hope is anchor of the soul - Heb.6:18-19
7. Incorrect view about suffering
Suffering caused by desire
Eliminate desire and eliminate suffering
Bible teaches…
Sin is the cause of suffering - Gen. 2-3
Death brings disease, and suffering
Cure - obey the gospel
Promise - home in heaven - no suffering
False religion - not revealed in the Bible
Started by a man
He died at 80 - buried - body remains there
Christianity is far superior
Christ died at age 33
Raised after 3 days
Ascended back to heaven
They teach that life is a drudgery
Christianity gives meaning and purpose to life
Rom. 8:37
John 10:10
Best way of life possible on this earth
“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth,
and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6
Sermon by Arthur Pigman
Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road
Evans, Ga. 30809
706-855-1249
[email protected]
www.evansgachurchofchrist.org
Sunday Evening
April 17, 2011