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BUDDHISM
Contents
Introduction to Buddhism
Peace
Justice
Relationship between peace and justice
Human Right
Environment
Teaching on living and working with
other faiths.
What is Buddhism?
Buddha’s teaching, Sasana
 Philosophy of awakening
 Liberation and redemption
 Law of nature
 Three gems:
 Buddha: Enlighten and teacher
 Dharma: Mental development, Social
issues and law
 Sangha: community
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Main Buddhist Concepts
Four Noble Truth
 Suffering
 Cause of suffering- craving
 Cessation of suffering- Suffering can
be overcome and happiness attained
so-called Nirvana.
 Path leading to end the cessation of
suffering.
Middle path/Eight fold path
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Right Understanding
Right Thought
Wisdom
Right Speech
Right Action
Ethical Conduct
Right Livelihood
Right Effort
Right Mindfulness Mental Development
Right Concentration
Five precepts
No killing ↔ Respect life
 No stealing ↔ Right livelihood
 No sexual misconduct ↔ Sexual Satisfy
 No telling lie ↔ Truth/Honesty
 No drinking alcohol ↔ Health (Physical &
Mental)
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Three main teachings
1)
2)
3)
Not to do bad- Vinaya
Do good- Sutra
Purify our mind-Aphidharma
Peace
There is no way to peace, Peace is the
way
 Peace is ultimate reality of Buddhism,
one of names of Nirvana- living life and
after life. Peace begins with ourself…
Slowly Slowly Step by Step…
 Peace mean Dharma, law of nature, law
of human being.
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Grow National Happiness: Have enough for
survival (human basic need & property by
right livelihood) & quality of life (morality,
generosity, justice, equal right)
Non-action is the source of all action.
Army of peace-We will shoot the people
with bullets of loving-kindness
Justice
Yuti Dharma refers to a just society
with fair treatment and just share
More than just the administration of
law
Right-wing +Left-wing=Rule of law,
human right & human basic need.
Causes of injustice:
Selfishness, greed, hatred and delusion
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Greed: Capitalism and consumerism
 Anger (Kodha): Militarism and injustice.
 Hared (Dosa): Racism, Classism & Exclusive.
Political enemies “them/other” because they
are different, because they have something
we want. Structural Anger turns up in our socalled “justice system” which many country
use to keep in check and punish those who
lack power. Punishment and revenge will
remain structural greed & anger= structural
injustice
Relation between peace & Justice
Interconnectedness/Inter-being: Personal &
social justpeace.
 The suffering of people has been deep.
From this suffering come great compassion.
Great compassion makes a peaceful
heart….world.
 Compassion & Wisdom must walk together.
If you have one without another, it’s like
walking on one foot. Finally you will fall
down.
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People try to killed and will be killed
 Dali Lama: As a leader, you must respect
the precepts more than those who stay in
the temple because if you are tend to kill,
it will affect broader.
 When the king act injustice, the
minister...farmer will act injustice… no
rain….Climate Change
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Buddhists respond to injustice
Umbrella revolution in Cambodia
 Democracy in 1998
 Dhamayietra: Peace walk
 Orange revolution in Myanmar
 Tibet
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Human Right
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Human being are born with complete freedom
and responsibility.
 Rectus meaning straight. Rectus, in turn, can
be traced to the Greek orektos which means
stretched out or upright
 Both "right" and rectus themselves, however,
have a more remote ancestor in the Sanskrit rju
(straight or upright). The equivalent form in Pali
is uju (or ujju) meaning "straight, direct;
straightforward, honest, upright.“. It would
therefore appear that both the objective sense
("straight") and the metaphorical moral sense
("rectitude") of the word "right"
Right & Responsibility for 8 qroup
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Each one of us has a role to play in sustaining
and promoting social justice and orderliness.
The Buddha explained very clearly these roles
as reciprocal duties existing between parents
and children; teachers and pupils; husband and
wife; friends, relatives and neighbors; employer
and employee; clergy and laity ... No one has
been left out. The duties explained here are
reciprocal and are considered as sacred duties,
for - if observed - they can create a just,
peaceful and harmonious society
 Dharma determines not just "what one is due to
do" but also "what is due to one."
Enviroment
Buddha was born, enlighten, pass
away under the tree.
-Interconnectedness,
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Tree-ordination and planting in peace walk
 How Buddhists Understand Nature.
All life is interrelated and interdependent.
Nature, or we could say our natural
environment, is alive and at least partly
conscious.
 Buddhist monks and nuns vow to follow
moral precepts that prohibit harming of the
environment. There are vows for protecting
the purity of the water; for not killing sentient
beings who live in the earth; for not killing
insects, birds, and animals; for not starting
forest fires; and for respecting the life of
trees, particularly ancient ones.
Co-existence
The sublime state.. Law of living
 Loving-kindness
 Compassion
 Sympathetic joy
 Equanimity
Victim of circumstance
 Interfaith education/Inter-religious literacy
 All religion walk together for peace
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Respect, accept and appreciate the
fundamental teaching in every religionsympathetic understanding
 Buddha: If you become angry when others
condemn your religion, you are not follows of
Mine.
 Let us listen, and be willing to listen to the
doctrine professed by others.
 Sticking to the spirit of “ the law of the
Dharma”, instead of just following “the letter
of the law”
His Holiness the Dalai Lama has said that
it is wonderful that so many different
religions exist in the world. Just as one
food will not appeal to everybody, one
religion or one set of beliefs will not
satisfy everyone's needs.
 Hans Kung: Until there is no peace
between religions, there can be know
peace in the world.
 There is no any single tradition monopoly
the truth.
 Treat others as your like to be treaded
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Living Buddha, Living Christ

Indian Christian: We are going to here the
beauties of several tradition, but it doesn’t
mean we are going to make a fruit salad!
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Thich Nath Hanh: Fruit salad can be delisious!
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I don’t see any reason to spend one’s
whole life testing just one kind of fruit.
Thank !