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Buddhism

Buddhism. Why do people suffer? Is all suffering bad? What did the Buddha believe was the cause of suffering?. For your consideration…. 563 BCE Siddhartha Gautama 360 Million followers Gods? No God Mahayana Sect The Buddha is God. Buddhism. Where practiced ?

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Buddhism

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  1. Buddhism

  2. Why do people suffer? Is all suffering bad? What did the Buddha believe was the cause of suffering? For your consideration…

  3. 563 BCE • Siddhartha Gautama • 360 Million followers • Gods? • No God • Mahayana Sect • The Buddha is God Buddhism

  4. Where practiced? India, Tibet, Nepal, & Bhutan Monotheistic: No / Yes Religious Book? Three Baskets of Wisdom Siddhartha Gautama

  5. Place of Worship? Temple Religious Leader? None Monks are most spiritual

  6. Sects: • Theravada: • Monks • live ascetic life • No god • Mahayana: • Buddha is God • Holy City: • Lhasa, Tibet Buddhism

  7. No Caste System • Karma • The FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS 1. Suffering exists 2. Desire causes suffering 3. Suffering ends when attachment to desire ceases. 4. Practice the Eightfold Path to end desire • 8 Fold Path: Compassion, understanding, kindness and truth Rules and Laws

  8. Life After Death • Reincarnation: rebirth • NIRVANA • Enlightenment • Free from suffering from one’s own desires The Mahabodhi temple in Bodhgaya, India. The tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment. Major pilgrimage site

  9. Missionaries: spread Buddhism throughout Asia Dalai Lama: Leader of Tibetan Buddhists Bodhisattvas Miscellaneous

  10. Buddha Day: Birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha Symbols: Buddha The Wheel (8 Fold Path) Lotus Flower

  11. Lust ill Will Worry Doubt Laziness Which is the most difficult for you? 5 Hindrances

  12. "Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: it transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural & spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity" • Albert Einstein BUDDHISM

  13. Zen koans are paradoxical statements used as a meditation device. People must go beyond the words and their perceptions in order to understand the meaning of existence. • SAMPLE= If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? • 1 - What is the sound of one hand clapping? • 2 - What is your original face before you were born? • 3 - What is the color of the wind? Zen Koans

  14. 4 - One day as Manjusri stood outside the gate, the Buddha called to him, "Manjusri, Manjusri, why do you not enter?" Manjusri replied, "I do not see myself as outside. Why enter?" 5 - A monk asked Master Haryo, "What is the way?” Haryo said, "An open-eyed man falling into the well." 6 - One day Chao-chou fell down in the snow, and called out, "Help me up! Help me up!" A monk came and lay down beside him. Chao-chou got up and went away. Zen Koans

  15. 7 - Two monks were arguing about the temple flag waving in the wind. One said, "The flag moves." The other said, "The wind moves." They argued back and forth but could not agree. Hui-neng, the sixth patriarch, said: "Gentlemen! It is not the flag that moves. It is not the wind that moves. It is your mind that moves." 8 - A monk asked Zhao Zhou to teach him. Zhao Zhou asked, "Have you eaten your meal?" The monk replied, "Yes, I have." "Then go wash your bowl," said Zhao Zhou. At that moment, the monk was enlightened. Zen Koans

  16. 9 - As the roof was leaking, a zen Master told two monks to bring something to catch the water. One brought a tub, the other a basket. The first was severely reprimanded, the second highly praised. 10 - Once Ma-tsu and Pai-chang were walking along and saw some wild ducks fly by. "What is that?" the Master asked. "Wild ducks," Pai-chang replied. "Where have they gone?" "They've flown away," Pai-chang said. The Master then twisted Pai-chang's nose, and when Pai-chang cried out in pain, Ma- tsu said, "When have they ever flown away?" Zen Koans

  17. Visual Analysis

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