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1. Members 1.Nattakan Luyjan No.7 2.Tiramanas Kerdphol No.8 3.Nalinee Naisa No. 12 4.Piyaporn Chukadee No.21 5.Pornsawan Mekmanee No.23 6.Saowadee Klongrua No.33 7.Saowanee Buree No.34 8.Amonrat Paluekphet No.36 E.511

2. Buddhism

3. The life of Buddha About the year 623 B.C., the Buddha was born in Northern India which is now the territory of Nepal close to the Indian border. His father was King Suddhodana, King of the Sakya clansman of Kapilavastu- City. His mother was Queen Maha maya. She was daughterof King Suddhodana’s uncle,who was also king of neighboring district of the same clan.

4. When Queen Maha Maya was pregnant, according to the ancient Indian customs, she returned to her parents’s home for birth. On her way, she took a rest under an Asoka tree in the Lumpini Park. She reached out her right arm to pluck a branch.There the prince was born. He was named Siddharta, which means “Every wish fulfilled

5. Seven days after the birth of the prince, Queen Maha Maya died. The prince was then brought up by his aunt Maha Pajapati. After that an ascetic named Asita saluted him and predicted that he would become a Buddha. His father was very worried about the possibility of the only son leaving the palace and becoming a homeless recluse.

6. He tried every possible way to make the son happy with the court life. His father arranged for him to marry with Princess Yasodhara. He led a luxurious life, unaware of the reality outside the palace gate. One day, he went out of the palace to see the world side. On his way, he met a frail old man, a diseased person, acorpse and a dignified ascetic.

7. Since then, Siddharta became more and more dissatisfied with the worldly luxurious life in the palace. When he was twenty-nine, he had a son name Rahula, which means an impediment. When the news of the birth of his son was conveyed to him, he exclaimed, “An impediment has been born.

8. A fetter has arisen.” PrinceSiddharta decided to leave the palace in order to find the truth of life and way to end human sufferings. He spent six years learning from various teachers as well as meditating by himself. Eventually, at the age of thirty-five, when he was meditating by himself under a Bodhi tree on the full moon night of the sixth lunar month,

9. he found the path to Enlightenment and became the Buddha, or the Enlightened one.After that he traveled all over the country to preach his doctrine. Many people followed his way of life.The Buddha passed into Parinibbana on the Full Moon of May at the age of 80 in Upawattana Sall Park in Kusinara. He was cremated and his relics have been divided and enshrined in Buddhist temples around the globe , leaving behind Buddhism as one of the greatest religion of the world.

11. Dhamma The main teaching of the Buddha is the Fourfold Noble Truth, which consists of the following:1. Dukkha, The Truth of Suffering : the world is full of suffering. Birth is suffering, old age is suffering, sickness and death are sufferings, To meet a man whom one hates is suffering, to be separated from a beloved one is suffering, to be vainly struggling to satisfy one's needs is suffering. In fact, life that is not free from desire and passion is always involved with distress.

12. 2. Dukkha Samudaya, The Truth of the Cause of Suffering : the cause of human suffering is undoubtedly found in the thirsts of the physical body and in the illusions of worldly passion. If these thirsts and illusions are traced to their source, they are found to be rooted in the intense desires of physical instincts. Thus, desire, having a strong will-to-live as its basis, seeks that which it feels desirable, even if it is sometimes death.

13. 3.Dukkha Nirodha, The Truth of the Cessation of Suffering : if desire, which lies at the root of all human passion, can be removed, then passion will die out and all human suffering will be ended. 4.Dukkha Nirodha Gaminipatipada, The Truth of the Path Leading to the cessation of Suffering: in order to enter the state where there is no suffering, one must follow the right path. The path that leads to the cessation of suffering is the Eightflod Noble Right, which is composed of Right View, Right Thought,

14. Right Speech, Right Behavior, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration. Those who choose the path leading to Enlightenment should take the Middle Way, which promotes sight, knowledge, peace, wisdom, enlightenment, and eventually, Nibbana. To take the Middle Way, one must avoid the two extremes which are the constant attachment to sensual pleasures and the constant addiction of self-mortification. In other words, by taking the Middle Way, one has to follow the Eightfold Noble Path.

15. Buddhism in Thailand Historical finding show that Buddhism came into Thailand at four different periods, namely, 1. Theravada or Southern Buddhism. This from of Buddhism came to Thailand around the third century B.C. during the reign of King Asoka, the great Indian emperor who sent missionaries to various parts of the then known world. 2. Mahayana or Northern Buddhism. Around the second century A.D.Buddhism was revised and the Mahayana Buddhism started.

16. This form of Buddhism spread into South east Asia no later than the fifth century A.D. 3. Burma Buddhism. In 1057 A.D., King Anurudda of Burma extended his kingdom to Thailand. Thus the Burmese version of Theravada Buddhism came to this country. 4. Ceylon century A.D. A monk from Nakorn Srithammarat, and important Southern province, went to Ceylon and brought back this version of Buddhism. He was invited by King Ramkamhaeng of the Sukhothai Kingdom to preach to this people. The Ceylon Buddhism there fore, was established in Thailand during the

17. the Sukhothai period and has remained dominant ever since. The Laity The Thai people are free to follow any religion. However, the constitution specifies that the king of the country must be a Buddhist and the upholder of Buddhism. One basic point in teaching Buddhism to laymen is the five moral precepts, which all Buddhists know by heart. These five precepts are: 1. not to kill. 2. not to steal.

18. 3. not to commit adultery. 4. not to lie. 5. not to take intoxicants of any kind.

19. The eight-spoked Dharmacakra. The eight spokes represent the Noble Eightfold Path of Buddhism. The international Buddhist flag. The Buddhist flag, first hoisted in 1885 in Sri Lanka, is a symbol of faith and peace used throughout the world to represent the Buddhist faith. 

20. The six colors; Blue (nila), Yellow (pita), Red (lohita), White (odata), Scarlet (manjestha), and the mixture of these six colors (prabaswara) of the flag represent the colors of the aura that emanated from the body of the Buddha when He attained Enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree.  The Horizontal Stripes represent the races of the world living in harmony and the Vertical Stripes represent eternal world peace. The colors symbolize the perfection of Buddhahood and the Dharma.

21. The Buddha’s sayings - Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. - Leave the past alone, do not worry about the future, do not cling to the present and you will achieve calm. - Being neither jealous nor greedy, being without desires, and remaining the same ddunder all circumstances, this is nobility. - Do not overestimate what you have received, nor ever envy others. He who ddenvies others does not obtain peace of mind. - A good path is free from torture and groaning and suffering.