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Buddhism Elliott Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 1053 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: February 20, 2008 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 2 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Buddhism: Buddhism Eastern GeographyBuddha from ancient NW India: Buddha from ancient NW India Siddhartha Gautama: Siddhartha Gautama Years of life: 563 BCE to 483 BCE Born into wealthy family, prince Married young, had one son Left palace and encountered: An old man A diseased man A decaying corpse An ascetic – a begging monk Revelation: Revelation Disturbed by this suffering Life is a fleeting thing Life is full of Suffering (dukkha) How can we overcome “dukkha”? Knew that wealth would not preserve him He left family, became a begging monk Wandering India : Wandering India Student of several spiritual masters Not satisfied with teachings, moved on Starved himself, nearly died Reconsidered path Practiced meditations Separated “Maya” from reality Recognized deeper truthsThe Awakened One: The Awakened One Realized his “middle way” No extremes = starvation, indulgence Sat for 49 days in meditation Achieved “enlightenment” at age 35 Understood cause and solution of suffering4 Noble Truths: 4 Noble Truths 1. All people suffer 2. Desire is the cause of suffering 3. End suffering by ending desire 4. Eliminate suffering by following 8 fold path Eightfold Path: Eightfold Path 1. Know the truth 2. Resist evil 3. Say nothing to hurt others 4. Respect life 5. Work for good of others 6. Free your mind of evil 7. Control your thoughts 8. Practice mediationThe Goal: The Goal Nirvana = "to cease blowing" No longer touched by desire No longer reincarnated “They do not age, nor do they die, they do not perish” Released from cosmic cycle of rebirth Buddha’s Life and “Death”: Buddha’s Life and “Death” 45 years teaching to nobles, outcasts “Dies” around 80 years of age Enters ultimate state of Nirvana, bodiless Tells disciples to not follow leaders, only pathBuddhism: Beliefs: Buddhism: Beliefs Rejects Hindu gods Rejects caste system Believes in reincarnation (and its end) Varied beliefs developed over timeForms of Buddhism: Forms of Buddhism Southern Asia = Theravāda Buddhism Traditional form: Buddha as teacher Eastern Asia = Mahayana Buddhism Buddha as God Northern Asia = Tibetian Buddhism Accelerated path to Nirvana Written Beliefs: No formal “bible” of Buddhism But most have in common: discourses of the Buddha Many other writings Commentaries Not accepted by all traditions Written Beliefs