The philosophy of Buddha. I hope this helps! :) From: PNU-Manila BSE Major in English

1. Report by:
Rio Jessa Evelyn Tare

2. Real Name: Siddhartha Gautama
AKA: Buddha meaning "the awakened one", or "the one who knows",
used when he was already 35 years old.
• Siddhartha Gautama the Prince
• Search for the Truth
• Spreading his teachings

3. • Was born into thefeudal kingdom of theSakya clan where the
Gautama family ruled.
• Lived a luxurious life withoutany hardships
• His father protected/shielded him from contact with ugliness,
sickness, old age and death.
• Married at sixteen to a woman namedYasodhara and soon
had a son.
• Siddhartain his early twentiesbecame discontented.
WHY?

4. • First: Siddhartha saw an old man, bent and trembling, and discovered
old age.
• Second: He saw asick man suffering from disease.
• Third: He witnessed a funeral procession and acorpse.
• Fourth: He met a wandering monk who had an inner tranquillity despite
living an austere life, suggesting to Siddhartha that he had come to
terms with old age, sicknessand death.
*On his 29th birthday, Siddharta renounced his regal life leaving
behind his family and went out of the palace.

5. • Livedas a monkand eventuallycalledSakyamunior sageofthe
Sakyas.
• Triedtolivean austerelife,starvedand punished his bodyto
subdue its worldlydesires which hethoughtwas an obstacleto
spiritualdevelopment.
• Helost his fivefollowers.

6. Onthe night of the full
moon in May, complete
Enlightenment came to
him.

8. • The first truth is that life is suffering.
In "The Vision of the Buddha” by Tom Lowenstein, the Buddha says:
"What, monks, is the truth of suffering? Birth is
suffering, decay, sickness and death are suffering. To be
separated from what you like is suffering. To want
something and not get it is suffering. In short, the
human personality, liable as it is to clinging and
attachment brings suffering."

9. • The second noble truth is that suffering in its broad sense, comes
from desire, and specifically, desire for meeting our expectations
and for self fulfilment as we see it. By desiring for ourselves
rather than the whole, we will always have suffering.
*Orin the language today “Life sucks.”

10. The third noble truth tells us that if our
attachment to desire ends, so too will the
suffering. Specifically, if we change our
perception and reduce our attachment to
desire, suffering will also reduce.

11. The fourth noble truth shows the way to the ending of
suffering. The Buddha said that the way to cease suffering is
to follow the middle way, the Noble Eightfold path. This
provides the guidelines for day to day living.

13. Right View
Right
Intent
Right
Speech
Right
Action

14. • Right Understanding or Right View
• seeing the world and everything in it as it really is, not as we believe it
to be or want it to be.
• “I must state clearly that my teaching is a method to experience reality
and not reality itself”
• Right Intent
• Right Intent must come from the heart and involves recognising the
equality of alllife and compassion for allthat life, beginning with
yourself.
• Right Intent means persistence and a passion for the journey.

15. • RightSpeech
• Involves recognition of the truth, and also an awareness of the impact
of idle gossip andof repeating rumours.
• By resolving never to speak unkindly, or in anger, a spirit of
consideration evolves which moves us closer to everyday
compassionate living.
• RightAction
• Recognises the need to take the ethical approach in life, to consider
others andthe world we live in.
• Also encompasses the five precepts which were given by the Buddha,
not to kill, steal, lie, to avoid sexual misconduct, and not to take drugs
or other intoxicants.

16. Right
Livelihood
Right Effort
Right
Mindfulness
Right
Concentration

17. • RightLivelihood
• Certain types of work werediscouraged by the Buddha, in particular those whereyou
deal in harmful drugs and intoxicants, those dealing in weapons, and those harmful
toanimal orhuman life.
• Also implies that a Buddhist who is able, will undertake some work, either as part of a
Buddhist community, orin the workplace, or,alternatively, do home-based or
community service.
• Right Effort
• Right Effort means cultivating an enthusiasm, a positive attitude in a balanced way.
• In orderto produce Right Effort, clear andhonest thoughts should be welcomed, and
feelings of jealousy and angerleft behind. Right Effort equates to positive thinking,
followed by focused action.

18. • RightMindfulness
• Right Mindfulness means being awareof the moment, and being focused in that
moment.
• Right Mindfulness asks us to be aware of the journey at that moment, and to beclear
and undistracted at that moment. Right Mindfulness is closely linked with
meditation and forms the basis of meditation.
• RightConcentration
• Right Concentration is turning the mind to focus on an object, such as a flower, or a
lit candle, ora concept such asloving compassion.
• The benefits of Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration are significant as they
teach the mind to see things, not as we are conditioned to seeing them, but as they
really are.

19. Release from the control of past pains and
future mind games takes us closer to

21. Suffering
As defined before, comes from life, as
sickness, loneliness, old age, or just a general
feeling of life not being what it should.
Impermanence
We wish life to be permanent when all
existence is impermanent, everything is
subject to continuous change. Birth and death
are part of that process of change.

22. No Unique Self
Each self has no fixed reality, but is a
constantly changing self and dependant on
changing conditions.
While we are not permanent and fixed entities,
we are certainly part of the on-going reality.

23. Dependant Origination is also called the law of causality and
was the other main revelation which came to Buddha at his
enlightenment. In this teaching, he says that nothing exists on its
own, but always has come from earliercircumstances.

24. Everything is always a consequence of something before, thatis, the origin of
everything is not unique, and it is dependent on a particular set of
circumstances having happened.
In essence, the Buddha didnot see a separate and benevolent creator who
could act on our behalf. He saw the interdependence of alllifeand the cause
and effect of actions which create their own future.

25. "Whatwe are today comes from our thoughtsof yesterday,
and our present thoughtsbuild our lifeof tomorrow. Our
life is the creation of our mind".

26. Karma means intendedaction,and is a dynamic concept. It is
notfate or predestination,but a consequence of whathas
gone before.
Intention is a major part of Karma!

28. Buddhists understand life as samsara, meaningperpetual wandering,
and describe thetransition like a billiard ballhittinganotherbilliard
ball.
Rebirth is differentfromReincarnation.
Reincarnationimplies thetransfer of anessence, or a soul, while
Rebirthfollows thelaw of causality,or dependantorigination, where
this arises because of circumstances whichhappened before.

29. Goal
A primary aim of Buddhism is to break free of the wheel of samsara, and to
reach a new level calledNirvana.
Misconception
Those in the West recognise the term asmeaning Heaven, or a Heaven on
Earth, or perhaps a famous rock band.
Truth
Nirvana literallymeansextinguishingor unbinding.Theimplicationis
thatitis freedomfromwhatever binds you, fromthe burning passionof
desire,jealousy,and ignorance.

30. BUDDHISM:PHILOSOPHY ORRELIGION?

31. Buddhism is a philosophy, a moral code, and, for some a religious
faith which originated 2,500 years ago in India. It offers a diagnosis
of the suffering of mankind and provides a formula for individuals
toresolve thatsuffering.
“It is more of a way of life than a religion.”

32. “Peace comesfrom within. Do not seek it
without.”-Buddha