The mind is everything. What you think you become.

1. Spiritual Indian Thinker: GAUTAMA BUDDHA

2. Founder: Siddhartha Gautama
#Earliest sources for the life of Buddha
date from the 2nd century AD
#Siddhartha was born as a prince
around 563 BC in Ancient India
-Grew up surrounded by luxury, married a
beautiful woman and had a happy life
-At age 29 he took a ride beyond the
palace gates and saw a sick man, an old
man, a poor man, and a dead body
#Disturbed, he left his family to find the
“realm of life where there is no suffering
nor death”.

3. • Siddhartha Gautama wandered for years and
meet with Hindu Scholars, whose ideas didn’t
answer his questions
• He fasted and meditated under a tree
pondering the mystery of life
• Legend tells that during the night evil spirits
tempted Gautama to give up meditating, but
he didn’t
• He then became Buddha or “Enlightened
One”.
Enlightened Gautama

4. Death leads to rebirth into a new life
(Reincarnation)
All events in life is a consequence of
actions
done in the past life (Karma)
Cycle of Rebirth is escaped only by
achieving Nirvana
Nirvana: unborn, unoriginated, uncreated,
unformed – achieved by ultimate purity of
life
Major Beliefs

5. Four Noble Truths:
1. All life is full of suffering, pain, and
sorrow
2. The cause of suffering is non virtue,
thinking such as hatred and desire
3. The only cure for suffering is to
overcome these negative deeds and
thoughts
4. The way to overcome these negative
deeds and thoughts is to follow the
Eightfold Path

6. The Eightfold Path
-A person has to live a moral life, avoiding evil
-By meditating, you can reach Nirvana
-Final Goal: Nirvana, union with the universe and release from
the cycle of reincarnation
-Buddhism stresses honesty, charity, and kindness to all living
creatures: Rejects the Caste System!

7. DHARMA
• Buddha’s teachings are known as “dharma.” He taught that wisdom,
kindness, patience, generosity and compassion were important
virtues.
• Specifically, all Buddhists live by five moral precepts, which prohibit:
• Killing living things
• Taking what is not given
• Sexual misconduct
• Lying
• Using drugs or alcohol

8. Symbol
 The eight-spoked wheel symbolizes the Buddha’s turning of the
Wheel of Truth or Law. There are eight spokes to reference the Noble
Eightfold Path of Buddhism, which is the path Buddhists believe can
end suffering in their lives. This path involves becoming more wise,
righteous, and thoughtful in life.

9. Place of worship
Buddhists worship and meditate in a temple known as a Vihara. A Vihara is a huge square temple
with roofs that slope down and outward from the building.

10. HOLY BOOK
Buddhists revere many sacred texts and scriptures. Some
of the most important are:
Tipitaka: These texts, known as the “three baskets,” are
thought to be the earliest collection of Buddhist writings.
Sutras: There are more than 2,000 sutras, which are
sacred teachings embraced mainly by Mahayana
Buddhists.
The Book of the Dead: This Tibetan text describes the
stages of death in detail.

11. Quotes of Gautam Buddha

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