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1. Submitted By – Daljeet Kaur
Roll No – 16370310041
Submitted To – Ms. Mandeep Kaur

2. The History of Buddhism spans from the 5th century BC to
the present: which arose in the eastern part of Ancient India,
in and around the ancient Kingdom of Magadha (now in
Bihar, India) and is based on the teachings of Siddhartha
Gautama. This makes it one of the oldest religions practiced
today. The religion evolved as it spread from the
northeastern region of the Indian subcontinent through
Central, East, and Southeast Asia. At one time or another, it
influenced most of the Asian continent. The history of
Buddhism is also characterized by the development of
numerous movement, schisms, and schools.

3. Buddhism is a religion and dharma that encompasses a
variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices largely
based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. Buddhism
originated in India sometime between the 6th and 4th
centuries BCE, from where it spread through much of Asia,
where after it declined in India during the middle ages. Two
major extant branches of Buddhism are generally
recognized by scholars: Theravada (Pali: “The School of the
Elders”) and Mahayana (Sanskrit: “The Great Vehicle”).
Buddhism is the world’s fourth-largest religion, with over
500 million followers or 7% of the global population,
known as Buddhists.

4.  Ideally, education is the principal tool of human growth,
essential for transforming the unlettered child into a mature
and responsible adult.
 One major reason for this sad state of affairs is a loss of
vision regarding the proper aims of education.
 Since today’s secular society dictates that institutional
education is to focus on preparing students for their careers
in a Buddhist country like Sri Lanka.
 The entire system of Buddhist education must be rooted in
faith (saddha) – faith in the Triple Gem, and above all in the
Buddha as the fully enlightened one, the peerless teacher
and supreme guide to right living and right understanding.

5. Buddhism came into existence in about 600 B.C. Buddhism
and Jainism were off shoots of Hinduism. As there was little
change in their ideals of life, the concept of education also
suffered only a shift of emphasis. There was o water tight
compartment in the realm of thought separating
Brahmanism, Buddhism and Jainism. They all contributed
harmoniously to the development of culture as a whole and
their contributions to education were inextricably mixed up.
As frontiers of knowledge became wide, pursuit of
knowledge also assumed a more systematic and organised
method.

6.  Develops ethics, mindfulness, calm and insight
meditation and wisdom.
 Ends rebirth of the ego, of personality issues.
 Recognizes a human being has the potential to abide as
a god (brahma vihara) through love, compassion etc.
 Explores relative/ultimate truth.
 Points to awakening and liberation through seeing the
emptiness of self existence of ‘I’ and ‘my’ and inquiry
into dependent arising.

7.  A Patriarchal religion. Barely any application of
change to the status quo.
 Acceptance or ignoring of repressive political/military
regimes running a country.
 Unquestioning devotion to lineages, traditions, Lamas,
Ajahns and Zen masters.
 Worship of the Buddha rather than application of the
Dharma.
 Chanting, rituals and religiosity overshadow acts of
wisdom and compassion.

8. I would like to spend a few moments by way of
conclusion to reflect upon what we have done over the
past weeks and relate it to what we can do now and in
the future. The teachings of the Buddha are
exceedingly vast and very profound. In fact, over the
past weeks, we have only managed to survey a few of
the fundamental teachings of the Buddha, and these
only superficially.