Gautama Buddha lived from 563 to 483 BC in ancient India and founded Buddhism. He taught that life is full of suffering caused by desire, and that one can be liberated from this cycle of suffering through following the Eightfold Path of right understanding, intention, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration. Key Buddhist teachings include the Four Noble Truths about the nature of suffering and its cessation, the Three Universal Truths about cause and effect, and taking refuge in the Three Jewels of the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Buddha preached for 45 years before reaching parinirvana at the age of 80, leaving his teachings as the guide for followers.

1. 600 BC : RELIGION, REFORM
GAUTAM BUDDHA & HIS TEACHINGS
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2. BUDDHISM BACKGROUND
• PURANA KASSAYAP- SOUL NOT AFFECTED BY
KARMA
• MAKKALI GHOSAL- FATALIST –THINGS WILL
HAPPEN ; IT HAPPENS; DESTINY
• AJIT KESAKAMBAL- UCCHEDVADA;
ANNIHALIST; NO HELL & NO HEAVEN; 85 LAKH
CYCLE OF
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3. BACKGROUND ...
• ANNOYANNAVAD- PAKUKDA KECHAYNA , 7
ELEMENTS MAKE A BEING, PRITHVI ETC.,
• SANJAY BELAPUTTA- VIKSHEPAVAD, NO
ACTION & NO FRUIT
• CHATURYAMSAMVARVAD- MAHAVIR,
NIGANTHA NATHAPATTA ( KARMA BASED,
PAST & PRESENT)
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4. SIDDHARTHA
• LUMBINI 563 BCE; MARRIED TO
YASHODHRA(16); SON;
• TRANSFORMATION- OLD MAN, SICK MAN,
DEAD , MONK
‘I SHALL BE LIKE HIM’
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5. LESSONS OF LIFE
• "Neither my life of luxury in the palace nor my
life as an ascetic in the forest is the way to
freedom. Overdoing things can not lead to
happiness. “
• LEFT HOUSE (29) GAINED KNOWLEDGE(35)
DIED (80)
• 45 YEARS OF PREACHING
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6. WISDOM
• "Monks, you have neither mother nor father
to look after you. If you do not look after each
other, who will look after you? Whoever
serves the sick and suffering, serves me."
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7. Four Noble Truths
• DUKKA WORLD IS FULL OF SUFFERING
• SAMUDAYA –CAUSE IS DESIRE
• NIRODHA –LIBERATE THE SOULD FROM
DESIRE, NIRVANA –FREE FROM CYCLE OF LIFE
AND DEATH
• ASHTANGMARG- 8 FOLD PATH
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8. EIGHT FOLD PATH
RIGHT
UNDERSTANDING
RIGHT INTENTION
RIGHT SPEECH
RIGHT ACTION
RIGHT
LIVELIHOOD
RIGHT EFFORT
RIGHT
MINDFULNESS
RIGHT
CONCENTRATION
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9. Three Universal Truth
• Nothing is lost in the universe
• Everything Changes
• Law of Cause and Effect
"The kind of seed sown
will produce that kind of fruit.
Those who do good will reap good results.
Those who do evil will reap evil results.
If you carefully plant a good seed,
You will joyfully gather good fruit."
Dhammapada
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10. Three Jewels
• I go to the Buddha for refuge.
Namo Buddham Sharnam gacchami
• I go to the Dharma for refuge.
Namo Dharmam Sharnam gacchami
• I go to the Sangha for refuge.
Namo Sangham Sharnam gacchami
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11. • ‘ I teach suffering, its origin, cessation and path,
that is all , I teach’
• God to ‘
Self-Control’
• Sabba Papassa Akdranam (Not do evil)
• Kusalassa Upasapada (To increase good)
• Sachittapriyodapanam (To purify mind)
• Etam Buddhanasdsanam (This is the teaching of
Buddha
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12. Fire Sermon
• Bhikkus, all is burning; And what is all that is
burning? Eye, Love, Hate, Birth, Age , Death,
Pain
• Ist Sermon (Deer Park)- ‘ I teach one thing and
one thing only: Suffering and the end of
suffering’; Four Noble truths
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13. ‘ Do not say we have no master now. The
doctrine I have preached will be your master
when I have disappeared. All Creatures are
impermanent’
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14. Bodh Gaya
Sarnath- Ist Sermon
Kushinagar- Mahaparinirvana
Rajgir – Ist Buddhist Council
Vaishali- 2nd Buddhist Council
Sanchi- Stupa (commissioned by Ashoka)
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