This Presentation will take you on journey , where you will learn how Prince Gautama became Sage Gautama Buddha and what are the teachings of Buddhism.
This Presentation will take you on journey , where you will learn how Prince Gautama became Sage Gautama Buddha and what are the teachings of Buddhism.
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Buddhism
What is Buddhism?
Buddhism is the religion of over 520 million people, primarily concentrated in East and Southeast Asia.
The religion began in the fifth century BCE in India and Nepal, growing out of the teachings of Gautama Buddha.
Buddhism does not center on a supreme deity. Many of its varieties do not imagine anything supernatural at all.
Is Buddhism a “religion”?
“Everything that arises also passes away, so strive for what has not arisen.”
At the heart of Buddhism are three “jewels”:
1. The Buddha
2. The Dharma (teachings)
3. the Sangha (community)
The First Gem: The Buddha
Around 500 BCE, a loosely defined kind of ascetic spirituality was flourishing in northern India.
Landowning castes – Brahmins and Kshatriyas
Ascetics (Sramana) rejected Brahmin practices of wealth accumulation and animal sacrifice.
The birth of Shakyamuni
Shakyamuni / Siddhartha was born between 488 and 624 BCE – the traditions differ.
Tradition says that his enlightenment was nearly perfected across hundreds of previous lives. In our world, he was born to a ruling family in southern Nepal.
His birth is accompanied by signs and omens. It takes place in a park – he is immaculately conceived.
The Four Sights
Siddhartha sees:
1. A sick man
2. A suffering old man
3. A dead man
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4. An ascetic who is serene and detached from the world.
Siddhartha admires this man and gives away his princely possessions. He travels and masters yoga.
Siddhartha embarks on a path of extreme asceticism, starving and thirsty.
This does not give him the enlightenment he seeks.
Disillusioned with asceticism, Siddhartha moves to Bodh Gaya and re-enters the comforts of the world.
He begins to comfortably meditate under a large fig tree.
Just before dusk, Siddhartha resists the assaults of greed, boredom, and desire, and then fear and anger.
He meditates to move deeper into consciousness, rather than unconsciousness.
Enlightenment
Just before dawn, Siddartha achieves enlightenment.
“I had direct knowledge. Birth is exhausted, the Holy Life has been lived, what was to be done is done, there is no more of this to come.”
He has achieved nirvana. Nirvana means
Being beyond desires
Feeling transcendent happiness
He sets out to spread his message across India.
The wheel of Dharma turns again
He explains his doctrine to his former companions.
This explanation is called the first discourse or sutra, called “Instruction on the Middle Path”.
Buddha explains that enlightenment only came when he
1. renounced the luxury of his princely origins
2. renounced the extreme asceticism of his early spiritual seeking.
Progress only comes through moderation, the “Middle Path”.
Parinirvana
After 45 years of preaching, Buddha falls ill after eating a bad meal his host had served him.
As he weakens, he instructs his disciples not to follow a human successor, but only the dharma.
He reaches parinirvana – the final end of the cycle of deat ...
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4. THREE MAIN TYPES OF
BUDDHISTS
1. Theravada:
Meditation
Practise in a monastic community
Not genially available to the broad public
Mostly practised in south east Asia
2. Mahayana:
They are open for people to join them
Developed a their own idea of Buddha being a spirit rather than being a human being
Mainly practice in China, Japan and Korea.
3. Vajrayana:
Enthuses the magical and mystical aspect of Buddhism
The believe the world should not be rejected but use it as a medicating technique
6. PRACTICES AND BELIEFS
Follow teachings of Siddhartha Gautama. Lived in India in sixth century BC. He is Buddha.
He name means someone who has gained enlightenment.
Enlightenment means being able to see things as they really are, turning on a light. Buddha
saw the truth.
Don’t believe there is an all powerful god. They don't believe Buddha was more than a man.
If you don’t find enlightenment before you die, you will be reborn again.
Born, growing old, dying and being reborn is a never ending cycle. Breaking out of it is called
nirvana.
Buddhists try to reach nirvana by meditation, training your mind to concentrate
Lotus flower: Pure and good
7. PRACTICES AND BELIEFS
Buddhists repeat everyday "I take refuge in the Buddha I take refuge in the Dhamma I take refuge
in the sangha"
Buddha is the first jewel. Respect him as he showed the way to enlightenment
Dhamma is the second jewel. It is the Buddha's teaching. Means natural law.
Sangha is the third jewel. Means everyone who follows the Buddha, such as monks or nuns.
So meditation is quite possibly the most important part of worship. Read from scriptures. Burn
incense Offer small presents to a statue of Buddha
Light candles- their light has a way of showing that the Buddha's teaching helps you to see
important things. Meet in a temple which contains a shrine.
Decorated with gold. No seats just the floor. Bow or put hands together. Some lie flat on the floor.
Monasteries are where monks teach how to read and write or people just attend.
Stupa is a building shaped like a rounded hill. Buddha's ashes were scattered in eight different
places of which were important to him whilst alive. Stupas are built over the scatterings.
8. 1. Not to take anything which has not been given
2. Not to Not to harm anything which is alive
3. have affairs
4. Not to talk carelessly or unkindly
5. Not to drink alcohol or use drugs wrongly
FIVE PRECEPTS
A RULE OR GUIDE ON HOW YOU SHOULD LIVE
9. WHAT DO BUDDHISTS EAT?
•In the time of the Buddha, the monks were expected to eat everything that was put in
their begging bowl without discrimination, including meat or rotten food.
•If monks knew or suspected that an animal had been slaughtered specifically to feed
monks, they were to refuse to take the meat. On the other hand, leftover meat from
an animal slaughtered to feed a lay family was acceptable.
•The First Precept of Buddhism is not to harm anything which is alive. The Buddha
told his followers not to kill, participate in killing or cause to have any living thing
killed. To eat meat, some argue, is taking part in killing.
•The opinions and restrictions on eating meat vary among different Buddhists.
•Most Buddhists are vegetarian so therefore don’t eat meat or fish, some are vegan,
and some particularly from China and Vietnam do not eat onion, garlic, or leak either
as these are referred to as the ‘five pungent spices’.
10.
11. WHAT DO BUDDHISTS WEAR?
If you are a traditional Buddhist you generally wear robes.
The robes are called a Civara. Wearing a Civara is the first of a monk's four traditional
requirements. Monks are never to enter a village without wearing all three parts of
their robe:
•An inner robe, from the waist to the knee
•An upper robe around the torso and the shoulders
•An outer robe used as an over garment
Buddhist also wear mala, which is a bracelet that has 108 beads. The 108 beads on
the mala represents the 108 human passions that Avalokiteshvara assured when
telling the beads. They also have 3 extra beads on the mala to represent the
completion of a cycle of mantras. The 3 extra bead also symbolize the Three Jewels
of Buddhism: the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha. The hidden string that
passed through all the beads symbolized the penetrating power of the Buddha’s.
12. THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT
KNOW
Monks all aim to reach enlightment- a complete state of peace
All food, travel and clothing is brought from donations, there is no other funding.
Buddists can go to any temple as long as they have the donations to pay for it.
They wear shorts underneath there robes
They can use mobile phones- as long as they don’t effect the teaching and
practises of budda ( some even have ipads)
They shave their heads and eyebrows to prevent vanity
They do have women who are monks they tend to practise in the countryside
separately.
You can choose to stop being a monk whenever you want and return whenever you
want. However this will prolongreaching the stage of enlightment.
13. DAILY LIFE OF A MONK
4am- meditate for one hour, chant for one hour
6am- walk around the local neighbourhood collecting food (this is called alms)
8am- sit down (on the floor) for breakfast then make blessing for world peace until 12
12pm- lunch- this is the last solid food they will eat until the next morning (fasting)
1pm- Classes- these include learning about Buddha, improving knowledge in various subjects.
6pm- meditate and pray for 2 hours
8pm- homework and bed
14. FESTIVALS
Senker, C. (2003). Buddhist Calendar. In: Cooper, A My Buddhist Year.
Great Britain: Hodder Wayland. p28.
15. When What Why
January Buddhist new year Buddhists think about how to be kinder and more
generous to people
February (full moon) Magha puja People remember how 1,250 followers came to the
Buddha and were given a special talk
February (full moon day) Parinirvana A festival held in memory of the death of the Buddha
8th April Hana Matsuri A Japanese celebration of the Buddha's birthday
May (full moon) Buddha day or Wesak An important festival to celebrate the Buddha’s
enlightenment
June (full moon) Poson day On this day people remember Buddhism coming to Sri
Lanka
July (full moon day) Dharma day A celebration of the first time the Buddha gave his
teachings
July/ August (2 weeks) NKT Summer festival The New Kadampa (NKT) Buddhists gather to listen to
teachings and learn about the Buddhist way of life
October/ November (1 day) Kathina A ceremony or giving new robes to monks and nuns
November (full moon day) Sangha Day Buddhists come together to celebrate their worldwide
community, the Sangha.
16. KEY WORDS
Dharma: the truth
Enlightenment: Being perfectly kind and generous
Pilgrims: people who make special journeys to a holy place
Shrine: a place where people come to worship
Karma: this means action
NKT: The New Kadampa Tradition of Buddhism