Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama, who achieved enlightenment and became known as the Buddha. The Buddha taught that desire causes suffering and proposed four noble truths about dukkha. Buddhism spread across India as the Buddha traveled and taught others. Key beliefs include karma, reincarnation across six realms until liberation is achieved, and following the teachings of the Buddha and the noble eightfold path.
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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 ...
The origins of Buddhism lie in ancient India.
The religious landscape of the time was shaped by the ideology of the Aryas, a nomadic group who travelled into India around the beginning of the second millennium BCE.
The teachings of the social group known as brahmanas are found within texts such as the Ṛg Veda and Upaniṣads. These contain teachings, philosophies and ritual guides.
The Brahmanic tradition also introduced the caste system.
There were also ascetic movements found within India which had ideologies that did not necessarily agree with brahmanic thought.
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3. BUDDHISM
Founder: Siddhartha Gautama
Son of a Indian warrior-king
Gautama renounced his rich life
and became a monk in hopes of
comprehending truth
Moment of truth: meditating under
a tree where he had an experience
where he understood how to be
free from suffering and achieve
salvation.
After this, he was know as Buddha
Buddha= “Enlightened One”
Buddha spent the rest of his life
traveling around India and teaching
others
5. Desires
To a Buddhist, desire= craving
pleasure, material goods, and immorality
Desire can only bring suffering
6. Why is the Buddha fat?
His stomach
symbolizes the
size of his soul. It
is also a symbol of
happiness, luck
and generosity
7.
8. Karma does NOT refer to
Karma
preordained fate
Karma= good or bad actions a
person makes in their lifetime.
When you do good, good
things will come in return. If you
perform bad actions, bad
karma is in store for you
Neutral karma= acts like
breathing, eating or sleeping
9. Reincarnation
6 Realms:
1. realm of men (free from
conflict of jealously among
the gods)
2. realm of demigods
3. realm of gods
4. realm of animals
5. realm of ghosts
6. realm of hell (untold
suffering)
Those with positive
karma, are reborn into
fortunate realms
11. Basics of Buddhism
Separated from Hinduism
No personal God or divine being. They are not atheist
though, because Buddhist believe in an impersonal force
No form of redemption, forgiveness, no heavenly hope or
a final judgment
Moral philosophy= do good now, and you will be blessed
with a higher state
12. Basics
376 million Buddhists in
the world
(+/- 313, 114, 000 in Asia)
Dominant religion in:
China, Japan, Korea, as
well as southeast Asia
Over 200 different sects
of Buddhism
Over 1,000 Buddhist
temples, monasteries and
centers in the US
13. Sangha
Sangha= order of the brotherhood
(community) who are monks
Must wear a yellow robe, shave their
head and practice meditation
Goal of Sangha= strive to have the
qualities of Buddha
Over 225 regulations which forbid
them to do many things
14. Buddhist Scripture
Variety of Buddhist text
Buddhist cannon of
scripture= Sanskirt
○ 3 parts:
1. Vinaya Pitaka= disciplinary
rules for Sanghas
2. Sutra Pitaka= discourses by
the Buddha
3. Adhidharma Pitaka= notes on
Buddha’s teachings
17. Hinduism
One of oldest
religions in
world, probably
the first
Founder: No
specific founder
Originated with
Aryans tribes
who moved to
India and
adapted with
native
Harrappan
people
19. Facts
900 million members
Many sects, some are:
polytheistic (many gods)
monotheistic (one god)
pantheistic (god &
universe are one)
agnostic (unsure if god
exists)
atheistic (no god)
22. Caste System
=ranked society according to
occupation
Brahmins (priests)
Kshatriyas (soldiers, king-warrior
class)
Vaishyas
(merchants, farmers, Sutras
laborers, craftspeople)
Harijahns (“untouchable,” poor)
The caste system was outlawed
in 1948, but it still important to
the Hindu people
26. JAINISM
Founder: Mahaiva, born in 599
B.C., believed that everything in the
universe has a soul and should not be
harmed
One of the oldest religions in the world
No a break off of any other religion
Jains are in 34/35 of the territories of
India, making over 5 million members in
India alone
27. Jainism
Jain monks take nonviolence
seriously, sweeping ants off the path and
wearing masks to avoid breathing in
insects
Jains seek jobs that do not harm any
creature (trade and commerce)
Make few efforts to convert, and do not
send out missionaries, so most of the
members live in India
29. Basics of Jainism
Religious Tolerance
Ethical Purity
Harmony between self and
environment
Spiritual Contentment
Karma
Rebirth
Importance of the Soul
30. Reincarnation
When a body dies, the
soul goes directly to its
next body (could be
human or animal)
What you become in your
next life is dependant on
your karma
How you feel (content or
upset) at your death is
important
31. G
o
d
Jains do not believe in a God or gods but
they believe in divine beings who are
worthy of devotion
33. The Soul
The “soul” is called
jiva
=means a
conscious, living
being
The body is just a
“container” for our
souls
When you
die, your jiva, is
reborn into another
life until it achieves
liberation