Buddhism originated in India in the 6th-4th centuries BCE and is based on the teachings of Buddha. The core beliefs are the Four Noble Truths: that life involves suffering, suffering arises from craving and attachment, suffering can end, and the Eightfold Path provides a way to end suffering. The two main branches are Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, which have over 500 million total followers worldwide. Key Buddhist concepts include meditation, non-attachment, karma, and enlightenment through practices like the Eightfold Path.
Write Main Teachings Of Buddhism
Buddhism is a major world religion that originated in ancient India around the 6th century BCE. It was founded by Siddhartha Gautama, who came to be known as the Buddha, meaning “the awakened one” or “the enlightened one.” The core teachings of Buddhism revolve around the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path.
The Four Noble Truths:
▪ Dukkha (Suffering):
Life is inherently unsatisfactory and filled with suffering. This suffering can be physical, mental, or existential.
Samudaya (Cause of Suffering):
The cause of suffering is craving or attachment, which leads to the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth (samsara).
▪ Nirodha (Cessation of Suffering):
It is possible to end suffering by letting go of craving and attachment, achieving a state of liberation known as Nirvana.
▪ Magga (Path to the Cessation of Suffering):
The Eightfold Path is the way to end suffering and attain Nirvana
Write Main Teachings Of Buddhism
Buddhism is a major world religion that originated in ancient India around the 6th century BCE. It was founded by Siddhartha Gautama, who came to be known as the Buddha, meaning “the awakened one” or “the enlightened one.” The core teachings of Buddhism revolve around the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path.
The Four Noble Truths:
▪ Dukkha (Suffering):
Life is inherently unsatisfactory and filled with suffering. This suffering can be physical, mental, or existential.
Samudaya (Cause of Suffering):
The cause of suffering is craving or attachment, which leads to the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth (samsara).
▪ Nirodha (Cessation of Suffering):
It is possible to end suffering by letting go of craving and attachment, achieving a state of liberation known as Nirvana.
▪ Magga (Path to the Cessation of Suffering):
The Eightfold Path is the way to end suffering and attain Nirvana
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Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama, also known as Gautama Buddha, in ancient India around the 5th century BCE. Siddhartha was born into a wealthy family but renounced his privileged life in search of spiritual truth. After years of meditation and self-discovery, he attained enlightenment under a Bodhi tree and began teaching his insights to others.
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All forms of Buddhism celebrate various events in the life of the Buddha Gautama, including his birth, enlightenment, and passage into nirvana. In some countries, where the older and more conservative Theravada tradition predominates, the three events are observed on the same day, which is called Wesak. In regions adhering to the other major form of Buddhism, the Mahayana tradition, the festivals are held on different days and incorporate a variety of rituals and practices. The birth of the Buddha is celebrated in April or May, depending upon the lunar date, in these countries. In Japan, which does not use a lunar calendar, the Buddha’s birth is celebrated on April 8. The celebration there has merged with a native Shintō ceremony into the flower festival known as Hanamatsuri.
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2. • Buddhism ( /ˈbʊdɪzəm/ or /ˈbuːdɪzəm/) is
an Indian religion and dharma that
encompasses a variety
of traditions, beliefs and spiritual
practices largely based on teachings attributed
to the Buddha.
• Buddhism originated in Ancient
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.
3. • 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. THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
1. Suffering exists
2. Suffering arises from attachment to
desires
3. Suffering ceases when attachment to
desire ceases
4. Freedom from suffering is possible by
practicing the Eightfold Path.
5. SUFFERING EXISTS
• The viewpoint is that life consists of suffering
and dissatisfaction. This suffering is called
dukkha.
• Human nature is imperfect, as is the world you
live in. During your lifetime, you inevitably have
to endure physical suffering such as pain,
sickness, injury, tiredness, old age, and
eventually death. This is especially true for poor
people.
• This means you are never able to keep
permanently what you strive for. Happy
moments pass by, and soon you will too.
6. Suffering arises from attachment to
desires
• The cause of suffering is
called samudaya or tanha. It is the desire to
have and control things, such as craving of
sensual pleasures. For example, if you desire
fame and fortune, you will surely suffer
disappointment and perhaps even cause
suffering for others.
• Attachment to material things creates suffering
because attachments are transient and loss is
inevitable. Thus suffering will necessarily follow.
7. Suffering ceases when attachment
to desire ceases
• The end to suffering is called nirodha. It is
achieving Nirvana, which is the final
liberation of suffering. The mind experiences
complete freedom, liberation and non-
attachment. It lets go of any desire or
craving. It is attaining dispassion.
• Nirvana means freedom from all worries,
troubles and ideas. It is not comprehensible
for those who have not attained it.
8. Freedom from suffering is possible
by practicing the Eightfold Path.
• In order to end suffering, you must follow
the Eightfold Path. This liberation from suffering is
what many people mean when they use the word
"enlightenment."
• The path to the end of suffering is gradually seeking
self-improvement through the eight elements. The
path to the end of suffering can extend over many
lifetimes, throughout which every individual rebirth is
subject to karmic conditioning. Craving, ignorance
and other effects will disappear gradually, as progress
is made through each lifetime.
9. EIGHTFOLD PATH
• There are eight attitudes or paths
you must follow to find freedom
from suffering. These are the "right"
or correct things to do in your life.
10. • Right view
• Right intention
• Right speech
• Right action
• Right livelihood
• Right effort
• Right mindfulness
• Right concentration
12. • The Four Noble Truths is the basis of
Buddhism. The First Truth is that all life is
suffering, pain, and misery. The Second Truth
is that this suffering is caused by selfish
craving and personal desire. The Third Truth
is that this selfish craving can be overcome.
The Fourth Truth is that the way to overcome
this misery is through the Eightfold Path.
13. Refuge in the Three Jewels
• Traditionally, the first step in most Buddhist
schools requires taking Three Refuges, also
called the Three Jewels
(Sanskrit: triratna, Pali: tiratana) as the
foundation of one's religious practice.
14. 1. The Buddha, the Gotama, the Blessed One,
the Awakened with true knowledge
2. The Dharma, the precepts, the practice, the
Four Truths, the Eightfold Path
3. The Sangha, order of monks, the community
of Buddha's disciples
Reciting the three refuges is considered in
Buddhism not as a place to hide, rather a
thought that purifies, uplifts and
strengthens.
15. Mahayana - Bodhisattva-path and the
six paramitas
• Mahāyāna Buddhism is based principally
upon the path of a Bodhisattva.
A Bodhisattva refers to one who is on the
path to buddhahood. The
term Mahāyāna was originally a synonym
for Bodhisattvayāna or "Bodhisattva Vehicle.
16. • Dāna pāramitā: perfection of giving; primarily to
monks, nuns and the Buddhist monastic
establishment dependent on the alms and gifts of
the lay householders, in return for generating
religious merit;some texts recommend ritually
transferring the merit so accumulated for better
rebirth to someone else
• Śīla pāramitā: perfection of morality; it outlines
ethical behaviour for both the laity and the
Mahayana monastic community; this list is similar
to Śīla in the Eightfold Path (i.e. Right Speech, Right
Action, Right Livelihood
• Kṣānti pāramitā: perfection of patience, willingness
to endure hardship
17. • Vīrya pāramitā: perfection of vigour; this is
similar to Right Effort in the Eightfold Path.
• Dhyāna pāramitā: perfection of meditation; this
is similar to Right Concentration in the Eightfold
Path
• Prajñā pāramitā: perfection of insight (wisdom),
awakening to the characteristics of existence
such as karma, rebirths, impermanence, no-self,
dependent origination and emptiness; this is
complete acceptance of the Buddha teaching,
then conviction, followed by ultimate realization
that "dharmas are non-arising".
18. Śīla – Buddhist ethics
• Śīla (Sanskrit) or sīla (Pāli) is the concept
of "moral virtues", that is the second
group and an integral part of the Noble
Eightfold Path. It consists of right
speech, right action and right livelihood.
19. 1. Abstain from killing (Ahimsa);
2. Abstain from stealing;
3. Abstain from sensual (including sexual)
misconduct;
4. Abstain from lying;
5. Abstain from intoxicants.
20. • The precepts for monks in many Buddhist
fraternities are eight (asta shila) or ten
(das shila). Four of these are same as for
the lay devotee: no killing, no stealing, no
lying, and no intoxicants. The other four
precepts are:
21. 1. No sexual activity;
2. Abstain from eating at wrong time (e.g.
only eat solid food before 12 noon);
3. Abstain from jewelry, perfume,
adornment, entertainment;
4. Abstain from sleeping on high beds.
22. Vinaya
• Vinaya is the specific code of conduct for a sangha of
monks or nuns. It includes the Patimokkha, a set of 227
offences including 75 rules of decorum for monks,
along with penalties for transgression, in the
Theravadin tradition. The precise content of the Vinaya
Pitaka (scriptures on the Vinaya) differs in different
schools and tradition, and different monasteries set
their own standards on its implementation. The list
of pattimokkha is recited every fortnight in a ritual
gathering of all monks. Buddhist text with vinaya rules
for monasteries have been traced in all Buddhist
traditions, with the oldest surviving being the ancient
Chinese translations
23. Samadhi (dhyana) – meditation
• A wide range of meditation practices has
developed in the Buddhist traditions, but
"meditation" primarily refers to the practice
of dhyana c.q. jhana. It is a practice in which
the attention of the mind is first narrowed to
the focus on one specific object, such as the
breath, a concrete object, or a specific
thought, mental image or mantra.
24. Four rupa-jhāna and four arupa-jhāna
• First dhyana: detach from all sensory desires and
sinful states that are a source of unwholesome
karma. Success here is described in Buddhist
texts as leading to discursive thinking,
deliberation, detachment, sukha (pleasure)
and priti (rapture).
• Second dhyana: cease deliberation and all
discursive thoughts.Success leads to one-
pointed thinking, serenity, pleasure and rapture
25. • Third dhyana: lose feeling of rapture. Success
leads to equanimity, mindfulness and
pleasure, without rapture.
• Fourth dhyana: cease all effects, lose all
happiness and sadness. Success in the fourth
meditation stage leads to pure equanimity
and mindfulness, without any pleasure or
pain.
26. The Brahma-vihara
The four Brahma-vihara are:
• Loving-kindness (Pāli: mettā, Sanskrit: maitrī)
is active good will towards all;
• Compassion (Pāli and Sanskrit: karuṇā)
results from metta; it is identifying the
suffering of others as one's own;
27. • Empathetic joy (Pāli and Sanskrit: muditā): is
the feeling of joy because others are happy,
even if one did not contribute to it; it is a
form of sympathetic joy;
• Equanimity (Pāli: upekkhā, Sanskrit: upekṣā):
is even-mindedness and serenity, treating
everyone impartially.
28. Prajñā – insight
• Prajñā (Sanskrit) or paññā (Pāli) is insight or
knowledge of the true nature of existence.
The Buddhist tradition regards ignorance
(avidyā), a fundamental ignorance,
misunderstanding or mis-perception of the
nature of reality, as one of the basic causes of
dukkha and samsara.