BUDDHISM I teach suffering, its origin, cessation and path' Thats all I teach Siddhartha Gautama, BU

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BUDDHISMI teach suffering, its origin,
cessation and path. Thats all I teach! -
Siddhartha Gautama, BUDDHA

• Mr. Hrga
• English 2 World Literature

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HISTORY OF BUDDHISM

• Started by SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA
• Religion is more than 2500 years old
• Buddha was born into royalty and wealth in Nepal
• Never witnessed poverty, sickness or death

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THE BEGINNING

• Visited the outside world one day
• Saw an old man, sick man and corpse for first
  time
• Greatly disturbed by what he saw
• Also saw a monk and decided to leave privileged
  life and live as a homeless holy man

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HISTORY (cont.)

• Decided to first live a life of self-denial and
  discipline
• Abandoned lifestyle and pursued the MIDDLE WAY
  live neither life of luxury or poverty
• Sat beneath the Bodhi tree (the tree of
  awakening), meditated, reflected and determined
  to find truth
• Was ENLIGHTENED and became the BUDDHA (the
  enlightened one)

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BUDDHISM BELIEFS

• Focus on personal spiritual development and
  insight into true nature of life
• No belief in a personal god
• Belief that nothing is fixed or permanent
  change always possible
• All life is interconnected
• Compassion is natural and important

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BELIEFS (cont.)

• KARMA actions have consequences
• REBIRTH consciousness continues after death
• LIBERATION FROM KARMA one can escape the cycle
  of craving and suffering
• DHARMA teachings and way to NIRVANA
• Through meditation, a human can confront reality
  and overcome hatred and usffering

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FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS

• The essentials of all Buddhist teachings
• All existence filled with suffering
• Root of suffering - craving or clinging to wrong
  things
• Possible to find an end to suffering
• Eightfold Path way to finding solution to
  suffering

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EIGHTFOLD PATH

• Called Noble Eightfold Path
• Way to end suffering as laid out by Buddha
• Ethical and mental development to free the
  individual

• EIGHTFOLD PATH
• 1. Right View
• 2. Right Intention
• 3. Right Speech
• 4. Right Action
• 5. Right Livelihood
• 6. Right Effort
• 7. Right Mindfulness
• 8. Right Concentration

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ENLIGHTENMENT

• Also called NIRVANA
• Path is through the practice and development of
  morality, meditation and wisdom
• The MAHABODHI TEMPLE is the site of Buddhas
  Enlightenment now a pilgrimage site