Buddhism
Buddhism
Buddhism
born in 560 BC
northern India,
the fortune tellers:
said he would either
be
• a universal king
who conquers
India or
• the savior of the
world
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Early life:
1. His father spared
no effort to get him
attached to worldly
things
2. His upbringing was
luxurious; he was
extremely handsome;
he married at 16—
well-born on both sides
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Early life:
3. He was destined
for wealth, power, and
prestige--he had
everything going for
him.
Buddhismwhen in his twenties, a
discontent came over
Him
1. An old man:
the fact of old age
2. A body racked
with disease:
the fact of illness
Buddhismwhen in his twenties, a
discontent came over
Him
3. A corpse:
the fact of death
4. A monk with a
shaven head: the fact
of withdrawal from
the world
Buddhismwhen in his twenties, a
discontent came over
Him
inescapable facts of:
•sickness,
•old age, and
•death
realized that happiness
cannot be found on
this earth
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29 years old:
•left his family
went to the forest
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29 years old:
•left possessions to
his servant
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29 years old:
•final act- cut long hair
•became a
forest-dweller,
ascetic
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became an ascetic
for six years
1. He studied under
two ascetic teachers
but was unsatisfied
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Left to study with five
ascetics:
• Extreme self
denial to the point
of self starvation
• exhibited
enormous will power
through asceticism
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If you tighten the string
too much it will snap
and
if you leave it too
slack, it won't play
The Middle Way must be used to reach
Enlightenment
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Meditated under the
bodi tree for 45 days
Tempted by Mara’s
daughters:
representations of
pride, greed, fear,
ignorance, and
desire
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Mara the Evil One
endeavored to
drive him from his
seat with the Nine
Rains, namely,
wind, rain, rocks,
weapons, blazing
coals, hot ashes,
sand, mud, and
darkness
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"The body of him
who meditates on
loving kindness
beyond samsara
cannot be harmed
by poison,
weapons and
fire. Such
weapons, if
thrown will be
transformed into
flowers."
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put himself into
trance in order to
obtain exact
knowledge of the
ultimate reality
Nirvana or
Enlightenment
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Four Noble Truths
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Eight Fold Path
BuddhismFour Noble Truths
Eight Fold Path
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Absence of authority:
"Be ye lamps unto
yourself.“
Absence of ritual:
one of the fetters
which bind our spirit.
Absence of speculation:
Absence of tradition:
do not go by what is
handed down
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Absence of the
supernatural:
he taught a religion
of personal experience
Religion of intense
self-effort
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The Buddha
converts a
heretic,
Angulimala, who
murdered others
for their fingers
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With his great
compassion, the
Buddha brings to
submission the
furiously drunken
elephants released
by King Ajatasatti
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“Dedicate your lives
to awareness and
protect your
thoughts through
mindfulness.
Renounce all non-
virtuous actions. Be
content and happy."
Buddha died in 483
B.C