BUDDHISM Way to peace
BUDDHISMWay to peace
SIDHARTH GAUTAM BECOMES THE BUDDHA
• Sidharth Gautam is born a prince in Kapilvastu, 2,500 years ago.
• Moved by misery all around sets out to find a way to ward off misery.
• Gets enlightment sitting under a Banyan tree in Bodh Gaya.
• Gives his first sermon at Sarnath to his first five disciples.
• Preaches all his life ways to find peace and happiness.
• Passes away at Lumbini at the age of 80.
PHILOSOPHY: FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
What Sidhartha Gautam preached was simple:
• There is suffering in the world.
• There is reason for that suffering.
• There is way to get rid of the suffering.
• Only way to get rid of the suffering is to follow ‘ashtmarg’ an eightfold path.
BUDDHAS’ TEACHING
Ashtang Marg:
• The eightfold path.
• Right view: A view based on rational thinking and after understanding the truth and reality.
• Right resolve: willfully adopting a pure life and state of mind.
• Right speech: no lying, no rude speech.
• right conduct: no killing or injuring, no taking what is not given, no sexual acts.
• Right livelihood: beg to feed, only possessing what is essential to sustain life.
• Right effort: guard against sensual thoughts.
• Right mindfulness: never be absent minded, conscious of what one is doing.
• Right samadhi (concentration): practicing four stages of dhyana meditation.
PLACES SACRED TO BUDDHISTS
• Kapilvastu: where Buddha was born.
• Bodh Gaya: where Buddha got enligtment.
• Sarnath: where buddha gave his first sermon.
• Lumbini: Where Buddha attain mahaparnirvana.
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