Transcript Buddhism Buddhism word is derived from Hindi word Budhi , which means WISDOM.

Buddhism
Buddhism word is derived from Hindi word Budhi , which
means WISDOM. In that sense Buddha means wise man.
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Basics
• This religion is unlike any other religion.
They do not believe in gods.
• They believe in kindness and life after
death. If you live a good life, you will have
a better life in the next life and it will build
up good Karma.
• If you live a bad life, you will have bad
Karma the next life.
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What is Buddhism?
• Buddhism is a major world
religion, or in a better sense,
philosophy.
• It is the 4th largest religion of
the world, and has about
300,000,000 people living by it.
• It explains the purpose of life,
injustices and inequality
around the world.
• It also helps people by
providing a way of life that will
lead to true happiness.
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Budhha
The Founder
Early Name -Sidhartha
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Prince Siddhartha
Gautama was born into
a royal family 2500
years ago in what is
now called Nepal
This
child will
change
the world!
When he was born a
holy man called Asita
predicted that
Siddhartha would be
either a great holy
man or a great king
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Siddhartha’s father wanted his
son to follow in his footsteps
and become a king. He did not
want his son to become a holy
man. So he tried to prevent
Siddhartha from wanting to
leave the palace by shielding
him from anything that might
upset him and giving him a life
of luxury. The king thought that
this would make him so happy
that his son would never want
to leave.
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One day, despite his fathers orders, Siddhartha
decided to leave the palace grounds with his
charioteer Chanda. They hadn't gone far when they
came across a frail old man. As his father had kept
him away from things that might upset him Siddhartha
was shocked! He asked Chanda to return him to the
palace at once.
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During the next three days Siddhartha left the palace three more times and each
day he saw something that both shocked and perplexed him…
On the second day he saw a man
lying on the roadside who was very ill.
On the third day he saw a dead man
being carried through the streets.
Siddhartha was inspired to change his life after seeing
what Buddhists call the ‘Four Sights’: the old man, the
sick man, the dead man and the satisfied holy man..
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But on the fourth day
Siddhartha saw a man calmly
walking through the crowds,
dressed in rags, carrying a
begging bowl. This man was a
wandering holy man who
appeared content and happy
even though he owned very
little. This inspired Siddhartha
to become a wandering truth
seeker, looking for the answer
to the problem of suffering in
the world.
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Finding an answer to
the question, ‘Why do
people suffer, get old,
get sick and die?’
became the most
important thing in
Siddhartha’s life. To
give the question his
full attention he decided
to leave behind his
privileged background.
That night he left his
old life behind forever
to spend his time as a
wandering holy man.
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For seven years
Siddhartha travelled
around learning from
wise holy men and
trying to find the
answer to his question.
He was a good student
and he learnt a lot but
still he could not find
the answers he was
seeking and the people
he was being taught by
did not know them
either!
On one occasion he
decided that he would put
his body through great
hardship in case that
helped. So he ate only
one grain of rice a day
and grew so thin that if he
put his hand on his
stomach he could feel his
backbone! But this did
not help him. He decided
to sit under a tree in a
place called Bodh Gaya
and meditate until the
truth came to him.
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It is not known how long
Siddhartha sat beneath the
Bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya
but as he sat there drifting
deeper and deeper in
meditation a great change
came over him. Siddhartha
came to know the truth—he
became an ‘enlightened
one’, the ‘Buddha’. He felt
totally free, peaceful, happy
and kind. He had reached
a state of mind called
‘Nirvana’.
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What Did Buddha Teach?
• He taught the 4 Noble truths which sum up Buddhism
religion
• He also taught the noble eight fold path
• He taught to lead a moral life, be mindful and aware
of thoughts and actions and to develop wisdom and
understanding
• He also taught the 5 precepts
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What are the Four Noble Truths?
• The first was that life is suffering
• You can’t live without death, frustration, etc.
• The second is that suffering is caused by craving
and aversion
• Getting what you want doesn’t guarantee happiness, it
deprives you of it
• The third is that suffering can be overcome, and
true happiness attained
• If we stop craving useless things, and live each day at a time
(not living in the future) we will be happy and free.
• The fourth is that the Noble eight fold path leads
to the end of all suffering
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The Noble Eightfold Path
• It taught 8 simple rules:
• To have a right
understanding
• To have right thoughts
• To use right speech
• To do right actions
• To deal with right
livelihood
• To give a right effort
• To have a right
mindfulness
• To use the right
meditation
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The 5 precepts
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Do not take the life of anything living
Do not take anything not freely given
Abstain from sensual overindulgence
Refrain from untrue speech
Avoid intoxication
• Do not lose mindfulness
• This is the moral code of the Buddhists
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