Buddhism

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 Buddhism is a religion and philosophy surrounding a
variety of traditions, beliefs and practices largely based
on teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known
as “Buddha", meaning the awakened one.
 It is the forth largest religion of the world.
 It is 2500 years old tradition.
What is Buddhism?

 It was all started by Siddhartha Gautama, a young prince
born in lumbini in modern day Nepal, around the year
563 BCE.
 He was raised in great luxury to be king.
 But, at the age of 29 he rejected his luxurious life to seek
enlightment and the source of suffering.
 He lived a strict ascetic life for six years.
 Then he rejected this extreme, sat in meditation under the
Bodhi tree and found Nirvana. Thus, became the
“Enlightened One”.
 Devoted rest of his life in preaching Buddhism.
History of Buddhism

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The four sights which prompted Gautama to abandon the
royal life and take up a spiritual quest were:
 Old man-aging.
 Sick people-disease.
 Corpse-death.
 Ascetic holy man- with drawl.
he learned the suffering of the people and went to explore
the answer of the question: “how may suffering be ended?”
The Four Sights

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 Samsara :
the continual repetitive cycle of
birth and death.
 Karma :
the force that derives samsara.
 Rebirth :
the process whereby the beings
go through succession.
Buddhist concept of life

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 The truth of Dhukka:
There is suffering in the world,to live is to suffer.
 The truth of cause of Dhukka:
The cause of suffering is self-centered desire and
attachment's.(Tanha)
 The truth of stopping Dhukka:
The solution is to eliminate desire and
attachments.(Nirvana)
 The truth leading to the path of stoppage of Dhukka:
To reach Nirvana, one must follow the Eight fold path.
Four Noble Truths

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The eight fold path when developed, lead to cessation
of Dhukka.
 Right view
 Right thought
 Right speech
 Right action
 Right livelihood
 Right effort
 Right Mindfulness
 Right concentration
Eight Fold Path

 To refrain from taking life.
 To refrain from taking that which is not given.
 To refrain from sensual misconduct.
 To refrain from lying.
 To refrain from intoxicants which lead to loss of
mindfulness.
Five Percepts

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Impermanence.
Suffering.
Not-self.
Three marks of Existence

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I take refugee in the Buddha.
I take refugee in the Dharma (8 fold path).
I take refugee in sangha (community).
The three Jewels(vows)

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There are two major branches of Buddhism.
1. Theravada Buddhism (the way of Elders)
 founded in southern Asia.
 focuses on wisdom and meditation.
2. Mahayana Buddhism (the great vehicle)
 founded in northern Asia.
 Buddhism for masses.
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