Buddhism Origins
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Introduction
to Buddhism
Movement – 6th Century. India
Life of Siddhartha
Heretical
India
6th Century BCE
Caste System
Hinduism
Siddhartha - Buddhism
Mahavaria – Jainisn
Heretical Movements….
The Buddha
Born Ksharyia Caste –
prince
Early life of indulgence
Miracle birth
Married
Pursuit of worldly
power and pleasure
4 Sights
A sick man
An old man
A dead man
An ascetic
The Flight
4 Sights conclusion – life is to
suffer
Why?
How do we stop it?
Renunciation and Austerities
Wandering seeker
Traveled with 5 other ascetics
Meditation – deep trance
Process fails answer his questions
– why we suffer?
Discover – The Middle Way
Asceticism and self-denial
Not providing the answers or
wisdom he seeks
Self denial was as unsatisfactory as
a life of indulgence in the palace
Offered a bowl of rice
Discovers the Middle Way
A path between extremes
Other ascetics felt betrayed
If you tighten the string too tight it will
break, if it is too loose then it will
not play
Enlightenment
Resumed meditation and attained a
higher state of consciousness
1.
Remembered all his past lives
Saw the birth and death of all beings –
resulting from their karma – good
deeds led to a better life
Realizing this he removed craving and
ignorance for himself
2.
3.
Achieved Nirvana – a state of
supreme realization / enlightenment
Enlightenment continued
Siddhartha became the
Buddha – The
“Enlightened one” or
“One who has been
awakened”
4 Noble Truths
Noble Eight-fold Path
Buddhism Fundamentals
The 4 Noble Truths
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3.
4.
The Noble Truth of Suffering
The Noble Truth of the Origin of Suffering
The Noble Truth of the Extinction of Suffering
The Noble Truth of the Path Leading to the
Extinction of Suffering
The Noble Eight-Fold Path
The Buddha – Going Public
First Sermon, in the Deer Park
Sangha – Buddhist community
Shared his new understanding with
the original 5 ascetics
Setting in motion the Wheel of
the dharma
Including the original 5 ascetics
whom became monks
Dharma – teachings
Parinirvana
85 years old, sick
No successor since the Buddha
never considered himself a leader
Declared that the dharma as well as
the monastic rules would serve as
the spiritual guide
Died – complete nirvana thus being
released from the involuntary cycle
of birth and death