Transcript Buddhism

TOPIC:
Chapter 4,
Week 4
Sub topic #1 (left side of paper)
What are the basic beliefs of Buddhism?
Notes (right side of paper)
•The Three Universal Truths
•The Four Noble Truths
•The Eightfold Path
•Meditation
•The Five Precepts
•Wesak- celebrate Buddha’s birth
•Worship in shrines or temples- a Buddhist
religious building
Sub topic #1 (left side of paper)
What are the basic beliefs of Buddhism?
Notes (right side of paper)
•Buddhism is the main religion of China
•Monks- people who want to live a true
Buddhist life
•Monastery- place where monks live and
worship
•Missionary- people that travel to teach
religion to others
Sub topic #2 (left side of paper)
How was Buddhism spread to China?
Notes (right side of paper)
•Traders and missionaries from India
brought Buddhism to China
•People were looking for a way to escape
suffering
•Tang rulers allowed monasteries and
temples to be built
Sub topic #3 (left side of paper)
What is Confucianism?
Notes (right side of paper)
•Confucianism- set of ethical beliefs
developed by a scholar named Confucius
•Guidelines for living here on Earth
•Originally aimed at kings and rulers, not
normal people
Sub topic #4 (left side of paper)
What are the main beliefs of Confucianism?
Notes (right side of paper)
•What you do on Earth is as important as
the afterlife
•The Golden Rule
•Truth, loyalty, charity learning, virtue
•Against war
•Human relationships
Sub topic #5 (left side of paper)
How did Confucianism change China?
Notes (right side of paper)
•Civil service exams
•Merit system
•Neo-Confucianism created to reduce
people following Buddhism
•Song dynasty adopted it as their official
religion
•Today Confucius’s writings are still
studied
Sub topic #6 (left side of paper)
Other Vocab
Notes (right side of paper)
•Auspicious: favorable or promising
•Autonomy: independence or freedom