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Aim: How did Buddhism develop in India? Do Now: Matching a. Mt. Everest f b. Himalaya Mountains a largest mountain in the world c. Hinduism d strict class system in India d. Caste System e a rebirth of your soul e. Reincarnation b natural border b/w India and China f. Karma c polytheistic religion in India good or bad deeds that follow you HW: Write a paragraph explaining your opinion on Buddha’s idea that pain is caused by desire. Do you agree? Disagree? Explain. Images of Buddha Siddhartha Gautama • Siddhārtha Gautama was a Spiritual ______________ teacher in the northern Indian subcontinent region of the __________________who Buddhism founded _______________. He is generally seen by Buddhists as the supreme ________________ Buddha of our age. The time of his birth and death are uncertain: most early 20th-century historians ______________date his lifetime from 563 BCE to 483 BCE; Birth place of Buddha Continued… • Various collections of teachings attributed to Gautama were passed down by Oral tradition _________________and first committed to writing ___________________ about 400 years later. Early Western scholarship tended to in large part accept the biography of the Buddha presented in the Buddhist scriptures, but "scholars are increasingly reluctant to make unqualified claims Facts about the historical ____________of the Buddha's life and teachings.” Continued…. • The Noble Eightfold Path is one of the principal teachings ______________of Buddha who described it as the way leading to the cessation of suffering and Self-awakening It is used the achievement of ______________. in Catholic practice as a technique to develop insight into the nature of things and to eradicate greed _______, hatred, and delusion. The Noble Eightfold Path is the fourth of the Buddha's Four Nobel Truths ____________________the first element of the Noble Eightfold Path is, in turn, an understanding of the Four Noble Truths. The Four Nobel Truths The Eightfold Path Continued…. • All eight elements of the Path begin with the word "right". These denote completion, togetherness _______________, and coherence, and can also suggest the senses of "perfect" or "ideal". symbolism • In Buddhist _____________ the Noble Eightfold Path is often represented by means of the Dharma wheel __________________, whose eight spokes represent the eight elements of the path. Prayer Wheels Buddhist Monks Buddhism in Action In Protest • Buddhist monk setting himself on fire in protest of Vietnam War.