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Wednesday 10/23/1013
Objective:
Students will experience the story of
Siddhartha Gautama, the worlds
first buddha
Homework:
– Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow
• Do now:
Take out vocabulary homework
• Take out notebook
How I was introduced to
Buddhism
• Imagine that you are on the edge of a cliff
that is 100 feet tall
• You look over the edge of the cliff and you
see hundreds of jagged, sharp and pointy
rocks at the bottom
• Now imagine that someone has pushed
you over the cliff and you are falling to
your certain the death
The question becomes
• Would you take pleasure in the fall
knowing that you are going to die……
• If the answer is no, than why would you
take pleasure in life??????
Siddhartha
His name was Siddhartha
The first trip he saw an old man
The second trip he saw a sick
man
On the third
On the fourth trip he sees an
Indian holy man
I will not move from this spot till I have
achieved my answers
The answer relies on the 4
noble truths
Friday 10/25/2013
• Objective: Students will examine four
reasons that allowed Buddhism to spread
across china
• Homework
– No homework
• Do Now– What are the four noble truths
Four Noble Truths
1. There is suffering in the
world. To live is to
suffer. (Dukkha)
 The Buddha found this
out when he was young
and experienced
suffering and death in
others.
Four Noble Truths
2. The cause of
suffering is selfcentered desire and
attachments.
Four Noble Truths
3. The solution is to
eliminate desire and
attachments.
Four Noble Truths
4. To reach nirvana, one
must follow the Eightfold
Path.
2. Karma the
law that every cause
has an effect, i.e., our actions
have results.
1. Reincarnation
• concept that one must go through many
cycles of birth, living, and death
• After many such cycles, if a person releases
their attachment to desire and the self, they
can attain Nirvana - a state of liberation and
freedom from suffering
There are no
Gods, Not even
Buddha himself
The spread of Buddhism
• Document C
World Population
appx. 376 m
** 4th largest
Country
Percent
Thailand
95%
Cambodia
90
Myanmar
88
Bhutan
75
Sri Lanka
70
Tibet *
65
Laos
60
Vietnam
55
Japan **
50
Macau
45
Taiwan
43
The Largest Buddhist
Communities
Top 10 Countries with the
Highest Proportion of Buddhists
Buddhism: world distribution
So how did Buddhism
spread????
• A close reading
• You will have a 15 mins to complete a
close reading of the article
– Remember from 6th grade
– Underline
– Highlight
– Circle words you are confused on
Sentence starter for paragraphs
1. We decided to rank _____________ as
the # (1,2,34) reason Buddhism spread in
china. In the text it says____ _____
____________________
___________.(direct from the text) We
think this would help people to join
Buddhism because _____________
_____________ __________________ _
____(Your opinion)
Example
• We decided to rank political reasons and
the number 1 reason Buddhism spread in
china. In the text is says that empress wu
made it a law that Buddhism was more
important than all other religions. We think
this would scare people into joining
Buddhism because they did not want to
break the law
The spread of Buddhism
What were some Religious reasons for the spread of
Buddhism
• The mixing of Daoism, Confucianism and Buddhism
helped Buddhism spread.
• Many people saw Buddhism as a way to escape the
suffering from the problems in China
What were some Political reasons for the spread of
Buddhism?
• Gave money to monasteries, ordered many Buddhist
temples to be built
• Empress Wu made a law saying that Buddhism was
more important than other belief systems
Spread of Buddhism in Tang China
What were some economic
reasons for the spread of Buddhism?
• The traders who were involved
with trade on the Silk Road
helped to spread Buddhist
teachings as they traveled.
What were some social reasons for
the spread of Buddhism
• Buddhist temples and
monasteries provided medical
care, ran schools and provided
seeds to farmers