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Buddhism

Buddhism

born in 560 BC

northern India,

the fortune tellers:

said he would either

be

• a universal king

who conquers

India or

• the savior of the

world

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Early life:

1. His father spared

no effort to get him

attached to worldly

things

2. His upbringing was

luxurious; he was

extremely handsome;

he married at 16—

well-born on both sides

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Early life:

3. He was destined

for wealth, power, and

prestige--he had

everything going for

him.

Buddhismwhen in his twenties, a

discontent came over

Him

1. An old man:

the fact of old age

2. A body racked

with disease:

the fact of illness

Buddhismwhen in his twenties, a

discontent came over

Him

3. A corpse:

the fact of death

4. A monk with a

shaven head: the fact

of withdrawal from

the world

Buddhismwhen in his twenties, a

discontent came over

Him

inescapable facts of:

•sickness,

•old age, and

•death

realized that happiness

cannot be found on

this earth

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29 years old:

•left his family

went to the forest

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29 years old:

•left possessions to

his servant

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29 years old:

•final act- cut long hair

•became a

forest-dweller,

ascetic

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became an ascetic

for six years

1. He studied under

two ascetic teachers

but was unsatisfied

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Left to study with five

ascetics:

• Extreme self

denial to the point

of self starvation

• exhibited

enormous will power

through asceticism

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If you tighten the string

too much it will snap

and

if you leave it too

slack, it won't play

The Middle Way must be used to reach

Enlightenment

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Meditated under the

bodi tree for 45 days

Tempted by Mara’s

daughters:

representations of

pride, greed, fear,

ignorance, and

desire

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Mara the Evil One

endeavored to

drive him from his

seat with the Nine

Rains, namely,

wind, rain, rocks,

weapons, blazing

coals, hot ashes,

sand, mud, and

darkness

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"The body of him

who meditates on

loving kindness

beyond samsara

cannot be harmed

by poison,

weapons and

fire. Such

weapons, if

thrown will be

transformed into

flowers."

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put himself into

trance in order to

obtain exact

knowledge of the

ultimate reality

Nirvana or

Enlightenment

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Four Noble Truths

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Eight Fold Path

BuddhismFour Noble Truths

Eight Fold Path

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Absence of authority:

"Be ye lamps unto

yourself.“

Absence of ritual:

one of the fetters

which bind our spirit.

Absence of speculation:

Absence of tradition:

do not go by what is

handed down

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Absence of the

supernatural:

he taught a religion

of personal experience

Religion of intense

self-effort

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The Buddha

converts a

heretic,

Angulimala, who

murdered others

for their fingers

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With his great

compassion, the

Buddha brings to

submission the

furiously drunken

elephants released

by King Ajatasatti

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“Dedicate your lives

to awareness and

protect your

thoughts through

mindfulness.

Renounce all non-

virtuous actions. Be

content and happy."

Buddha died in 483

B.C