BuddhismWhat shall we find out about first? Life of the Buddha

Enlightenment

Buddha as a teacher

What do Buddhists believe?Symbolism

Death of Buddha

Map of how Buddhism spread

What was the Buddha’s name?

•He was a prince. •He found life devoted to material pleasures was empty and unfulfilling

•He experienced a desire to find the meaning of life

•He was shocked by the four sights he saw when visiting the city

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His Life……

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SIDDARTHA GOTAMA

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The Four SightsThe traditional accounts record that the young prince

saw:An old man A sick man

A dead man

A wandering holy man

Through witnessing such suffering and death, Siddartha realised that there was more to life than pleasure.

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His Response……..

…was to leave the comforts of the palace and spent his life in the search for answers to the questions posed by human life

At first he thought that extreme self denial would help him find spiritual truth

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Did this work???

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After six years he Siddartha did not find the enlightenment he sought.

Instead he followed a middle way between the two extremes of self indulgence (when he was a prince) and self denial (when he starved himself!

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Search for Enlightenment Siddhartha sat under a tree and

meditated, determined not to give up until he achieved the enlightenment

The story recounts that he experienced many temptations, but he resisted them all

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What was the name of the tree? Answe

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BODHI TREE

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The EnlightenmentSiddartha became the Buddha when he overcame the fires of:

Greed

Hatred Ignorance

‘BUDDHA’ simply means ‘ENLIGHTENED ONE’

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Buddha as a Teacher The Buddha first taught the to way to liberation from

suffering to five ascetics, at the Deer Park in Sarnath.

What does this mudra (hand gesture) mean?

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The Law of Karma

 The recognition that our actions have consequencesPositive actions have positive consequences

Negative actions have negative consequences

Buddhists believe we have the ability to change ourselves

through our own actions

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RebirthKarma continues throughout the processes of death and rebirth - there is a connecting link from life to life

Candle being lit just as the old one flickers and dies

The new flame is different yet it has carried on from the old one

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The Three Universal Truths

Anicca

Anatta

Dukkha

Constant change/impermanence

No permanent soul/being

Pain/suffering in the worldHome

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The Four Noble Truths

• All life is suffering• The origin of suffering is

craving• We can stop suffering, by overcoming craving• The way to this is to follow:

A) The yellow brick road

B) The eight fold path

C) Mrs McCarthy home from workD) The three jewels

Press the one you think is right!

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The Noble Eightfold Path

– to enlightenment• Right

Understanding• Right Thought• Right Speech• Right Action• Right Livelihood• Right Effort • Right Mindfulness• Right

ConcentrationThe Dharmachakra

The path is symbolised by an eight-spoked wheel…..

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The Five Precepts

Buddhists should refrain from:

harming or killing living beings stealing

sexual misconduct false speech

intoxicants (like alcohol & drugs)

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The Three Jewels

What are the Dharma and Sangha? Click them to find out!

Buddhists take refuge in:

the Buddha

  the Dharma

the Sangha

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‘Dharma’ means all

NATURAL LAW!

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‘Sangha’ means

The Buddhist Community

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The Lotus Flower A symbol of devotion and meditation - It rises above it’s muddy waters to beauty and peace

The Buddhist seeks to rise above passion, illusion and hatred to the beauty of nirvana

Why do Buddhists use the Lotus Flower as a symbol?

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The Death of the Buddha

After 45 years of teaching the Buddha passed away at the age of 80.

Images of the Buddha reclining on his death bed at peace, are common

His body was cremated but his ashes and bones (RELICS) were sent to various kingdoms and placed in STUPAS where he was honoured

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STUPAS

The Spread of Buddhism

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