Buddhism

By Tenzin Sherpa and Michael Orzel

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History

Siddartha saw once when he left the city walls that many people were suffering. He understood that everyone would become of old age, get a disease, or get tortured in life and die. That anyone who is alive will die. Siddhartha went to go find the truth

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Buddhism was founded in India by a prince Siddartha Gautama in the 5th century BCE

History

Within 6 years of meditation, he had reached enlightenment and free himself from world suffering; Nirvana-Where you are enlightened and become free of attachments Buddha then sent out 60 of his disciples to various places to preach and a group of a thousand people came to hear Buddhas teaching. Buddhism today is followed by about 300 million people around the world.

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Buddhisms core beliefs

One belief of Buddhism is that it offers reincarnation. They believe that there are many cycles of birth, living, death, and rebirth. Also, the things you did in one life, could affect what you would be reincarnated as. The belief is compared to leaves on a tree, when one falls off it is replaced with a new leaf similar to the old one. After many cycles, if a person releases attachment to desire and self they can obtain nirvana.

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Karma

Karma is a law followed by Buddhists that whatever you do will inevitably come back to you. So for every action there is an effect back towards you. You do something bad, something bad will happen to you. If you do something good, then something good will happen to you. This is why Buddhists try to show compassion so they could have good karma. Karma has a role when you are reincarnated. There are 6 different realms you could be born in 3 fortunate realms: demigods, gods, humans

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Buddhisms core beliefs

The Four Noble Truths
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Life means suffering. To live means to suffer, because the human nature is not perfect and neither is the world we live in. You suffer emotional and physical pain during your life as well as weakness at old age. The origin of suffering is attachment. Attachment to impermanent things are not just objects, but also are ideas and desire for wealth and prestige.

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Buddhisms core beliefs

The Four Noble Truths 3. The cessation of suffering is attainable. The cessation of suffering is attainable through Nirodha, which means the unmaking of sensual craving and conceptual attachment. Nirodha extinguishes all forms of clinging and attachment, which leads to enlightenment. 4. The path to the cessation of suffering. This is the gradual process of self improvement following the Eightfold Path. Craving, ignorance, delusions, and its effects will disappear gradually, as progress is made on the path.
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Buddhist Practices
The Eightfold Path
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Right Intention: Right intention refers to the volitional aspect, this is the real commitment for self improvement. Right speech: Ethical conduct is viewed as a guideline to moral discipline. It is seen that words can break or save lives. Buddha explained that right speech follows abstaining from lying, to not use words maliciously against others, to abstain from harsh/offensive words, and to talk only when necessary. Right action: This refers to the deeds that involve bodily actions. Right action is to abstain from killing (including yourself), to abstain from killing, and to abstain from sexual misconduct.

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Right View: The right view simply means to see and to understand things as they really are. It means to see things through, and see the imperfect nature of worldly objects and ideas.

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The Eightfold Path 5. Right livelihood: The belief that one should earn ones living in a righteous way. It should be gained legally and peacefully. Buddha mentions to avoid dealing weapons, dealing in live beings (includes raising animals for food), working in butchery and production, and selling of poisons. 6. Right effort: Right effort is based on mental energy. Mental energy is the force behind right effort, it can either create wholesome or unwholesome states. 7. Right mindfulness: This is the mental ability to see things as they are. 8. Right concentration: Right concentration is the
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Impact of Buddhism

Being kind to others; pacifist Being less stressful, and more happy To have inner peace when in harsh times. Impacts it had before modern today were that it made those that are Buddhist calm and compassionate.
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Today, Buddhism doesnt have a big role in the world.

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Bibliography

http:// us.omf.org/omf/buddhism/about_buddhism/core_beliefs http://www.religioustolerance.org/buddhism1.htm http://www.pbs.org/edens/thailand/buddhism.htm http://www.patheos.com/Library/Buddhism.html http:// www.thebigview.com/buddhism/fourtruths.html http:// www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/5minbud.htm theglobaleducationproject.org

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