1. BUDDHISM

2. BUDDHISM Siddhartha Gautama The Middle Way NIRVANA SUTRAS
born in 560 BCE
born a Hindu prince
member of the Kshatriya caste
gave up his wealth
set out on a journey of self-discovery
why does suffering exist?
The Middle Way
Four Noble Truths
Noble Eight-Fold Path
NIRVANA
SUTRAS

3. The FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS 1. Suffering exists
2. Suffering exists from attachment to desires
3. Suffering ceases when attachment to desire ceases.
4. Freedom from desire/suffering is possible by practicing the Noble Eightfold Path

4. Noble Eight-Fold Path Wisdom: Meditation:
1. Right View 6. Right Effort
2. Right Thought 7. Right Mindfulness
Morality Right Contemplation
3. Right Speech
4. Right Action
5. Right Livelihood

5. NIRVANA Total, complete contentment Escapes the hindrances of life
Free from suffering from one’s own desires
What happens when the soul escapes from the wheel of life?
TATHAGADA (thus gone)
like the flame of match that is extinguished

6. FIVE HINDRANCES 1. Lust 2. Ill will 3. Sloth and laziness
4. Restlessness and worry
5. Skeptical doubt
Daily Dharma: Mind Hindrances

7. Seven Factors of ENLIGHTNMENT
1. Attentiveness
2. Investigation of the Law
3. Energy
4. Rapture
5. Tranquility
6. Concentration
7. Equanimity
three bodily states: standing, sitting, and
lying down

8. TEN Perfections 1. Generosity 8. Resolution
2. Morality 9. All-embracing
3. Renunciation kindness
4. Wisdom Equanimity
5. Energy
6. Forbearance
7. Truthfulness

9. Four Boundless States 1. Loving Kindness 2. Compassion
3. Sympathetic Joy
4. Equanimity

10. THERAVADA BUDDHISM “Doctrine o/t Elders” conservative branch
The Little Wheel
less followers
Buddha is a teacher
Spread to Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand

11. THERAVADA BUDDHISM ideal is arhat few possessions
become an enlightened saint
wisdom
few possessions
begging bowl
three colored robes
a belt
a mending needle
fan to cover face
razor to shave head
water strainer

12. MAHAYANA BUDDHISM “Great Vehicle” or “Big Wheel” non-monastic life
majority of followers
non-monastic life
Buddha is a god
Spread to China, Tibet, Korea & Japan
ideal is compassion
can attain nirvana through assisting others
Bodhisattva: holds back on attaining nirvana to help others

13. BUDDHISM
"Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: it transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural & spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity." Albert Einstein