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2. Buddhism The father of Buddhism Siddhartha Gautama:
Lived 563 B.C. E. – 483 B.C.E
In southern Nepal
He is the “Enlightened One”

3. Buddhism At 29yrs old Siddhartha Gautama
While sitting under the bo tree, he experienced
The Great Awakening
Wandered India searching for religious truth
He spent years meditating,
studying, and preaching

4. Buddhism The Buddha shared his ideas with anyone who would listen.
He was teaching a religion that was devoid of:
Authority
Ritual
Tradition

5. Buddhism It was Empirical Scientific Pragmatic Therapeutic Egalitarian
Directed at individuals

6. Buddhism Buddha’s key discovery is known as the Four Noble Truths.
The first truth is Dukka. Which refers to life's suffering. All of life is suffering and pain
Buddha believed that the pains we feel in life could be cured through Buddhism.

7. Buddhism Buddha’s key discovery is known as the Four Noble Truths.
The second truth is Tanha.
Pain is caused by the desire for wealth and power.

8. Buddhism Buddha’s key discovery is known as the Four Noble Truths.
The third truth is the solution for Tanha: the knowledge and understanding that there is a way to end suffering and overcome desire.

9. Buddhism Buddha’s key discovery is known as the Four Noble Truths.
The fourth truth is the real solution for Tanah: nirvana. It comes in the form of the Eight Fold Path.
Achieve nirvana with excellent conduct and kindness to all

10. Buddhism
The Eight Fold Path: You must have all of the following qualities to cure Tanha.
The Right Knowledge:
You must have the knowledge of the Four Noble Truths.
The Right Aspiration:
You have to want to reach true enlightenment for the Eight Fold Path to work.
As in Taoism
As in Confucianism

11. Buddhism
The Eight Fold Path: You must have all of the following qualities to cure Tanha.
The Right Speech:
You need to take notice of how often you feel the need to deviate from the truth.
The Right Behavior:
Do not kill, steal, lie, be unchaste, or take drugs or intoxicants.

12. Buddhism
The Eight Fold Path: You must have all of the following qualities to cure Tanha.
The Right Livelihood:
Your occupation can not go against the teachings of the Buddha.
The Right Effort:
You have to be dedicated and always try to follow the way of the Buddhist.
Unlike Taoism

13. Buddhism
The Eight Fold Path: You must have all of the following qualities to cure Tanha.
The Right Mindfulness:
You have to be aware of every part of yourself. Your thought and your feelings.
The Right Absorption:
If you lose delusion, craving and hostility, the three poisons. You will see things how they should be.

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If you follow the Four Noble truths you could reach Nirvana, which is the ultimate goal for every Buddhist.
“Nirvana is permanent, stable, ageless, and deathless; it is power, bliss and happiness, the secure refuge, and the shelter.
incomprehensible peace

15. Buddhism Buddha believed in reincarnation. He saw it as a wave.
He said that nothing will be identical to this life in the next, “Pari Passu”.

16. Buddhism There are three groups of Buddhist today.
Hinayana: The Little Way
Mahayana: The Great Way
Vajrayana: The Diamond Way

17. Buddhism Hinayana: The Little Way
They prefer to call their Buddhism “Theravada”
The way of the Elders.
They follow the Pali Canon records.
Believed that Progress lies with the individual.
Believe that there is no God to help you get through life.
As in Confucianism

18. Buddhism Hinayana: The Little Way
The prime attribute is wisdom “Bodhi”.
Sangha: Monasteries filled with spiritual dynamos where Theravada thrived.
They believe that their religion was for these high priest to teach and pass on.
They would only use meditation and invocations to strengthen their faith.

19. Buddhism Mahayana: The Great Way
Claim that they represent the true line of succession, from the Buddha.
That Buddha reached Nirvana and returned to teach others how to reach it as well.
They believe that there are Buddhas and Bodhisattvas to help them through life.
Bodhisattvas: A person that has attained enlightenment, but postpones Nirvana in order to enlighten others.

20. Buddhism Mahayana: The Great Way
The prime attribute is compassion “Karuna”.
Believe that the religion is primarily for the average person.
They added supplications, petition, and calling out Buddha’s name for strength.

21. Buddhism Vajrayana: The Diamond Way
The way to realize Buddha’s wisdom and compassion.
Vajrayana started in Tibet.
The essence of Vajrayana Buddhism is Tantra.
It teachings gives the advantage of reaching Nirvana in a single life time by using, and focusing all the energies in the body.

22. Buddhism Vajrayana: The Diamond Way
Mantras: Fashion sounds into holy formulas
Mudras: Turn hand gestures into scared dances
Mandalas: Use icons who’s holy beauty empowers

23. Buddhism Vajrayana: The Diamond Way
The Dali Lama is the Vajrayana’s version of a Bodhisattva.
The Dali Lama has reincarnated himself 13 times, so he can continue to lead the Tibetan people.

24. Buddhism Hinayana, Mahayana, Vajrayana: The Rafts
They all have a single founder.
They all deal with the metaphor, using a raft to cross life’s river.
Once you cross the river the realm of God is no distant place. It is where you now stand.
They all have very lavish temples and shrines.
Unlike Taoism

25. Buddhism Hinayana, Mahayana, Vajrayana: The Rafts
They all believe in the kindness to all creatures, the non-killing of animals, the elimination of caste barriers in religion and their reduction in social matters.
Buddhism thrives in every Asian land, except the one that gave birth to it: India
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26. The father of Confucianism
Confucius:
Was born around 551 B.C.
in Lu in the Shantung
Province
Father was upper class
Born out of wedlock
He never knew his father
He and his mother lived in
poverty

27. Confucianism Confucius was one of the worlds best teachers
He founded the philosophical school called Ru
He died at the age of 74
He never thought of himself as a sage
His teachings were recorded by his students in the Analects

28. Confucianism With his death began his glorification
His teachings have touched almost every Chinese student for the past two thousand years.
Confucius believed that tradition was the key to peace.
He believed that tradition would show them the way back to a happy, stable China.

29. Confucianism Confucius had Five Ideals that guided his thoughts:
Jen: Is the ideal way for one to carry oneself through life. “Measure the feeling of others by one’s own.”
Chu Tzu: If Jen is how a person should be, then Chu Tzu is how a person should act.

30. Confucianism Confucius had Five Ideals that guided his thoughts:
Li: The way things should be done. It is the way you should act in what ever role you play in life.
A father should be a father, and a ruler should be a ruler.
Unlike Taoism
Te: Translates to “Power”. How the people with power, use it. For a person to be a great leader his followers must choose to follow him.

31. Confucianism Confucius had Five Ideals that guided his thoughts:
Wen: Victory goes to the state with the highest culture. Art has the power to ennoble the human spirit.
China placed the scholar-bureaucrat at the top of its social scale, and its soldiers at the bottom.

32. Confucianism
Confucius believed that without human relationships, there would be no self.
There are Five Constant relationships
in life:
Parent and Child
Husband and Wife
Elder Sibling and Junior Sibling
Elder Friend and Junior Friend

33. Confucianism
People have to warrant the respect and power that comes with their positions in life. Power and respect are not a given, they must be earned.
He believed that if everyone followed the five ideals, the effect would be wide-spread through family, community, and the world.
Unlike Taoism
As in Buddhism

34. Confucianism
Confucius shifted China’s focus from heaven to earth. Though he did not remove heaven from the picture.
He saw that his country could not serve it’s people, so how was it going to serve it’s ancestors.
He believed that somewhere in the universe there is a power that is on the side of right.

35. Confucianism
You should be able to work out your problems with out involving the courts.
Confucianism has the power to change entire civilizations for the better. It affects every aspect of life and makes it better.

36. Confucianism Confucius repeatedly calls for self-examination
Confucius focused on the individuals, the people, more than anything else.
Unlike Taoism
As in Buddhism
Unlike Taoism
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37. Taoism The father of Taoism Lao Tzu: Was born around 640 B.C.
No one is really sure about
any dates or places.

38. Taoism
Lao Tzu was not pleased with his people, so he left and went on a journey.
On his journey, an official asked him
to leave a record of his beliefs.
He wrote a 5,000 character
book called Tao Te Ching
The book became the
foundation of Taoism

39. Taoism The Tao Te Ching is in effect the Taoist bible.
It centers around the concept of Tao: “the way” or “the “path”
Strong emphasis is placed on non-action; that is, the absence of aggressive action

40. Taoism There are three meanings of “Tao”
Tao- The way to ultimate reality. This Tao is way to vast for a person to comprehend or fathom.
Tao- The way of the universe. The norm, the rhythm, and the driving power in all of nature. Deals more with the spiritual side then the Physical side of things.

41. Taoism There are three meanings of “Tao”
Tao- The way of human life. It refers to the way that we mesh with the Tao of the universe.

42. Taoism
Just like the three meanings of Tao. All three were designed to facilitate the power of Tao through “te”
There are three types of Taoism:
Philosophical Taoism
Religious or Popular Taoism
Vitalizing Taoism

43. Taoism Philosophical Taoism: Is a reflective look at life
Relatively unorganized
Teaches what you should understand
You work on improving yourself
Seeks power through knowledge
Sought to conserve “te” and not to expend is on friction and conflict.

44. Taoism Philosophical Taoism:
Wu Wei- The perfect way to live life, and reduce conflict and friction
Combines supreme activity and supreme relaxation
The conscious mind has to get out of the way of its own light.
For one to perfect the wu wei lifestyle.
A lifestyle above excess and tension.
As in Buddhism

45. Taoism Religious Taoism: Became a full fledge church
Its programs are active
“The Taoist priesthood made cosmic life-power available for ordinary villagers.”
Their power was with magic, the harnessed higher powers for human ends.
Want to help transmit “Ch’i” to people that can not get it on their own.
As in Buddhism

46. Taoism Vitalizing Taoism: The programs are active
Relatively unorganized
Teaches what you should do.
Is a self help program
You work on improving yourself
Want to increase the amounts of Tao or “te” in their life
They do this through “ch’i”

47. Taoism Philosophical, Religious and Vitalizing Taoism
All center on how to maximize their Tao.
They honor hunchbacks, cripples because the tallest tree gets the axe first.
Their temples blend in with the landscape. They do not stand out.
Unlike Buddhism and Confucianism

48. Taoism Philosophical, Religious and Vitalizing Taoism
They all teach that people will be at their best when they are living in harmony with their surroundings.
They consider ceremonies pompous and downright silly.
They feel there is nothing to gain from social correctness and the meticulous observance of propriety.
Unlike Confucianism
Unlike Buddhism

49. Taoism
The Taoist believe in opposites, and that things in nature have a way of working themselves out.
Unlike Confucianism
Unlike Confucianism
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