1. Do Now Do Now: Silently answer the question below. Fill all lines for full credit. (5 min ) Name Ten things that you can not live without.

2. Do Now Cont. Now Circle EVERYTHING ON your LIST that YOU CAN BUY IN A STORE!

3. Buddhism The Fundamental Teachings & Beliefs of

4. Buddhism Vocab Materialism Nirvana Enlightenment

5. Materialism

6. Nirvana

7. Enlightenment

8. Core Beliefs Doing NO Harm to Living Creatures Reincarnation Karma “consequences of individual actions” The FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS The Noble EIGHTFOLD PATH

9. How doesBuddhism differ from Hinduism? Buddhism rejects… Authority of the ancient Veda texts The caste system. You can belong to whatever social class you want. The Hindu deities Hindu worship rituals Polytheism (belief in multiple gods)

10. The Four Noble Truths Although “Buddhism” refers to various sets of religious beliefs and practices, there are four important truths or doctrines (dharma) expressed in all the streams of Buddhist thought.

11. #1 “Suffering” “Life is suffering.” physical and psychological pain. Lack of satisfaction. Disappointment. Suffering is inevitable. It is a general claim about all human life, not a claim that every moment is suffering.

12. #2 “Attachment” The origin of suffering is attachment to or the desire for things, Materialism Desire + Materialism = suffering. Desire is closely connected to individuality. No individual can be free from desire.

13. #3 “Dispassion” Teaches to Remove DESIRE! If desire is the cause of suffering, remove desire and you remove suffering. Absolute freedom from desire is called Nirvana. **This is roughly equivalent to Moksha in Hinduism.**

14. #4 “The Path The path to Nirvana is in actions and thoughts that lie in between excessive materialism and excessive self-denial. This is expressed in the eightfold path toward enlightenment.

15. Wisdom: Right understanding Right motivation Moral discipline: Right speech Right action Right livelihood Mental discipline: Right effort Right mindfulness Right meditation The Eightfold Path These Need to be practiced Simultaneously

16. Nirvana, The Ultimate State Nirvana is “ can not be defined, it is a freedom from everything,, it is the exact opposite of everything known to the conditioned, individual existence between birth and death. ”

17. Nirvana or Rebirth If at death a person does not enter Nirvana, then there is rebirth as a human or as some other life form, either on earth or in some other realm of conditioned existence.

18. Review of Buddhism Beliefs I cut the Lunch Line and later on I accidently trip and spill my lunch on the floor. This is an example of which Buddhist Belief?

19. Review of Buddhism Beliefs I give up all desires for anything material in my life. This is an demonstration of which Buddhist Belief?

20. Review of Buddhism Beliefs I have to at the same time have wisdom and mental and moral disciplines. This is an example of what Buddhist belief?

21. Review of Buddhism Beliefs I have meditated for years and given up all desires in my life. But before I have do many things simultaneously to achieve Nirvana This is an example of which Buddhist belief?