buddhism
Buddhism
Maria Alanis, Margery Denton- Thompson, Crystal Lenden, Diane Freeman-Sims, Dorothy Stewart
REL 133
September 26, 2012
Rachelle Brown
Buddhism
Buddhism is different from many religions, they do not believe in a god. Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama he was also known as the Buddha. Buddha was believed to found the path to enlightenment. Buddhist believed that Buddha saw the truth on how the world really was. Buddhist also believes that Buddha was not a god he was a regular person just like them and he found enlightenment and through his teachings they will find it to. There are different types of Buddhism there is Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana, Jodo Shin and Zen these are the different types of Buddhism. Even though there is one then one type the teachings do not change.
Buddhist has three main beliefs which are a Buddhist must believe in Buddha. They also have to believe in Dharma which is the teachings of Buddha. Sangha which is a Buddhist community made up of regular people monks and nuns. The Buddhist has a scared book of Buddhism which is called Tripitaka which is written in the Indian language the book is based off of Buddha teachings. The teachings used to be passed down by word of mouth until the texts were created. Buddha teachings were split up into different parts.”( : Michael Molloy , T. L. Hilgers 2010 McGraw-Hill Company ) “The three signs of being, the four noble truths, and the noble eightfold path.” The three signs of the wellbeing was the way Buddha used to describe life. Nothing is never perfect (Dukka) Everything in life changes(Annical).There is no soul (annata) what is carried on to the nexts person life in a force (Karma). “The four noble truths”, “the first noble truth”: Dukka: suffering does exist weather it is threw pain, getting old, disease or death. The second noble truth Samudaya: there is a reason for all suffering it can be caused by desire and needy to control things. The third noble truth
Maria Alanis, Margery Denton- Thompson, Crystal Lenden, Diane Freeman-Sims, Dorothy Stewart
REL 133
September 26, 2012
Rachelle Brown
Buddhism
Buddhism is different from many religions, they do not believe in a god. Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama he was also known as the Buddha. Buddha was believed to found the path to enlightenment. Buddhist believed that Buddha saw the truth on how the world really was. Buddhist also believes that Buddha was not a god he was a regular person just like them and he found enlightenment and through his teachings they will find it to. There are different types of Buddhism there is Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana, Jodo Shin and Zen these are the different types of Buddhism. Even though there is one then one type the teachings do not change.
Buddhist has three main beliefs which are a Buddhist must believe in Buddha. They also have to believe in Dharma which is the teachings of Buddha. Sangha which is a Buddhist community made up of regular people monks and nuns. The Buddhist has a scared book of Buddhism which is called Tripitaka which is written in the Indian language the book is based off of Buddha teachings. The teachings used to be passed down by word of mouth until the texts were created. Buddha teachings were split up into different parts.”( : Michael Molloy , T. L. Hilgers 2010 McGraw-Hill Company ) “The three signs of being, the four noble truths, and the noble eightfold path.” The three signs of the wellbeing was the way Buddha used to describe life. Nothing is never perfect (Dukka) Everything in life changes(Annical).There is no soul (annata) what is carried on to the nexts person life in a force (Karma). “The four noble truths”, “the first noble truth”: Dukka: suffering does exist weather it is threw pain, getting old, disease or death. The second noble truth Samudaya: there is a reason for all suffering it can be caused by desire and needy to control things. The third noble truth