Buddhahood. Who was the Buddha? The word Buddha is a title not a name. It means one who is awake’ in the sense of having woken up to reality’. The title was first given to a man called Siddharta Guatemala‚ who lived about 2‚500 years ago in Northern India. When he was 35 he found Enlightenment whist in profound mediation‚ after searching for years. In the next 45 years of his life he spent it traveling through India teaching his way of life. His teaching is known as Buddha-dharma. Traveling from
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provides a code of practice or way of life that leads to true happiness. When you study Buddhism you’re studying yourself; the nature of your body‚ speech and mind. The main emphasis being on the nature of your mind and how it works in everyday life. The Buddha taught many things‚ but the basic concepts in Buddhism can be summed up by the Four Noble Truths the Noble Eightfold Path. These teachings are known to contain the essence of the Buddhist path‚ regardless of the tradition one follows. The First Noble
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The Buddha applied this general truth of causal interdependence to the problem of suffering. 3. Nirodha – the truth of the cessation of suffering a. Through remainder-less elimination of craving‚ suffering can be brought to an end. 4. Magga – the path that leads out of suffering is the eightfold path a. The truth of the path that leads to the cessation of suffering b. Gives the eightfold path as the means for the ending of suffering. The discovery of the four noble truths by the Buddha constituted
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Throughout his journey of becoming the person whose teachings were responsible for the foundation of Buddhism‚ Gautama Buddha (Siddharta) had found himself struggling to find a common ground between his daily habits and his will of becoming an important religious figure capable of understanding the various mysteries of our inner selves. This struggle that Buddha faced was mostly influenced by his strong attachment to his home‚ family‚ and everything that he liked. As stated in the book‚" This crisis
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barbarian peoples spread to China." In that statement alone‚ the authors thought of the religion is exposed. Referring to the Buddhist followers as barbaric people is an extreme lack of respect and is an insult. The author also states towards the end‚ "...Buddha be given to the proper authorities to be cast into fire and water‚ and this evil be rooted out‚ and later generations spared this delusion." The creator of this document obviously wants the public to know how much he truly detests Buddhism. He refers
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the title of ‘Buddha’‚ meaning‚ the fully awakened one‚ the one who attained enlightenment; the one who discovered the truths of ‘unsatisfactoriness’ (dukkha)‚ the conditions that leads us into suffering‚ and its remedy; and then teaches it. These two are the Theraveda Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism. The two institutions‚ although both belong to Buddhism‚ follow two very different paths. Theraveda Buddhism (the Doctrine of the Elders)‚ represent the ‘original’ teachings of the Buddha‚ which also allows
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Metropolitan Museum Review By taking a virtual tour through the Cosmic Buddha exhibit‚ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ I was able to observe and analyze the different pieces of artwork and sculptures. Through observing the similarities in the mediums and tones of the painting or sculpture‚ I was able to identify the various differences between certain pieces of artwork. All things considered‚ I found a new fondness for the elements involved to construct such astounding pieces of artwork. Originating
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mean righteousness‚ justice‚ faith‚ duty‚ and a religious and social obligation (Oxtoby‚ Segal p. 274)‚ while in Buddhism‚ dharma is said to be morality and truth (Oxtoby‚ Segal p. 377). Both religions say that when dharma declines‚ this is when the Buddha is born for Buddhists and when lord Krishna comes to save the Earth for Hindus. Both religions interpret dharma differently but it can be broken down to the same basic concepts – that dharma is how you should live your life and that dharma is the
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Christianity in many ways. The Christian founder‚ Jesus Christ was the Son of The Father‚ God‚ while the founder of Buddhism‚ Siddhartha Gautama was a normal human being‚ who achieved enlightenment through meditation and later on was referred to as The Buddha(The Awakened). This brings us to the first major difference‚ the existence of the supernatural. While Buddhism does not completely reject the Hinduism Gods‚ it does not see them necessary. At the same time‚ Christianity has its one and only God‚ who
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One day he hears about Buddha‚ “The fully awakened one”‚ and decides to leave the Samanas to see what the Buddha has to say. After listening to the Buddha he rejects him‚ while Govinda decides to stay. They part
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