commemorating festival of the birth‚ enlightenment and death of Buddha employs ritual practices to outwardly express and inwardly contemplate their commitment and yearning to reach enlightenment. In expression of the 3 Jewels‚ adherents kneel and bow 3 times a day‚ taking the 3 refugees “I take refuge in the Buddha‚ the Dharma and the Sangha”. Puja is the act of showing reverence to a ‘god’ like creature‚ but because Buddhists do not worship the Buddha himself‚ concentration goes to connecting to his spiritual
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Buddhism is a religion to about 300 million people around the world. Its origins began about 2‚500 years ago when Siddhartha Gotama‚ known as Buddha‚ was enlightened at the age of 35. Due to the wide spread of the Buddhist religion many sub religions‚ that still adopt most of the original religious concepts‚ have been created. There are many different types of Buddhism‚ because the emphasis changes from country to country due to customs and culture. This essay focuses on the two main strands of
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Asian religions you need to understand the purpose Dharma serves for both Buddhism and Hinduism religions. Dharma serves a different purpose in Hinduism than it does in Buddhism. In Buddhism cosmic law and order is Dharma‚ and also the teachings of Buddha. Dharma is the teaching of the Four Noble Truths‚ the Noble Eightfold path‚ the Three Marks of Existence‚ and also the teachings of liberation from suffering. In Hinduism‚ Dharma is the order that makes our lives possible‚ and also includes rights
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Several theories exsist as to why this was created and its exact meaning remains a mystery. To the Divine Buddha and his disciples the painting was told to be the gateway to Veluvana Vihara. Buddha had directed Maudgalyana to take his teachings and create this painting. Buddha wanted him to paint the picture showing all these realms so they could teach people through this painting. Buddha wanted the
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Prophet Muhammad and the Buddha are two main important figures in our religious history. They both gave up something in their lives in order to figure out many unanswered things about life. For example the Buddha gave up being a prince in order to find out were suffering comes from. While Muhammad became a trustworthy role model in the Islamic community. Some of the similarities between Muhammad and the Buddha were that both believe in a non-violent way of life. They also guided their followers towards
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The Book Report of 15 Subjects of Buddhism (by Ji Xianlin) Introduction A famous saying from Sun Yat-Sen goes : “Buddhism is the source of science ‚ it supplies the gap of the partial constituent of science.”[1] According to number of cases of Buddhism developing ‚ we could perceive the profound influences that Buddhism bringing to us. Recently‚ I was deeply affected by a book called 15 Subjects of Buddhism ‚ written by Ji Xianlin . When it comes to Ji Xianlin
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enlightenment. Gaumata was meditating for a long time when finally while he was sitting under a Bo tree he had attained the enlightenment he was looking for. It is for this reason he got the name Buddha‚ meaning the enlightened one. Buddha became a traveling teacher and taught everyone his discovery. Buddha did not write any of his lessons down. He taught about the Four Noble Truths‚ (1) life is suffering‚ (2) all suffering is caused by ignorance‚ (3) Ending ignorance
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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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them access to the “Pure Land” (p. 223).There are three vehicles (traditions) in Buddhism: Theravada‚ Mahayana‚ and Vajrayana (p. 187). While there are subtle changes in emphasis between the three main groups they all hold to the three jewels of the Buddha‚ the Dharma‚ and the Sangha (p. 186). For the first jewel‚ they believe
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Buddhist building is the Stupa‚ which is a stone structure built over what are thought to be relics of the Buddha‚ or over copies of the Buddha’s teachings. Buddhist temples are designed to symbolise the five elements: * Fire * Air * Earth‚ symbolised by the square base * Water * Wisdom‚ symbolised by the pinnacle at the top All Buddhist temples contain an image or a statue of Buddha. From-http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/customs/worship_1.shtml Buddhist temples‚ though
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