to ego‚ suffering‚ and objects of craving to the unattached bliss of Nirvana. Its fundamental teaching is that the Buddha who‚ through his enlightenment‚ showed the way out of the wheel of rebirth or conditioned reality created by ignorance and attachment; its fundamental sociological expression is the samgha‚ or order of monks in the succession of the Buddha’s disciples. The Buddha‚ among the first of the great religious founders‚ attained a state of perfect enlightenment after a spiritual quest
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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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the life of the Buddha and his path to enlightenment‚ he encounters this evil archenemy. Mara attempts to tempt Buddha in many different ways in order to try and ruin his chance of achieving enlightenment. He believes he has power over the soon to be Buddha when stating “so this successful prince Siddhartha wishes to escape from my sphere of influence‚ straight away I will make him unsuccessful.” As prince Siddhartha is meditating under the Bodhi Tree‚ Mara sent an army after Buddha in attempt to
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The Buddha is a man who is unique in the sense that he does not claim to be anything of the extraordinary nature‚ nor to possess special powers. His philosophy regarding how to be enlightenment contains four noble truths‚ the first one being dukkha that refers to suffering. Dukkha is a noble truth that the Buddha believes people should diminish since suffering prevents people from enlightenment. Dukkha is more complex than just simply meaning suffering however. There are different aspects of dukkha
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including the three marks of reality‚ the Four Noble Truths‚ and the Noble Eightfold Path. The basic Buddhist teachings are practical like the Buddha himself. Buddhist taught how to minimize sufferings‚ and how one could attain inner peace. The three marks of reality associated with the Buddhist are change‚ no permanent identity‚ and suffering. Buddha recommended that we look at life as it really is and that is change. The second reality is no permanent identity‚ or that every person and everything
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conversion of religions. Then there were those guys. They didn’t like Buddhism‚ they thought it was bad and tried to stop the diffusion. The first‚ second‚ third‚ and fifth document all praise Buddism in a way. They speak proudly and nicely of it. The Buddha founded Buddhism‚ he said in his first sermon named "The Four Noble Truths" in the 5th centry
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After his enlightenment when he was 35 years old‚ the Buddha had traveled to teach people his ideas of being liberated from suffering. He says that when there is life‚ there will always be suffering. The fact of suffering is explained by the Four Noble Truths. On the other hand‚ the Noble Eightfold Path describes the characters that would lead the soul to liberation (one can call it the “guide” to the end of suffering). According to the Buddha‚ the “middle path” is what describes the character of
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Religious and Ethnic Groups Paper My religion of choice for this paper is Buddhism. Unlike most other religions‚ Buddhism does not have a savior or an omnipresent God like Christianity. The relationship between a follower‚ or disciple‚ and the Buddha is the same as a teacher has with his or her students. Buddhists place more emphasis on self-discipline and self-reliance rather than having blind faith. Buddhists are accepting of all other religions and faiths. They are all about reasoning‚ understanding
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written down and only recited by monks (Buddha Dharma 2008). Councils were held regularly to make sure that Buddha’s teaching remained the same. It was not until the 2nd council of where a split between monks occurred. A group known as the “Great Community” led to a new evolution of two major forms of Buddhist tradition‚ the Theravada and the Mahayana. Why they differed is because the Theravada taught that the highest point people can reach is Arhat (Buddha Dharma 2008). The Mahayana tradition teaches
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religiously tolerant but liked the idea of Buddhism. Many people supported the spread of Buddhism in China. “The Four Noble Truths” were the guidelines of Buddhism. These truths‚ stated in Document 1‚ explain sorrow‚ how it arises‚ and how to stop it. Buddha is said to have written this himself. Many people looked to these truths as their guidelines. Those supported Buddhism because they were they guidelines for Buddhism
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