Siddhama Gotama‚ who will later be known as the world-renowned religious icon‚ Buddha (founder of Buddhism)‚ lived in the 6th century BCE. He was born in the foothills of the Himalayas in the town of Kapilavatthu‚ where Suddhodana (Gotama’s father) was a prominent leader. This meant that as a boy Gotama was surrounded by luxury‚ and if he chose‚ someday he could become a World Leader‚ as his father had wanted. (Armstrong‚ Buddha‚132) Suddhodana refused to accept it when his son left‚ but even the
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Terrence Sharrer‚ Phil-101 Knowledge and Reality‚ 12/10/2013 INTRODUCTION: In this paper I will first defend “The Argument from Evil” from the Buddhist notion of the concept of “The Argument of Dukkha” or (suffering or unsatisfactoriness). In the Buddhist argument the attributes of an all powerful‚ all knowing and all benevolent God to humans cannot exist due to the concept of Dukkha. I will explain this in my thesis defense with a correlation from a western and eastern thought. Buddha denied
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The Axial Age is a time period where many religions began and answered questions about how one should live his life. Pre-axial religions were focused on oneself and how to live in the present. They had local gods and as one moved around he worshiped the god of that area. These gods demanded sacrifices and other rituals. However‚ there was no emphasis on what happened after a person died. The pre-axial religions were more concerned with practical problems like winning wars and growing crops. The religions
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Hello Team‚ I have been busy researching all the various schools of Buddhism this week‚ attempting to discern how many there are‚ what the real differences between the schools‚ and compiling all the research. Theravada Mahayana Vajrayana Zen (Translation) “Doctrine of Elders” “The Great Ship” “The Great Vehicle” Tantric/Esoteric “Chan” Followers 124‚000‚000 185‚000‚000 600‚000‚000 10‚000‚000 Temporal Origin 100 BCE 100 CE 500 CE 650 CE Geographic Origin India & Sri Lanka India India China
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precepts‚ eightfold path and three jewels to move away from the corruption of cravings and desires to a world of pureness and holy peace. “Better than a thousand hollow words‚ is one word that brings peace” (1) There are three major festivals that occur in the Buddhist community that form the spiritual peak‚ Wesak being the second festival which commemorates the Buddha and his enlightenment. Adherents of Buddha including families and the community celebrate wesak and the eightfold path on suffering
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that there is a path to absolve the suffering‚ the idea that knowledge is extremely important and finally that the right mindfulness is necessary for peace. This is a very basic summary‚ but is the basis of what most Buddhists believe‚ after the basics‚
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World Religions REL 2300 Review for final exam Definition of religion Religion is belief that social norms‚ traditions‚ myths and symbols will impart wisdom‚ comfort‚ hope and balance and enable one to transcend death Definition of church‚ denomination‚ sects‚ cults An official religion of a country or state Is a major societal religion in a country or state A small‚ anti social religion with a closed membership A small‚ anti social religion with a closed membership‚ and a living charismatic
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1 Buddhism and Asian Part 2 Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama. This is an archetypal figure‚ so he tried to bring him up to life. Buddha formulated the four Noble Truths: suffering exists‚ suffering is caused by attachments‚ ending suffering is possible‚ and there is a way to end suffering though the eightfold path (right view‚ intention‚ speech‚ action‚ livelihood‚ effort‚ mindfulness‚ and concentration). In this way‚ humans can break the cycle of reincarnation being reborn again under
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polytheistic faith based on worshipping of 33 gods devas‚ revolves round the The Four Holy Truths’: suffering is universal; the cause of suffering in craving; suffering ceases with the end of craving nirvana; and the way to end craving is the Holy Eightfold Path. As for Christianity‚ a monotheistic faith based on God‚ Jesus and the Holy Spirit‚ is taught in both the Old and New Testaments. The mechanisms of both faiths may disagree on many fronts‚ fundamentally and practically‚ exist in one and not the
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Primary Sources - Hinduism‚ Jainism‚ and Buddhism For more background information on religions see: http://home.comcast.net/~mruland/WHAP/Notes/foundations/wreligion.htm The Aryan invasion of the subcontinent around 1‚500 B.C.E. brought with it a new religion that featured a pantheon of gods that the Aryans worshiped through ritualism and with burnt sacrifices. Over the next thousand years‚ the religion matured‚ probably incorporating some elements of Harappan theology and certainly establishing
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