Topic:Buddhism General Purpose: To provide new information or new perspective Specific Purpose:To inform my audience some of the philosophy of Buddhism. Thesis Statement:Buddhism is based on the Four Noble Truths that were taught by the Buddha and are ideas that can be applied to a person’s life‚ no matter what their religion may be. I. Introduction: A. Attention Getter: I will tell you a brief story about “The Thief and the Master”. One evening‚ Zen master Shichiri Kojun was reciting
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Heian period Buddhist art and architecture greatly influenced the traditional Shinto arts‚ and Buddhist painting became fashionable among the wealthy class. The Amida sect of Buddhism provided the basis for many artworks‚ such as the bronze Great Buddha at Kamakura in the thirteenth century. Many of the great artists during this Kamakura period were Buddhist monks‚ and Buddhist art became popular among the masses with scroll paintings‚ paintings used in worship and paintings of saints‚ hells and
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deal in my family! We all throw a little extra hustle and bustle into the holiday season. Every Christmas season starts with me getting down the decorations from the attic. There are so many boxes to take down and it seems like the number of boxes grows every year. After taking down the multiple boxes of decorations from the attic my sister and my mom begin to decorate. They start with the garland all around the windows seals and doorways of the house. They then begin to put lights up in every corner
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The worst time in history‚ led by the most vile‚ yet charismatic person quiet possibly ever. Hitler. He was insistent on making a perfect race. Two Families‚ the Franks‚ and the Van Daans forced together in the most unlikely circumstances. One of very few families to survive the onslaught of Jews. Having to stay stealthy for upwards of two years you have to deal with some challenges that are out of your control. One of the Franks‚ Anne‚ deals with these challenges by writing in her diary‚ talking
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no universal texts and no widely known doctrine (Al-Soofi‚ 2012). Hindus believe that every human has a place in the world and the roles they are meant to carry out cannot be overstepped. On the contrary‚ Buddhism’s teachings originate from Lord Buddha who was a Hindu at birth‚ its teachings follows that Buddhism shares similarities and differences in certain teachings‚ practices‚ beliefs‚ and sacred texts. Buddhism is observed more as a philosophy rather than a religion (Al-Soofi‚ 2012). It is
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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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Siddhartha Gautama‚ Buddha‚ was born in the 560 BCE in the Nepal. During his lifetime‚ he reached a state of nirvana‚ which is a state of emptiness or pure consciousness that leads to release from suffering while remaining conscious (45). Nirvana is the state that the Buddha believed people can have good life. The four noble truths contain the basis of Buddha’s ideas which he attained while meditating under the tree‚ which would later become a Buddhist symbol. While Buddhism is not practiced by
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Eight-fold Path. Henceforth he became known as the Buddha. This Middle Way is a psychological-philosophical insight into the cause and cure of suffering and evil. In The Heart of the Buddha ’s Teaching‚ Thich Nhat Hanh provides a citation from the Buddha‚ which gives insight into the cure of our distress. "I teach only suffering and the transformation of suffering." When we recognize and acknowledge our own suffering‚ the Buddha which means the Buddha in us will look at it‚ discover what has brought
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with about 365 million followers makes up 6% of the world ’s population and is the fourth largest religion in the world (exceeded by Christianity‚ Islam and Hinduism). Buddhism was founded in Northern India in the sixth century BCE by the first Buddha‚ Siddhartha Gautama when he attained enlightenment. Buddhism is made up three main forms. They are Theravada Buddhism found mainly in Thailand‚ Burma‚ Cambodia and Laos‚ Mahayana Buddhism which is largely found in China‚ Japan‚ Korea‚ Tibet and Mongolia
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individual similarities. Carr believed that Shotoku and Sakyamuni can be linked through relics. The relics play important role in Buddhism across Asia. However‚ there was a gap between historical Buddha‚ places of his deeds‚ and the physical location of Japan. Thus‚ the country became remote from the Buddha not only historically‚ but geographically.
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