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Buddhism
Buddhism ֍ A 2500 year old tradition that began in India and spread and
diversified throughout the far east.
֍ A philosophy, religion, and spiritual practice followed by more

than 520 million people.
֍ Growing out of the teaching of Siddhartha Gautama.
֍ It encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual

practices largely based on the Buddha's teachings and resulting
interpreted philosophies.
֍ The 8 symbols of Buddhism are a white parasol, a conch shell, a

treasure vase, a victory banner, a dharma wheel, a pair of golden
fish, an endless knot, and a lotus flower.
The ֍ Siddhartha Gautama is the real name of the Buddha.
Buddha
֍ He is the prince of the Sakya clan in the kingdom of Magadha.
֍ He lived from 560 to 477 BC.
֍ He turn away from Hindu polytheism and palace pleasures, and began
searching for answers to the riddle of life sufferings and disease. Then he
came to a clear realization that the solution lays in his own mind.
֍ He believe that human beings have the potential to become free from
suffering by practicing meditation and cultivating a lifestyle.
֍ He gave many lectures before his death. His life was devoted to sharing
his “Dharma” or Law of Salvation.
Eight symbols of Buddhism
1. Parasol - The parasol has its roots 2. Conch Shell - The conch shell began as
serving as an Indian symbol of royalty and an Indian attribute of heroic gods, where
protection. Traditionally, the more parasols shells represented victories in battle. In the
an individual had, the higher they were in usual Buddhist depiction of the shell, it
the social hierarchy with royalty usually turns to the right and is usually white
having around thirteen.
3. Treasure Vase - The Buddhist style 4. Victory Banner - The victory banner
treasure vase is modeled after traditional originated as a military standard in ancient
Indian clay water pots. The vase is mostly Indian Warfare. The banners would be
used as a symbol of certain wealth deities, adorned differently depending on the deity
but also represents the endless quality of that it was meant to convey and lead.
the Buddha's teachings.
5. Dharma Wheel - The wheel began as 6. Golden Fish - The pair of golden fish
Indian symbol for sovereignty, power, and began as a representation of the two great
protection. The wheel is made up of three rivers of India, the Ganges and the Yamuna.
key parts, the hub, the spokes, and the rim. They came to symbolize happiness and
Respectively, they represent ethics, wisdom, spontaneity due to their freedom moving
and concentration through water.
7. Endless Knot - The endless knot is a 8. Lotus Flower - It is known for its ability
piece of imagery present throughout many to grow unstained in murky waters. This
ancient cultures and beliefs. In Buddhism quality of it remaining pure when
the knot serves as a symbol of the Buddha's surrounded by dirt and filth led to it
endless wisdom and compassion in addition becoming a Buddhist symbol of purity and
to eternal harmony renunciation.
Dharma (Law of Salvation)
A simple presentation of the gospel of inner
cultivation of right spiritual attitudes, coupled with a
self-imposed discipline whereby bodily desires would
be channeled in the right direction.
Nirvana (Enlightened
It Wisdom)
means "blowing out" or "quenching" of the
activities of the worldly mind and its related suffering.
In other word, It refer to the extinction of desire,
hatred, and ignorance and, ultimately, of suffering and
rebirth.
Karma (Law of Cost and
Effect)
It refers to action driven by intention which leads to
future consequences. Those intentions are considered
to be the determining factor in the kind of rebirth in
samsara, the cycle of rebirth.
Four Noble Truths
1. life is full of suffering;
2. suffering is caused by passionate desires, lust, cravings;
3. only as these are obliterated;
4. such eradication of desire may be accomplished only by following
the Eightfold Path of earnest endeavor.
Eightfold Path
1. Right view
2. Right resolve
3. Right speech
4. Right conduct
5. Right livelihood
6. Right effort
7. Right mindfulness
8. Right Samadhi
The Five Precepts
1. Refrain from destroying life.
2. Refrain from taking what is not given.
3. Refrain from a misuse of the senses.
4. Refrain from wrong speech.
5. Refrain from intoxicants that cloud the mind.
The Goal of Buddhism
The way to Salvation, in other words, lies through self-abnegation,
rigid discipline of mind and body, a consuming love for all living
creatures, and the final achievement of that state of consciousness
which marks an individual’s full preparation for entering the Nirvana
(enlightened wisdom) of complete selflessness . In this state ,the effects
of the Law of Cause and Effect (Karma) are overcome the Cycle of
Rebirth is broken; and one may rest in the calm assurance of having
attained of heavenly bliss that will stretch into all eternity.
The Buddhist practice the four states of sublime condition: love, sorrow
of others, joy in the joy of others and equanimity as regards one’s own
joy and sorrows. They believe that human beings have the potential to
become free from suffering by practicing meditation and cultivating a
lifestyle as prescribed by Buddha. Until now Buddhism remains a
powerful religious, political, and cultural force in many parts of the
world.

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֍ A philosophy, religion, and spiritual practice followed by more

֍ Growing out of the teaching of Siddhartha Gautama.

֍ It encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual

֍ The 8 symbols of Buddhism are a white parasol, a conch shell, a

֍ He lived from 560 to 477 BC.

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