Title:Beliefs of Buddhism Do Now: On this day in 1849, scientist Luther Burbank was born. Burbank was a botanist, or someone who studies plant life. He was known for developing new types of flowers and plants. Do you think it’s important that scientist develop new types of plant life? Why or why not?

Agenda Do Now Beliefs of Buddhism Lesson Create a Mandala

Objective Students will begin drawing their own Mandala showing 12 impotent things, wishes or wants in their life

Vocabulary Nirvana: a state of blissful peace without desire or suffering Monastery: a home of a religious community, men who live here are called monks Nun: women who live in a religious community

4 Noble Truths As part of his Deer Park Sermon, he described the Four Noble Truths He had learned these truths while sitting under the Bodhi Tree

The 4 Noble Truths The first Noble Truth is that: Life is filled with suffering: birth, sickness, old age, death, being separated from people the love

The 4 Noble Truths The second was that suffering is caused by wanting or desiring things we do not have Buddha did no preach that all desires were bad. For example: it is not wrong to desire the happiness of others, but the selfish desires lead to suffering

The 4 Noble Truths The third was that suffering can be ended Its cure is to overcome selfish desires and wants

The 4 Noble Truths The Fourth Noble Truth is that the way to overcome selfish desires is to follow the Eightfold Path

The Eightfold Path It describes a way of life that leads to the end of desire The first steps on this path are not hard to carry out in everyday life The later ones involve becoming aware of one’s thoughts and feelings and require a lot more effort. The Buddha taught that this path was open to anyone, no matter what caste they were born into

Reaching Nirvana The final goal of a person is to reach nirvana Those who enter nirvana are freed from the cycle of death and rebirth Buddhist art often depicts the Buddha in a state of nirvana where he appears calm and blissful with a shining circle around his head

The Eightfold Path To know the truth To intend to resist evi Eightfold Path: In brief, these are the laws of the Eightfold Path: To know the truth To intend to resist evi To not say anything to hurt others To respect life, property, and morality To work at a job that does not injure others To try to free one's mind from evil To be in control of one's feelings and thoughts To practice appropriate forms of concentration

Mandala In ancient India, and India today, people create mandalas - special circle pictures - as part of making a kind of wish. This special wish is called an intention. The intention can be anything you need to have or want to achieve. They would use these to focus their thoughts on the goal they wanted to achieve. Today you will be creating your own! Since your goals are only your goals, this will be an individual project

Mandala project Using the mandala project handout, you will create your own. You will have today and tomorrow to complete it It must be colored and have at least 12 pictures on it Let’s Create Our Own Rubric What is expected in each picture? What are essential pieces to include? You do not need to finish today, you will complete it tomorrow!