Intro to Buddhism.

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Intro to Buddhism

“When you open your mind to the truth, then you realize there is nothing to fear. What arises passes away, what is born dies, and is not self--so that our sense of being caught in an identity with this human body fades out. We don’t see ourselves as some isolated, alienated entity lost in a mysterious and frightening universe. We don’t feel overwhelmed by it, trying to find a little piece of it that we can grasp and feel safe with, because we feel at peace with it. Then we have merged with the Truth. —Ajahn Sumedho, Buddhist monk

“Be the master of your own mind.” —The Buddha

All things come at first from MIND Mind creates them, mind fulfills them Speak or act with tainted mind, You’ll drag around a cart of pain Speak or act with lucid mind And joy will follow like your shadow. ~The Dhammapada

Religions of South Asia

Buddhism in the Subcontinent

Timeline c. 5th century BCE c. 258 BCE c. 200 BCE-200 CE c. 50 CE 1st century CE c. 150-250 c. 550 c. 609-650 845 1222-1282 c. 1200-1500 1959- Life of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha Ashoka spreads Buddhism outside India Theravada develops Perfection of Wisdom books develop Pali Canon written down in Sri Lanka Buddhism spreads to China, SE Asia Mahayana develops Life of Nagarjuna Buddhism enters Japan Songtsan establishes Tibetan Buddhism Chinese persecute Buddhism Life of Nichiren Buddhism declines in India China represses Tibetan Buddhism

Siddhartha Gautama (563-483 BCE) Born in NE India (Nepal) Raised in great luxury to be a king At 29 he rejected his luxurious life to seek enlightenment and the source of suffering

Lived a strict, ascetic life for 6 yrs Rejecting this extreme, sat in meditation, and found nirvana Became “The Enlightened One,” at 35

Life and Legend of the Buddha Buddha is a generic term meaning “Enlightened One” What we know about him has been passed down through his followers Prolific teachings passed down orally; written down hundreds of years after his death

Followers have recalled his life in sacred biographies led a sheltered life of luxury Left home and saw the Four Sights: a bent aged man, a sick person, a corpse, and a monk

Found extreme lifestyles did not answer his questions led to the Middle Way: neither self-indulgence nor self-denial Vowed to sit under tree at Gaya until enlightenment

Experienced 4 states of contemplation and had 3 realizations, he could: recall all his past lives see the entire cycle of life and death see the cause of suffering and the means of ending it

Siddhartha became the Buddha, the one who woke up Spent the next 45 years teaching His teaching (dharma) included Four Noble Truths, the Nobel Eightfold Path, the Three Marks of Existence

Some followers became monks (bhikshus); women were allowed to become nuns if they followed the 8 special rules Disciples (the sangha) accepted people from all castes and levels of society

When the Buddha died, he told his followers to be responsible for their own spiritual development

The Essence of Buddhism The “middle way of wisdom and compassion” 2,500 year old tradition The 3 jewels of Buddhism: Buddha, the teacher Dharma, the teachings Sangha, the community

What is the fundamental cause of all suffering? Desire! Therefore, extinguish the self, don’t obsess about oneself