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What would you like to conquer?
“Inspiration of the day: GRIT: is an attitude, a belief that you can conquer anything, if you stick with it. It's a belief in yourself, a determination to win, a plan for success.” What would you like to conquer?
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Buddhism 1.“PEOPLE ARE UNHAPPY BECAUSE THEY ARE NEVER CONTENT WITH WHAT THEY HAD”
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2. Siddhartha Gautama 2500 years ago Royal prince
Decided to seek true meaning of life. Became “Buddha”: Enlightened one At 29 left home, cut hair and put beggars robe Spent time in forest praying, 6 years fasting, sit under a huge :”Bodhi” tree 49 days & night Finally got enlightenment
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3.Buddha: We gain Enlightenment through:
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4.Buddha's teaching: 4 nobles truth
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5.Guidelines: The five precepts
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6.The Middle Path= Noble Eightfold path
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7. The three jewels 1. Buddha 2. Dharma: teaching of the Buddha
3. Sangha: Buddhist Community
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8-Sacred Words 9.-Nirvana 10.- Asoka
Don’t have a single holy book: 12 sacred texts Nirvana: “The lasting peace that Buddhist seek by giving up selfish desires” – all can reach regardless of caste system Asoka: Ruler of the Maurya Empire- Buddhist
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