1. Lisa Schlais July 28, 2012 BUDDHISM

2. The Three Jewels The Buddha The Dharma (teachings) The Sangha (community)

3. Belief System The truth of dukkha The truth of the origin of dukkha The truth of the end of dukkha The truth of the path leading to the end of dukkha Correct Thought Correct Speech Correct Actions Correct Livelihood Correct Understanding Correct Effort Correct Mindfulness Correct Concentration The Four Noble Truths The Noble Eightfold Path to Liberation

4. Morality No moral absolutes in Buddhism Ethical decision-making involves a complex relationship of causes and conditions

5. Preliminary Tantric Practices Making 100,000 mandala offerings to generate merit by generosity Reciting 100,000 refuge prayers (to increase one's confidence) Reciting 100,000 Vajrasattva mantras to purify obstacles Making 100,000 prostrations to counteract pride Offering 100,000 water-bowl offerings (create merit by generosity) Reciting 100,000 Guru's name mantras: Guru-yoga, to generate confidence and establish a deeper relationship with the teacher Making 100,000 clay images or 'tsa-tsas' in Tibetan Reciting 100,000 Samayavajra mantras (somewhat similar to Vajrasattva) Making 100,000 fire offerings to Vajra Daka (Dorje Khadro). Traditional Preliminary PracticesAdditional Preliminary Practices

6. Trantric Practices Tsa-tsas Making prostrations

7. Festivals Buddhist New Year Vesak or Visakah Puja (“Buddha Day”) Magha Puja Day or Sangha Day (Fourfold Assembly) Asalha Puja Day (“Dhamma Day”) Uposatha (Observance Day) Pavarana Day Kathina Ceremony Anapanasati Day

8. Festivals Abhidhamma Day Songkran Loy Krathong (Festival of Floating Bowls) The Ploughing Festival The Elephant Festival The Festival of the Tooth Ulambana (Ancestor Day) Avalokitesvara’s (Kuan Yin) Birthday

9. Loy Krathong Images

10. Elephant Festival Image

11. Images of Temple of the Tooth ExteriorInterior

12. Resources Buddhist ceremonies festivals and special days (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.buddhanet.net/festival.htm Thera, N. (n.d.). A manual of Abhidhamma. Retrieved from http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/abhidhamma.pdf Khadro, Ven. S. (1996). The 10 Non-virtues. Retrieved from www.abuddhistlibrary.com/Buddhism O’Briend, B. (n.d.). Buddhism and morality. Retrieved from http://buddhism.about.com/od/basicbuddhistteachings/a/morality1. htm A view on Buddhism retrieved from http://viewonbuddhism.org/sangha_monks_nuns.html