Buddhism is a religion that developed in India‚ founded by Siddhartha Gautama. He was born in Kapilaustu‚ C. 563-483 B.C. There was a man who ruled a clan called the Shakyas. He was head of this clan‚ and the king of this country. His name is Shuddodana Gautama‚ the father of Siddhartha. Shuddodana’s wife was the beautiful‚ Mahamaya. Mahamaya was expecting her first born. She had had a strange dream in which she saw a baby elephant that was beautiful‚ bright‚ and silver. Brahman priest interpreted
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The Significance Of Rituals In A Buddhists Funeral Buddhism is one of the most popular religions practised extensively across the globe. The basic principles of the religion are based on the teachings of Lord Buddha. Buddhism teaches compassion and universal love for mankind and awareness of the Ultimate Truth. Buddhist funeral rites are also based upon these fundamental principles of the religion. There are certain mandatory rites that need to be adhered to during the funeral of a dead person
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One basic concept of Buddhism is the idea of impermanence. This principle is the foundation of everything Buddhism is built upon. Moreover‚ change is an inevitable part of the cycle of life that every living being on this Earth will experience at some point or another. According to Sogyal‚ “There is only one law in the universe that never changes – that all things change‚ and that all things are impermanent” (p. 26). Impermanence can be seen in various aspects of our lives; some of these instances
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The Path to Enlightenment Buddhism and Jainism are two religions that share similarities. They are both Atheistic religions‚ denying the existence of God. Both Jainism and Buddhism deny animal sacrifices and believe in karma‚ rebirth‚ and moksha. Despite these similarities‚ they differ in several respects. A main difference is the goal of each religion as well as the practices they use to obtain their objectives. Buddhism believes that in order to attain enlightenment one must be released from the
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Buddhism Religion and Afterlife The idea of death and the afterlife is a topic that everyone can relate to. Whether one has a bigger belief towards western religion‚ eastern religion‚ or no religion at all (atheism)‚ the idea of life after death exists in the minds of many. All the major world religions teach that life continues after death. As for my religion‚ Christianity; the beliefs can be generally classified as a linear‚ whereas the faith traditions such as Buddhism and a few others can
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Siddhartha Gautama’s Life Spiritual religion is one of main aspects of human civilization. Buddhism is one of four religions that have most followers besides Christianity‚ Judaism‚ and Hinduism. Siddhartha Gautama‚ called Buddha‚ was the founder and awakened leader of Buddhism. His life has a great influence on this religion belief. Siddhartha’s Birth Siddhartha Gautama was born as the royal prince at Lumini (a place in Nepal now). His father was the king of a clan named Shakyas named Shuddhodana
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Chinese ghost festival – A ritual that embodies Buddhist and Chinese values The Ghost festival‚ the second most important festival of the year‚ is an event in which features of Buddhism are most relevant in Chinese culture. The ritual‚ by essence‚ belongs to the living and the dead – it creates a harmony between the two‚ as well as that between the individual‚ society and nature in its performance. Its Chinese term‚ Yu lan pen hui‚ is composed of the foreign word “yu lan” that refers
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Emptiness paper Buddhism is an orthopraxy where identity comes from implementing “correct” behavior‚ rather than orthodoxy where identity is found through “correct” beliefs. Mahayana Buddhism‚ termed “the Great Way” is essentially a vision of what Buddhism is really about. Although the permeation of Mahayana was harmless‚ the status of the sutras was constantly disputed. From the very onset of Buddhism‚ the concepts of Self/not-Self and dependent arising were prominent and fundamental
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Primary to the human factor is the fact that work implies equally to any setting‚ a supermarket or the stock market. No matter where we work‚ we ’ve got to find a way to get along well with the people around us. (McLeod‚ 2004) Some claim that Buddhism cannot encourage one to be good‚ because then you would become attached to goodness. Is it not better to find a middle ground where one does enough good that there cannot be criticism of this action? Buddhist many find that even this middle ground
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Buddhism was based on the teachings of Siddharta Gautama aka. Buddha. This is a religion which understands that there is suffering but needs to end. It is not a Monotheistic religion. Buddhists believe that there is a cycle of birth‚ life‚ death‚ and rebirth etc... If they cannot gain enlightenment before they die; they will be reborn. In order for them to break out of this cycle‚ they have to gain Enlightenment. Getting out of this cycle is also called Nirvana. This means they have found perfect
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