Buddha & Siddhartha
Buddhism:
Major global "religion" with complex system of beliefs.
-The Four Noble Truths
-The Noble Eightfold Path
-Karma- if you live a good life, good things will happen to you and vise versa.
-Cycle of Rebirth
Siddhartha Gautama:
-Founder of Buddhism
- Lived 566 (?) - 480 (?) B.C.E.
- Son of Indian warrior/king
-Privileged but bored
- Wandered in search of understanding
Suffering:
- Lay at the end of all existence
- Based on interaction with an old man, an ill man, a corpse and an ascetic (hermit)
- Renounced princely title
- Deprived himself of worldly possessions
Mediation:
- Understood how to be free from suffering and achieve salvation.
- Became known as Buddha- "Enlightened One"
- Traveled and taught the remainder of his life.
The Four Noble Truths:
- Essence of Buddha's teaching
- Leave much unexplained
Basically:
Truth of suffering (Dukkha) - it exists
Truth of the cause of suffering - caused by desire and ignorance
Truth of the end of suffering - it has an end
Truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering - follow the Noble Eightfold Path
Not Negative:
- Pragmatic (practical) perspective
- Deals with the world as it is
- Attempts for rectify
- Pleasure and happiness are fleeting and unquenchable
- In the end, only aging, sickness, and death are certain and unavoidable
Truth 1 & 2:
Suffering Exists & Causes of Suffering
- Desire and ignorance are the root of suffering.
- Craving pleasure, material goods, and immortality are wants that can never be satisfied.
- Desire them brings suffering.
Ignorance:
- Not seeing the world as it actually is.
- Without the ability to concentrate or have insight.
- The mind is undeveloped.
- Vices, such as greed, envy, hatred and anger.
Truth 3:
Suffering Has An End
- Dual meaning.
- End of suffering in this life.
- End of suffering in the spiritual life-- Nirvana.
Nirvana:
- Transcendent (supreme) state free from
Major global "religion" with complex system of beliefs.
-The Four Noble Truths
-The Noble Eightfold Path
-Karma- if you live a good life, good things will happen to you and vise versa.
-Cycle of Rebirth
Siddhartha Gautama:
-Founder of Buddhism
- Lived 566 (?) - 480 (?) B.C.E.
- Son of Indian warrior/king
-Privileged but bored
- Wandered in search of understanding
Suffering:
- Lay at the end of all existence
- Based on interaction with an old man, an ill man, a corpse and an ascetic (hermit)
- Renounced princely title
- Deprived himself of worldly possessions
Mediation:
- Understood how to be free from suffering and achieve salvation.
- Became known as Buddha- "Enlightened One"
- Traveled and taught the remainder of his life.
The Four Noble Truths:
- Essence of Buddha's teaching
- Leave much unexplained
Basically:
Truth of suffering (Dukkha) - it exists
Truth of the cause of suffering - caused by desire and ignorance
Truth of the end of suffering - it has an end
Truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering - follow the Noble Eightfold Path
Not Negative:
- Pragmatic (practical) perspective
- Deals with the world as it is
- Attempts for rectify
- Pleasure and happiness are fleeting and unquenchable
- In the end, only aging, sickness, and death are certain and unavoidable
Truth 1 & 2:
Suffering Exists & Causes of Suffering
- Desire and ignorance are the root of suffering.
- Craving pleasure, material goods, and immortality are wants that can never be satisfied.
- Desire them brings suffering.
Ignorance:
- Not seeing the world as it actually is.
- Without the ability to concentrate or have insight.
- The mind is undeveloped.
- Vices, such as greed, envy, hatred and anger.
Truth 3:
Suffering Has An End
- Dual meaning.
- End of suffering in this life.
- End of suffering in the spiritual life-- Nirvana.
Nirvana:
- Transcendent (supreme) state free from