Buddhist Beliefs
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- Buddhist Beliefs
- The Dhamma
- It means the truth about the nature of existence - what the Buddha learnt when he became enlightened.
- It can be seen as a way to seek for refuge. It's a way to seek for safety from suffering.
- "To the Buddha for refuge I go, To the Dhamma for refuge I go, To the Sangha for refuge I go."
- "My teaching is like a raft usefd to cross a river, only a food would carry the raft around after he has already reached the other shore," Thich Nhat Hanh
- Dependent Arising
- It expresses that life is just an interdependent web of conditions.
- It shows nothing is eternal, everything is constantly changing.
- Tibetan Wheel of Life
- shows the dependent arising of life, death and rebirth.
- Believe you are reborn into something - that depends on your actions (kamma)
- Ultimate aim : to break free, leave the cycle of suffering behind. This is enlightenment - nibanna
- "All events and incidents in life are so intimately linked with the fate of others," the Dalai Lama
- "You also realize that every wave is related to every other wave" Tibetan Buddhist Teacher
- The Four Noble Truths
- They contain the essence of the Buddha's teachings
- "The truth of suffering is like a disease, the truth of the origin is like a cure for the disease, the truth of the cesation is like a cure for the disease, and the truth of the path is like medicine
- Dukkha : The first noble truth. Suffering exists.
- 'the First Noble Truth; it is not, 'I am suffering and I want to end it.' The insight is, 'There is suffering' American Buddhist monk
- Samudaya : The Second Noble Truth explores the origins of suffering
- One of the main cause of suffering is tanha - craving.
- The three poisons keep the Tibetan Wheel spinning - craving, greed and ignorance.
- "It is craving which leads to renewed existence" The Buddha
- Nirohda : The Third Noble Truth. There is an end to suffering.
- It is to overcome craving and ignorance, need an inner satisfaction in life.
- By overcoming this, you can reach nibbana and enlightenment
- Now this, is the noble truth of the cessation of suffering: it is the remainderless fading away and the cessation of that same craving
- Magga : The Fourth Noble Truth, it shows the cure to suffering.
- It shows to follow the eightfold path.
- "the noble eightfold path leads to the cessation of suffering."
- Three Marks of Existence
- Dukkha
- It is the feeling of suffering or dissatisfaction
- Dukkha-Dukkhata : ordinary pain, physical suffering
- Viparinama-Dukkha : change
- Samkhara-Dukkha : attachment
- "What I teach is suffering and the cessation of suffering" The Buddha
- Anicca
- It means impermenance
- It affects living things, non-living things and our minds
- They link as anicca can cause dukkha.
- Dukkha
- It is the feeling of suffering or dissatisfaction
- Dukkha-Dukkhata : ordinary pain, physical suffering
- Viparinama-Dukkha : change
- Samkhara-Dukkha : attachment
- "What I teach is suffering and the cessation of suffering" The Buddha
- Dukkha
- Anatta
- It is seen as 'no fixed self'
- Instead we are made of the Five Aggregates: form, sensation, perception, mental formation and consciousness
- "If all the harm, fear and suffering in the world occur due to grasping onto self, what use if that great demon to me.' Buddhist monk
- Dukkha
- Schools of Buddhism
- Mahayanna
- Umbrella term for new schools.
- Believe in the importance of sunyata, which is seen as emptiness
- They believe in Buddha-nature, deep down everyone is enlightened. They want to achieve Buddhahood - to become enlightened.
- Pure Lands
- A form of Mahayanna Buddhism
- Believe in the Amitbha Buddha in the pure land and hope to be reborn into Sukhavati where he lives to be taught by him.
- You can reach the pure land through religious practice.
- "in this Buddha-field, they are all fixed on the right method of salvation, until they have won nirvana"
- Theravada
- This is an original school of Buddhism, 'school of elders'
- Believe in the five agregates working together to make human personality.
- Pure Lands
- A form of Mahayanna Buddhism
- Believe in the Amitbha Buddha in the pure land and hope to be reborn into Sukhavati where he lives to be taught by him.
- You can reach the pure land through religious practice.
- "in this Buddha-field, they are all fixed on the right method of salvation, until they have won nirvana"
- Mahayanna
- Human Destiny
- Arhat - a 'perfect person' who is free from the three poisons. This is followed by Theravada.
- Bodhisattva - they become enlightened, yet stay in the cycle to help others achieve enlightenment
- "However innumberable sentient beings are; I vow to save them" Bodhisattva vow
- The Dhamma
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