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| -Born 6th/5th C. BCE (NE India-Border of Nepal) -Born into a royal family- father was a king- Siddartha supposed to become king -Would become The Buddha - |
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The founder of the Buddhist religion
The awakened/enlightened one. The Buddha has to learn and come up with things on there own. |
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| Siddartha- Phase 1 of Life |
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| -Birth- 29~ prophecy that a child would be born who would either be a great king or a great religious hero of all time. Father kept him isolated and kept him indulged in materialistic things, kept away from anything unpleasant. Married at 16. Snuck out of palace/or king allowed him out with handlers to hide the bad things. Saw sickness, old age, death, and a monk. (Great Renunciation) Leaves his wife and child, kingdom, wealth... Sets out to become a monk to find a solution to the problems he encountered. |
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| Siddartha- Phase 2 of Life |
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-29-35~ Wandered N India seeking an answer to the problems he discovered.
Studied with a Hindu teacher. Told that if he treated his body horribly he would have a revelation (Fasted). Abandoned those methods. He left and sat under a tree and meditated, would not move until he found an answer. Mara- Buddhist demon- lord of death tried to sabotage him- he remained untouched and did not give up. Found an answer- becomes enlightened, awakened- Becomes the Buddha. |
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| Siddartha- Phase 3 of Life |
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-35-80~ Now known as the Buddha; went around teaching what he had learned. Willing to teach anyone, male or female, as long as they were serious about learning.
Never claimed to be a God- nor inspired by a God. Claims to be a human being- and that others can become a Buddha. |
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| Community- normally made up of monks and nuns |
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| Suffering, pain, sorrow, misery, unhappiness, imperfection, impermanence. |
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Buddha tailored his teachings to fit the person or the group who he was teaching.
Doesn't have a general teaching for everyone. |
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Teachings of the Buddha
The truth; the saving doctrine or way (early Buddhism). Reality; essential quality; any reality (Mahayana). |
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| the force that drives saṃsāra—the cycle of suffering and rebirth for each being. Good, skillful deeds and bad, unskillful actions produce "seeds" in the mind that come to fruition either in this life or in a subsequent rebirth. |
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| Thirst, greed, desire. craving. Tanha makes Dukkha. |
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| No-self/no soul. Atman is fictional, does not exist. Instead they are taught Anatta- there is nothing permanent about a person, constantly changing. |
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5 Skandhas
(aggragates/components/constituents) |
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1. Physical Body
2. Feelings
3. Ideas/ Cognition
4. Will/ Volition
5. Consciousness- awareness of the other 4 Skandhas |
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1. All life is Dukkha (suffering)
2. The source/cause/arising of dukkha is tanha (thirst)
all of our experiences of tanha makes dukkha. we thirst for sense- pleasures, wealth, power, our own cherished ideas and ideals
3. The cessation of dukkha, the extinquishing of tanha, consists in Nirvana
Nirvana is the extinction (of thirst)
4. The path/ way leading to the cessation of dukkha is the Noble eightfold path. |
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called the Noble path by the Buddha. Middle ground between two extremes- seeking happiness through pleasure/ seeking happiness through self-denial
a) Right views- view the Buddhist teachings as accurate description of reality
b) Right intent- should aspire towards selflessness, love, non-violence
c) Right speech- must not lie, gossip, use slander, swear; be in control of your own tongue
d) Right conduct- actions need to be moral, honorable, peaceful
e) Right livelihood- we may not have a job/career/profession that causes harm to other beings directly or indirectly
f) Right effort- person must try to keep healthy states of mind and to get rid of unhealthy states of mind
g) Right mindfulness- must be diligently aware of and diligently attentive to all of the actions of our bodies,feelings, mind. Being present to everything that is happening in the present.
h) Right concentration(meditation)- totally focusing the mind on one thing to the exclusion of other things for a certain period of time(4 stages of trance [jhanas]) |
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Reincarnation, rebirth, transmigration;
Seemingly endless round of birth, death, rebirth |
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Worthy. Perfected disciple; one who has completed the discipline required to attain liberation.
Ideal Buddhist in Theravada
Have things to take refuge in- monks, nuns, Sangha...
Arahats can draw from Buddhist teachings. |
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Older sect of Buddhism.
Monastic- monks and nuns are at the heart of the practice
Sangha- community of monks or nuns |
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Common prayer throughout Buddhist sects
I take refuge in the Buddha, I take refuge in the Dharma, I take refuge in the Sangha. |
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"Greater Vehicle". One of the two major divisions of Buddhism.
-Believe they have a larger/broader way/ "raft" to get people to enlightenment/Nirvana.
-Eastern Buddhism |
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-ideal Buddhist in Mahayana.
-"enlightening/awakening being"
-aim for the liberation of all beings before they would be enlightened or go to Nirvana
-"other power"- believe others can help you reach Nirvana
- die but are always reborn into another form |
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main object of devotion in the Pure Land school of Buddhism.
was Dharmakara- vowed to create a pure land where people could be reborn in. There they could become Buddhas and Bodhisattvas |
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-the calm stillness of mind after the fires of desire, aversion, and delusion have been finally extinguished
-When someone who has reached Nirvana dies- they go to Paranirvana- will not be born again. |
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