2. WHAT IS IT?
• Buddhism is a religion and dharma that encompasses a
variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices largely
based on teachings attributed to Gautama Buddha
• Two major extant branches of Buddhism are generally
recognized by scholars:
–Theravada Buddhism (Pali: "The School of the Elders")
–Mahayana Buddhism (Sanskrit: "The Great Vehicle").
3. SAMSĀRA
–continual repetitive
cycle of birth and
death that arises from
ordinary beings'
grasping and fixating
on a self and
experiences.
• Human, any kind of
animal and several
types of
supernatural beings.
4. KARMA
• the force that drives saṃsāra
• Specifically refers to those actions of body, speech or
mind that springfrom mental intent (cetanā), and bring
about a consequence or phala "fruit" or vipāka "result".
5. THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
• The truth of dukkha (suffering, anxiety, unsatisfactoriness
• The truth of the origin of dukkha
• The truth of the cessation of
• The truth of the path leading to the cessation of
6. NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH
• A.K.A - The Fourth of the Buddha's Noble Truths
• Consists of a set of eight interconnected factors or
conditions, that when developed together, lead to the
cessation of dukkha
8. PRECEPTS/MORAL CODE
• not to take the life of anything living
• not to take anything not freely given
• to abstain from sexual misconduct and sensual
overindulgence
• to refrain from untrue speech
• to avoid intoxication, that is, losing mindfulness.
9. BUDDHAS
• A Buddha is a fully awakened being who has completely
purified his mind of the three poisons of desire, aversion
and ignorance
• No longer bound by Samsara and has ended
the suffering which unawakened people experience in life.
10. TOLERANCE
• Real Buddhism is very
tolerant and not
concerned with labels like
'Christian', 'Moslem',
'Hindu' or 'Buddhist'; that
is why there have never
been any wars fought in
the name of Buddhism.
