BUDDHISM

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Buddhist Rituals and Worship

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Buddhist Worship and Rituals

Introduction
The Buddhist people have many elaborate rituals and worship traditions, including those for everyday worship, birth, death, and many more. Monks and nuns carry these traditions by practising the religion, and there are many rituals in which worshippers thank them for doing so. Through temples and monasteries and rituals, the Buddhist people keep their

Regular Worship
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In most Buddhist houses, has a special room in the house for a shrine - a Buddha Statue, candles, incense. Many Buddhists meditate -allows mind to settle - helps to achieve calmness and clarity Can worship at home or at a Buddhist temple
(left) A shrine in a Buddhist Temple

Various Rituals
Can take baby to monastery u Request name with special meaning eg. Jokata = Maker of Clarity (fem.) u Blessings for: Protection Health Happiness Noble Qualities
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Birth

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Believed to be natural result of being born Kept in house for 3-7 days Body is burned to let the spirit escape Before death, Buddhist will be blessed by a nun or monk.

Death

Monks
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Live in monasteries with few possessions Full Moon

Celebrate important events in Buddhas life

Offerings brought for monks Monks chant blessings

Initiation (entering monk community, called Sangha)

Can enter at young age Receive a new Buddhist name Head is shaved
A group of Tibetan Monks

Buddhist Beliefs
By Matt Cindric

Buddhist Beliefs
The Buddhist people are very devoted to their religion. They believe that the world is imperfect and that they can fix it by achieving Nirvana (the end of imperfectness). They also believe in many other things such as the philosophy of Duhka and Karma.

Beliefs: Words
Anatta- The belief that there is nothing called a soul Anicca- Impermanence, the belief that nothing lasts Duhka- Suffering and everything that is unsatisfactory Karma- Actions that effect future lives

Beliefs: Main beliefs

They do not believe in god They believe that by following the teachings of the Buddha they will find peace The Buddha found ways to overcome the imperfectness They meditate They believe that the Buddha was human

Beliefs: Noble truths

First Noble Truth: Duhka happens everywhere at all times Second Noble Truth: Duhka is caused by greed and selfishness Third Noble Truth: Greed and selfishness can be stopped Fourth Noble Truth: The way to stop selfishness is to follow the noble Eightfold path

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BUDDHISM ORIGINS
Olivia Bowyer

Introductory
The Buddha was not a god or a legend. He was an amazing person that went out to seek the truth. He traveled all over finding help from others like him, almost starved to death and slept on beds of thorns. But all he had to do was close his eyes, and look within himself.

The beginning
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Siddharta Gautama founded Buddhism Was born 2500 years ago Was son of the king in northern India Had a wonderful and luxurious childhood Wanted to know how the rest of the world lived Went to a nearby village and found poor, and sick people He was horrified, could not enjoy castle life any longer

The Journey
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Siddharta Gautama Left the palace, leaving behind family After he crossed the river, traded his silk robe for a orange cloth one Cut off hair, gave all the jewels to a servant who took him there Left his servant and became a poor holy person Saught out many other men who gave up everything to look for truth Did yoga like exersizes that were supposed to help fing the truth Lived in forests, slept on beds of thorn, almost starved

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The end of the search

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he found what he was lookingat a place, nowadays Siddharta Gautama Arrived for called Budh Gaya changed to the Buddha, meaning Siddharta Gautama the down under a Sat awakened one.Bo tree, sat until he found the truth

instead of looking outside he looked inside himself

BuddhismTimeline

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By the time, Buddha, (Siddhartha Gautama) traveled to many country and gave missions about successful life. But as time goes by, many wars occurred, because of Buddhism philosophy. To know detailes, Lets look at the timeline of Buddhism.

1st council results in four factions 560~480 BCE Siddhartha Gautama, Buddhas life 479 BCE

Timeline-Buddhism entered Buddhism

into Asia (Korea, Japan, China, Tibet, and etc. 297 BCE -King Asoka converted to Buddhism -And sends missionaries to other countries 21th Century 5~9th Century Decline of Buddhism in Northern India, and Zen sects in Japan 1 3t h C e nt ur y

Soviet Communist attack on Buddhism in Mongolia

1950CE~ nowadays

1920 CE

15th Century

Chinese communist attacks Buddhism

Many countries at- Decline of Buddhism in southern India tack Buddhism

Buddhism timeline details

560~480 BCE Siddhartha Gautama was born and taught many people about mercy. u 479CE 1st council results in four factions one year after Buddhas death. -Existence is suffering -The cause of suffering is within the self -An end to suffering is possible - following the Eightfold Path ends suffering and leads to Nirvana. u 297BCE -King Asoka converted to Buddhism for first in official way. And Asoka sends out Buddhist missionaries to other countries. u 5~9 Century Buddhism enters to Asia(Korea, China, Tibet, Vietnam) u 13th Century Decline of the Buddhism in Northern India
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Buddhism timeline details

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15th Century 21st Century 1920CE 1950 CE~ Nowadays

Decline of Buddhism in Southern India.

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Many countries attack on Buddhism.

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Soviet Communist attacksBuddhism in Mongolia

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Chinese Communists attack Buddhism

Buddhism important locations

There are many different religious sites that are very important to the Buddhism culture. There is the Budh Gaya which is located in northern India, this location is very important because that is where the Buddha would meditate and achieved clarity under a sacred Bo tree. Another spot is in Lumbini Nepal it was where the Buddha was born. Then at 80 years old the Buddha died in kushinagara India.

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