Buddhism1

= ** BUDDHISM ** =

= = =** ORIGINS ** = Prince Siddhartha Gotama in Lumbini (Nepal) 563 BC Enlightened at age 35 and taught for the rest of his life

=** KEY BE **** LIEFS ** = =The 4 Noble Truths =
 * Life is Suffering
 * Suffering is Caused by Desires
 * Suffering Can Be Gotten Rid of by Dwelling Only on the Present
 * The Noble Eightfold Path


 * The Noble Eightfold Path **
 * Being Moral


 * The Five Precepts **
 * Do Not Kill
 * Do Not Steal
 * Do Not Over-Indulge in Sexual Activity
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Do Not Lie
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Do Not Become Intoxicated


 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Karma **
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Cause and Effect
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Intentions, Effects On Yourself, Effects of Others

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Nirvana**: Extinguishing suffering <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">No Soul: Part of the Whole

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Experience and Understand Truth and Reality. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Understand Ourselves through Wisdom to Understand Others
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Wisdom and Compassion: **

[|Buddhism] =<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 160%;">** RELIGIOUS PRACTICES ** = <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">No Prayer: No Singular God <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Think of Precepts While Offering Food and Flowers to Buddha Statues - Not Worship, Meditation <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Meditation <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Enhance Devotion and Purity <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Karma and Food: Do Not Kill Animals, but Not Mandatory (Survive) <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Avoid Alcohol and Drugs: Purity <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Monks: Food eaten before Noon. One Meal a Day (Unless Sick). Meditation. Vegetarians. Generosity Without Ulterior Motive.



<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">No god therefore just a ceremony between the two people <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">No sexual immorality
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">MARRIAGE **

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**ZEN**: <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Not Thinking <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Unsolvable Puzzle

=<span style="color: #800080; font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 160%;">**SACRED TEXTS** = <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Sutras: Buddha's Words <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Tripitaka: Earliest Works <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Tibetan Book of the Dead: Most Well-Known



= **<span style="color: #f5460a; font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif;">SACRED SITES ** = <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Lumbini: Buddha's Birthplace



<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Bodhgaya: Where Buddha was Enlightened



<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Deer Park (Sarnath): Where Buddha Preached His First Sermon



<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Shravasti: Buddha Speaks in the Grove



<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Sankasya: Buddha's Descend from Tusita Heaven



<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Buddha went to visit his mother at age 41 in heaven and taught her and the other gods his enlightened ways <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Kushinagar: Where Buddha Dies