BUDDHISM

By: Angela, Jacob, Olivia, Madeline, Matt, and

Melissa.

Buddhist Rituals and Worship

Madeline Edwards

Buddhist Worship and Rituals

IntroductionThe 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 religion living.

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

Regular Worship

(left)A shrine in a Buddhist Temple

Various RitualsBirth

Can take baby to monastery

Request name with special meaning

eg. Jokata = Maker of Clarity (fem.)

Blessings for:– Protection– Health– Happiness– Noble Qualities

Death 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.

Monks Live in monasteries with few possessions Full Moon

– Celebrate important events in Buddha’s 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 – Bound to code of rules called ‘Vinaya’A group of Tibetan

Monks

Buddhist BeliefsBy Matt

Cindric

Buddhist BeliefsThe 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

BUDDHISM ORIGINSOlivia Bowyer

IntroductoryThe 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 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 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

The end of the search Siddharta Gautama Arrived at a place, nowadays

called Budh Gaya Sat down under a Bo tree, sat until he found the

truth instead of looking outside he looked inside

himself

he found what he was looking for Siddharta Gautama changed to the Buddha,

meaning the awakened one.

Buddhism-Timeline

Angela Jang

Introductory 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, Let’s look at the timeline of Buddhism.

Timeline-Buddhism

Siddhartha Gautama, Buddha’s life

560~480 BCE 479 BCE

1st council results in four fac-tions

-King Asoka converted to Buddhism-And sends missionaries to other countries

297 BCE 5~9th Cen-tury

Buddhism entered into Asia (Korea, Japan, China, Ti-bet, and etc.

13th Century

Decline of Bud-dhism in Northern India, and Zen sects in Japan

15th Century

Decline of Buddhism in southern India

21th Cen-tury

Many countries at-tack Buddhism

1920 CE

Soviet Communist attack on Buddhism in Mongolia

1950CE~ nowa-days

Chinese communist attacks Buddhism

Buddhism timeline details 560~480 BCESiddhartha Gautama was born and taught many people about

mercy. 479CE 1st council results in four factions one year after Buddha’s

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. 297BCE-King Asoka converted to Buddhism for first in official way. And

Asoka sends out Buddhist missionaries to other countries. 5~9 CenturyBuddhism enters to Asia(Korea, China, Tibet, Vietnam) 13th Century Decline of the Buddhism in Northern India

Buddhism timeline details 15th CenturyDecline of Buddhism in Southern India. 21st Century Many countries attack on Buddhism. 1920CE Soviet Communist attacks→Buddhism in Mongolia 1950 CE~ Nowadays Chinese Communists attack Buddhism

Buddhism important locations

Melissa Cooke

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. (see Google Map)

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