week 1 introduction to world religion

• Buddhism is the largest religion and originated 2, 500 years ago in India
• Siddharta Gautama is the founder of Buddhism
• Buddhism believe that the human life is one of suffering
• Theravada Buddhism goals is to break the cycle of rebirth or reincarnation
• Buddha can also can be called as the enlightened one
• The person who practices severe self-discipline and abstention is called Ascetic
• Samsara is the cycle of rebirth or reincarnation
• Mahayana wants to stay in the cycle of rebirth or reincarnation
• Sidharta Gautama was born in small kingdom just below Himalayan foothills
• Theravada Buddhism has one sacred scripture that survived. It is call the Pali Canon or The Tripitaka( Three baskets)
• Pitaka means basket in Pali language
• Sutta Pitaka- The collection of Buddha's doctrinal discourses
• Vinaya Pitaka is the collection of Buddhist principle and rules and regulations
• Abhidamma Pitaka is where you can see the collection of Buddhist Thoughts
• Dukkha can also be called the suffering in Pali term
• The first noble of truth focuses on the origin if the problem
• The second noble of truth can also be calles as samodaya
• Samodaya focuses on the causes of the suffering
• The third noble of truth focuses on nirodha ( extinction)
• The third noble of truth believes that there is nirodha in all suffering
• The fourth noble of truth focuses on the path or magga ( Eightfold Path) that the answer to the termination of craving and desire is the Eightfold path
• The Eightfold path is the summary of the path of Buddhist practices leading to the liberation from samsara
• Teaching. 3 The middle way focuses on avoiding the extremes self-indulgence and self-denial
• Teaching 4. Paticca Samuppada- every effect has a cause, and every cause has effect
• Teaching 5. Nothing in this world is permanent