Buddhism Revision

Part Five

THE NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH THIS IS ESSENTIAL

The Noble Eightfold Path

• 1. Right Speech.

• Perfect speech is truthful. Avoid gossip and words that are hurtful.

• 2. Perfect Action.

• Always try to do the right thing. Show kindness to all living creatures.

3. Perfect Livelihood.Do work that is not going to harm

anyone, including animals.

The people in this photo are doing the opposite of the Perfect livelihood.

4. Of the Eightfold pathPerfect

EffortPractice good thoughts and actions.

5. Perfect AwarenessBe always aware of what you are doing and the consequences for yourself and others.

6. Perfect Meditation. This helps to train the mind so that you become calm and in control

7. Perfect VisionThis is an understanding that life is changing all the time. We can’t find happiness in things that change.

8. Perfect Emotion

This is a person having the right attitude to life, showing good will to all.

The Three Jewels

• I go to the Buddha for refuge

• I go to the Dharma for refuge

• I go to the Sangha for refuge

Dharma= Teaching Sangha= Community

Refuge

• I go to the Buddha for security, and trust and respect

Dharma

• This means the Buddha’s teaching

Dharma

Sangha• This means the

community of monks.

Buddhist monk

Bikku

There is no God in Buddhism

Buddhists do worship in a Temple called a Vihara.

A VIHARA

A Buddhist shrine

Candles incense images, bell, flowers , statue.

the people meditate and pray to the Buddha. They ask for help and ask for guidance in their daily life.

Buddhist’s meditate to a mantra.

The most famous is called Om.

A Buddhist Shrine

Candles, statues, incense, prayer wheels, flowers, water, chanting

Buddhism Is it a religion or a way of life

It has places of worship.

It has rules to follow

It has monks & nuns.

It has rituals & prayers

It has a belief that something happens after death.

In that respect it is like a religion.

Buddhism is not a religion but a way of life.

• They do not believe in a God.

• All other religions believe in a God.

• If you believe in not harming anything and living a peaceful life then you can be a Buddhist.

• It is not a complicated system.

• It depends how you define way of life.

Buddhist Household shrines

Buddhist boys about to become monks

Key Concepts• The Three Jewels

• The Three Marks of Existence

•The Four Noble Truths

• The Five Precepts

• The Noble Eightfold Path

Key Words Ascetic Reincarnation

Karma Renunciation

Nirvana Meditation

Enlightenment

Tipitaka

Mandala

Mantra

Dharma

Sangha

The title of this picture is the Buddha within. Hopefully you will have some idea of what that might mean. If the Buddha is within me I am calm and able to live my life by the dharma.

End of Buddhism Revision part Five