Year 11 SOR Syllabus Principle Beliefs The Three Jewels Buddha Dharma Sangha The Four Noble Truths The Marks of Existence Karma Samsara Nirvana The Three Jewels The Three Jewels Triratna ID: 274633
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Buddhism- Principle Beliefs
Year 11 SORSlide2
Syllabus
Principle Beliefs
The Three Jewels
-Buddha
-Dharma
-
Sangha
The Four Noble Truths
The Marks of Existence
Karma, Samsara, NirvanaSlide3
The Three JewelsSlide4Slide5
The Three Jewels- Triratna
Lotus Flower- Beauty and Purity
Flame- Fires of Transformation
Yellow- The Buddha: An example of reaching enlightenment
Blue- The Dharma (Teachings)- the means to achieve enlightenment
Red- The
Sangha
(Community)-communal journey to reach enlightenmentSlide6
The Three Jewels- The Buddha
Great debate on influence of the Buddha
Traditionalist View- An example, a soul who exited the cycle of suffering, caring for existence
Changing view- Buddha is a deity, one can pray to and ask
favours
of
Images of the BuddhaSlide7Slide8Slide9Slide10
The Three Jewels- Dhamma
Totality of the Buddha’s teachings
Recited in rituals and
utilised
for the basis of all Buddhist Philosophy
Four Noble Truths
Noble Eightfold Path
Teachings passed onto disciples
Inscribed into the
Pali
Canon (
Tripitaka
), Sanskrit Canon and Chinese translations of lost Indian textsSlide11
The Three Jewels- Sangha
All the Buddhists in the world, past and present
Also specifically means the Monks and nuns in
monastries
Monks and Nuns travel out of the monastery each day, community provide vegetarian food earning good karma
Lay people look to the
Sangha
for spiritual guidance, meditation and adviceSlide12
The 4 Noble TruthsSlide13
The 1st Noble Truth
There exists
Dukkha
(Suffering)
Everything is momentary, here today, gone tomorrow
Suffering exists in all forms
“Now this, monks, is the noble truth about
dukkha
: Birth is suffering, decay is suffering, sickness is suffering, death is
suffering:likewise
sorrow and grief, woe, lamentation and despair. To be conjoined with things which we dislike; to
sbe
separated from things which we like- that also is suffering. Not to get what one wants- that also is suffering. In a word, this body, this fivefold mass which is based on grasping- that is suffering”
The First Sermon:
Vinaya
,
Mahavagga
. (The Buddha)Slide14
The 2nd
Noble Truth
There is the arising of
Dukkha
Suffering occurs due to desire or craving
Humanity is not satisfied with what life offers
If you crave riches- Poverty will feel painful
If you desire comfort- Discomfort will trouble you
Nature of a person and psychological forces that gives rise to individuals wishesSlide15
The 2
nd
Noble Truth
Concept of Karma- Things rise and fall in dependence on each other
Intention to act or the willed actionSlide16
The 3rd
Noble Truth
The cessation of
dukkha
Way out of suffering
State of Nirvana- state of not desiring
Buddha was in this state from the age of 40 until death (80)
To enter Nirvana- Three Fold Interrelated Dimensions
-Person has utterly eradicated desire, the cause of rebirth/karma
-Perfect knowledge of
dukkha
and an absence of it
-Eradication of ignorance preventing individuals
realising
the nature of
existanceSlide17
The 4th
Noble Truth
There is the path leading to the cessation of
dukkha
The Eight Fold Path
Putting Buddhist teachings into Practice
The means to end suffering
Avoidance of desire and asceticism known as the middle waySlide18
The Eightfold PathSlide19
The Eightfold PathSlide20
The Eightfold Path
Each component must be
practised
simultaneously
Its expected that Conduct is mastered first
Intentional practice of correct behaviour towards all beings- Karma
Meditation- Requires cultivation and discipline of the mind
Empties out emotions and thought patterns, focus on existence
Wisdom- Highest point, total understanding of the teachings of the BuddhaSlide21
The Marks of ExistenceSlide22
Annica
-Absence of permanence or the idea of Impermanence
-One is ever changing, the world is ever changing
-There is no self
Dukkha
-Suffering that is linked with 5 needs of personality
Material
Feelings/emotions
Need to process sensory/mental objects
eg
colours
, emotions
Actions by which people define themselves
Descriminitive
consciousnes
- Ability to
dscern
what an object consists ofSlide23
Anatta
-Idea of non-self
-Mind is a constant flow of unstable mental states
-Always changing
-Upon accepting
Anatta
, one has
seperated
themselves from existenceSlide24
Karma, Samsara, NirvanaSlide25
Karma
Natural Law, unquestioned
Moral Causation
Actions and attitudes have repercussions
Encourages good behaviour- better rebirth in the next life
Encourages sympathy with other forms of lifeSlide26
Samsara
Doctrine of rebirth
Endlessness unless enlightened and reach the stage of…..?
Karmic force creates continued existenceSlide27
Nirvana
End point of all souls
Extinguishment of desire for life
Release from the cycle of samsara
Becoming one with the world