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Wednesday 10/ 23/ 1013. Objective: Students will experience the story of Siddhartha Gautama, the worlds first buddha Homework: Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow Do now: Take out vocabulary homework Take out notebook. How I was introduced to Buddhism. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Wednesday 10/23/1013Objective:
Students will experience the story of Siddhartha Gautama, the worlds first buddhaHomework:
– Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow• Do now:
Take out vocabulary homework•Take out notebook
How I was introduced to Buddhism• Imagine that you are on the edge of a cliff
that is 100 feet tall• You look over the edge of the cliff and you
see hundreds of jagged, sharp and pointy rocks at the bottom
• Now imagine that someone has pushed you over the cliff and you are falling to your certain the death
The question becomes
• Would you take pleasure in the fall knowing that you are going to die……
• If the answer is no, than why would you take pleasure in life??????
Siddhartha
His name was Siddhartha
The first trip he saw an old man
The second trip he saw a sick man
On the third
On the fourth trip he sees an Indian holy man
I will not move from this spot till I have achieved my answers
The answer relies on the 4 noble truths
Thursday 10/23/13
• Objective: Students will examine four reasons that allowed Buddhism to spread across china
• Homework– No homework
• Do Now-– Set up paper for Cornell notes
• What Buddhists believe
Four Noble TruthsFour Noble Truths
1. There is suffering in the world. To live is to suffer. (Dukkha) The Buddha found
this out when he was young and experienced suffering and death in others.
Four Noble TruthsFour Noble Truths
2. The cause of suffering is self-centered desire and attachments.
Four Noble TruthsFour Noble Truths
3. The solution is to eliminate desire and attachments.
Four Noble TruthsFour Noble Truths4. To reach nirvana, one
must follow the Eightfold Path.
1. Reincarnation• concept that one must go through many
cycles of birth, living, and death• After many such cycles, if a person releases
their attachment to desire and the self, they can attain Nirvana - a state of liberation and freedom from suffering
2. Karma the law that every cause has an effect, i.e., our actions have results.
There are no Gods, Not even Buddha
himself
World Populationappx. 376 m
** 4th largest
Country Percent
Thailand 95%
Cambodia 90
Myanmar 88
Bhutan 75
Sri Lanka 70
Tibet * 65
Laos 60
Vietnam 55
Japan ** 50
Macau 45
Taiwan 43
The Largest Buddhist Communities
Top 10 Countries with theHighest Proportion of Buddhists
Buddhism: world distribution
Primary source analysis
• What evidence do we have that Buddhism spread across china?
• Evidence C
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