BUDDISM

HOW BUDDISM STARTED

• About 2500 years ago when a prince saw four sights
• A sick man, an old man, a dead man and a monk, he realized
• He couldn't excape illness, and suffering so he became a holy man where
• He was given the title buddha- enlightened one

SIDDHARTHA

• Siddhartha gautama is the buddhist god
• He was a prince about 2500 years ago. He tought
• The three universal truths and the four noble truths
• Ananda
• The person who taught buddha about being a holy man

SHRINES AND TEMPLES

• Shrines and temples are the places that
• Buddhist go to worship, a monk is their preist

MEDITATION

• Is an essential practice to most buddhist where
• They can look within themselves for the
• Understanding and truth of buddha

THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS

• 1.)human life has a lot of suffering
• 2.)the cause of suffering is greed
• 3.)there is an end to suffering
• 4.)to end suffering follow the middle path

THREE UNIVERSAL TRUTHS

• 1.)Everything in life is impermanent and always changing
• 2.)Because nothing is permanent a life based on possesing things
• Or persons doesn't make you happy
• 3.)There is no eternal unchanging soul and "self" is just
• A collectionOf changing characteristics or attributes

WESAK

• Celebration of buddhas birth
• Statues of buddha are
• Decorated offerings are
• Given to monsteries and
• Have occasional fireworks

VASSA

• Time to meditate or study-
• All buddhists are supposed to
• Set aside some time for study and
• Meditation. New robes are
• Given to monks

2 0THER INTERESTING BUDDHIST ITEMS

THE FIVE PERCEPTS

• 1.)Do not harm or kill living things
• 2.)do not take things unless they are freely given
• 3.)Lead a decent life
• 4.)do not speak u kindly or tell lies
• 5.)do not abuse drugs or drink alcohol

FOOT

• The foot symbolizes the
• Teachings of buddha,
• Or so to say following in
• His footsteps

MONKS

• Monks lead very simple lives
• Living in a community of monks
• Meditation is an esential part of
• Life for a monk