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About Buddhism
- Buddha 2500 years ago
- 4 noble truths
- 8 fold path
- Many styles of Buddhism
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Theravada
- Oldest form
- Found in Southeast Asia
- Uses scriptures based on oral tradition & eight fold path to attain enlightenment.
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Mahayana
- Formed 500 years after Buddha
- A number of traditions - Zen, Pure Land, Tibetan, Tantric.
- Compassion
- Bodhisattvas - beings who help others leave suffering
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Zen Buddhism
- Started in China
- Zazen meditation as essential.
- Study of scriptures not important
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Noble Truths
- To live is to suffer
- Suffering is attachment
- Cessation of suffering is attainable
- Balanced life via 8 fold path will relieve suffering
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8 fold path
- Right View
- Right intention
- Right speech
- Rights action
- Right livelihood
- Right effort
- Right mindfulness
- Right concentration
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Chan Buddhism in China brought to Japan 1191. Rinzai Zen used formal koans to facilitate enlightenment.
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Soto Zen
Dogen (1200-1253) wasn’t interested in koans. Focus on Zazen, and not actively seeking enlightenment.
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