Title: Who was Buddha?

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Agenda

Do NowHinduism ReviewBuddhism LessonBuddha Project

Objective

Students will create a picture mosaic of events from Buddha’s life surrounding the outline of Buddha to show comprehension of his life.

Hinduism ReviewWe learned a ton last week about Hinduism and I know it was confusing for some of you.

Today you are going to have a chance to review in your interactive notebooks.

You need to choose 2 sections to do from Hinduism:Choose whichever topic you feel the LEAST comfortable with. This is a great way to get the information you may be struggling withHinduism (p. 83-84)Beliefs of Hinduism (p. 86-87)Spread of Hinduism (p. 89-90)

Hinduism Review

Now that we have had a short review time, we are going to create a only part of a Venn diagram about Hinduism and the religion we will learn this week: Buddhism.

We will finish this on Friday after you have had a complete lesson on it.

On the left side of your notebook, create a large Venn diagram.

Buddhism

Vocabulary

Buddhism: a religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama

Ascetics: people who practice extreme self-denial as part of their religious live

Meditate: calm or empty the mind by focusing on a single subject

Enlightenment: a state of perfect wisdom

Siddhartha Guatama

Siddhartha was raised in luxury and wealth

“ I wore garments of silk, Night and day a white parasol (umbrella) was held over me so I might not be touched by heat or cold, dust, leaves or dew.”

Siddhartha Guatama

As he grew up his father protected him from anything unpleasant

He never saw anyone who was sick, sad or poor.

He married very young and eventually had a son

The Four Passing Sights The legends say that one day he rode out of the palace without any guards.

He came upon the first of “the Four Passing Sights”

First, He saw an old man leaning on a stickSecond, He then saw a man shrunken by diseaseThird, he saw a man who had died and his family was standing around crying

Fourth, he saw a wandering holy man who was homeless and had nothing but seemed content

The Four Passing Sights That day he made a very difficult decision. He decided to leave his wealth, his comfort, his wife, and his newborn son, to become a monk

Siddhartha decided to search for the same serenity and calmness the holy man had shown.

That night he secretly left the palace and went into the forest.

The Search for TruthHe began his search by studying with Hindu gurus who taught him that life was an endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.

The gurus also taught that there was a path to salvation from the endless cycle but this did not satisfy him

The Path of Self-Denial

Siddhartha then joined a band of religious ascetics

This meant he denied himself of physical comforts

He wore scratchy clothes and didn’t take a bath!

He sat for days in one position while meditatingHe began eating less and less and lost a lot of weight

The Path of Self-DenialAfter 5 years, his body was very weak and he fainted.

When he woke up it was clear to him that this path was not the path to truth

When offered milk he drank it, this made the ascetics very angry and they deserted him.

The Great Enlightenment

A little while later while sitting under a fig tree meditating for 49 days.

The Legends say he was visited by Mara, the god of desire and death

She tried to tempt him to give up his search by giving him wealth and desirable things

When he denied her, she attacked him with rain and showers of rocks

The Great Enlightenment

He fell into a deeper meditation and saw his past lives

He understood the cycle of birth, death and rebirth

He then became aware that he had escaped that which tied him to the world and had achieved enlightenment

He became the Buddha which means “Enlightened One.”

Awakening the World

Buddha had freed himself from the cycle of rebirth and suffering but instead of being free, he chose to go back into the world to teach others

For the next 45 years he traveled across India, preaching the message of truth and hope

Awakening the WorldBuddha’s purpose was to awaken the world to the true nature of life

Only with that understanding could people finally escape the cycle.

He attracted many followers and trained some of them to become teachers

When he died at about 80 his dying words to his followers were: “ This is my last advice to you. All…things in the world are

changeable. They are not lasting. Work hard to gain your own salvation.

Buddha’s TeachingsWhen Siddhartha Gautama gained enlightenment, he had a flash of understanding

These understandings formed the basis of his teachings

The Middle WayBuddha began his teaching with the ascetics who had abandoned him earlier.

They tried to ignore him but he was so joyful they couldn’t

The Buddha gave what is called the Deer Park Sermon

He told the ascetics that they would avoid two extremes in seeking wisdom1.a life given to pleasures2. A life of painful self-denial

The Middle WayHe advised them to follow the middle way

“To keep the body in good health is a duty” “For otherwise we shall not be able to…keep our minds

strong and clear.

Buddha Project

I will give you an outline of BuddhaYou need to color pictures and give a caption for important events in Buddha’s life…start in the top left and circle the pictures around clockwise in order of his life

This will be a very helpful study tool later on!