Buddism

smBuddhist Ideas about Death & Afterlife

* Buddha, Gautama Siddhartha (563-483 BCE)

* Prince of Sakya Kingdom

* Suddodhana (father)

* Maya (mother)

* Asista (the soothsayer)

* Four Passing Sights

* Old Age

* Illness

* Death Transcendence

Jainism: religion of self-denial/self motivation

Buddha’s Enlightenment

Buddhist Ideas about Death & Afterlife

* Buddha, Gautama Siddhartha (563-483 BCE)

* His pilgrimage and spiritual pursuit through Jainism

Buddha’s Enlightenment

* Four Pilgrimage Sites for Buddhists

* Lumbini Grove (birth place)

* Bodhgaya (place of his Enlightenment)

* Benares (place of his first sermon)

* Kusinara (place of his demise)

* Buddha’s Parinibbana

* Nibbana-Nirvana

* Four Noble Truths:

* Nobel truth of “suffering”

* Nobel truth of the “cause” of suffering

* Nobel truth of the “cessation” of suffering

* Nobel truth of the “path” to the cessation of suffering

Buddha’s Teaching

* The three marks

* Anicca (Impermanence) [Poly-local language)

* Anatta (Non-Egoity)

* Dukkha (suffering)

Buddha’s Understanding of Human Self

* Skandhas

* The Body (rupa)

* Perception (jamjna)

* Feelings (vedana)

* Instincts (samskharas)

* Reason or Ideation (vijnana)

* Ultimate State “Nirvana”

Moksha and Nirvana have the same meaning of liberation. However, there are different names because they are believed by different religions.

Buddha founds his community

* Sangha (Buddhist Community)

* Three vows

* I take refuge in the Buddha

* I take refuge in the Dharma

* I take refuge in the Sangha

* Three Rules

* The Yellow Robe

* The Shaven Head (hair can be a distraction)

* The Begging Bowl (dedication to religious pursuit)

By recruiting members from all...