Fakta om Buddhismen
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La elevene beskrive og illustrere forskjellige fakta om buddhismen. De kan svare på følgende spørsmål: Hvor kom religionen fra ?: Hvem var dens grunnleggere ?: Når begynte den ?; Hva er noen av kjernetroene ?; Hva er noen eksempler på hellige gjenstander eller symboler ?: Hvordan tilbeder etterfølgere / hus for tilbedelse; Hvem er dets åndelige ledere ?, etc.
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- POPULATION TODAY
- Over 500 Million Followers
- Ancient India / Lumbini Province, Nepal
- PLACE OF ORIGIN
- YEARS IT BEGAN
- 6th Century BCE
- SPIRITUAL LEADERS
- “I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. ... Since we are not solely material creatures, it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone. The key is to develop inner peace.”
- All over the world but mainly in East and Southeast Asia
- Buddhists represent about 7% of the world's population. People practice Buddhism throughout the world but most are located in east and southeast Asia in China, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Korea, and Japan.
- Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama, who was a Hindu prince born in the Lumbini Province near the Himalayan mountains in Ancient India, modern day Nepal.
- Siddhartha Gautama was born circa 623 BCE. He traveled throughout India teaching his ideas about inner peace and how to end suffering. He is known as the Buddha. In the 3rd century B.C., Ashoka the Great, the Mauryan Indian emperor, made Buddhism the state religion of India. While Buddhism in India eventually declined, over the next few centuries, Buddhism spread beyond India to much of east and southeast Asia.
- FOUNDERS
- While there are different sects of Buddhism, the Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan Buddhists. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 and the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal in 2007. Dalai Lama means Ocean of Wisdom. Other Buddhist leaders include monks, who are usually men, and nuns, who are women.
- HOUSES OF WORSHIP
- FACTS ABOUT BUDDHISM
- SYMBOLS & OBJECTS
- BELIEFS
- Right Concentration
- The Eightfold Path
- Right Understanding
- Right Thought
- Siddhartha was a Hindu prince. Upon discovering sickness, old age, and death outside the palace walls, he left his privileged life to meditate and seek an answer to the root causes of human suffering. He achieved enlightenment at the age of 35 after meditating for several days under what is known as the Bodhi tree and became the Buddha. He taught his followers that the way to Nirvana was by following the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold path.
- A Buddhist temple or monastery is a place of worship for Buddhists. They include a vihara, chaitya, wat, pagoda, and stupa. Stupas are dome-shaped structures erected as Buddhist shrines. They contain relics, typically the ashes of Buddhist monks, and are used by Buddhists as a place of meditation.
- Mala are prayer beads used in Buddhism and other religions. Prayer wheels contain a tightly scrolled paper of a mantra or prayers. When spun, the prayers sent out multiply. Other sacred objects are prayer bells, conch shells, singing bowls, statues of the Buddha, and the Om which represents the ultimate reality, consciousness, or Atman.
- The Buddha taught Four Noble Truths: 1) All life involves suffering; 2) Selfish desires are a cause of suffering; 3) People can end their suffering by giving up selfish desires and reach Nirvana; 4) Following the Eightfold Path will help one to reach Nirvana. Buddhists also believe in reincarnation. People are reborn after dying and go through cycles of birth, living, death, and rebirth. They believe that one should do no harm to any living thing.
- Right Mindfulness
- Right Effort
- Right Livelihood
- Right Action
- Right Speech
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