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    Buddhism originated from Siddharta Gautama's teachings around 2500 years ago in India. It centers around understanding suffering and how to overcome it through enlightenment. Buddhists follow the teachings of Buddha, who attained enlightenment, but do not worship him as a god. Buddhism is a nontheistic religion that believes gods exist but are not to be worshipped. The key sources of knowledge about Buddha and his teachings are the Buddhist scriptural canons recorded by his followers in Pali, Mahayana, and Tibetan texts.

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    Buddhism originated from Siddharta Gautama's teachings around 2500 years ago in India. It centers around understanding suffering and how to overcome it through enlightenment. Buddhists follow the teachings of Buddha, who attained enlightenment, but do not worship him as a god. Buddhism is a nontheistic religion that believes gods exist but are not to be worshipped. The key sources of knowledge about Buddha and his teachings are the Buddhist scriptural canons recorded by his followers in Pali, Mahayana, and Tibetan texts.

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    Buddhism originated from Siddharta Gautama's teachings around 2500 years ago in India. It centers around understanding suffering and how to overcome it through enlightenment. Buddhists follow the teachings of Buddha, who attained enlightenment, but do not worship him as a god. Buddhism is a nontheistic religion that believes gods exist but are not to be worshipped. The key sources of knowledge about Buddha and his teachings are the Buddhist scriptural canons recorded by his followers in Pali, Mahayana, and Tibetan texts.

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    BUDDHISM

    What is Buddhism?
    • Buddhism, once a religion that can be found
    ONLY in Asia, is becoming more popular
    worldwide.
    • From its beginning in India, it has undergone
    significant transformations and has appealed to
    many personalities, tastes, and temperaments.
    What is Buddhism?

    • Buddhism is a religion builds around


    Siddharta Gautama’s experienced of
    enlightment around 2,500 years ago, or
    around 500 B.C.E. The Buddha offered a
    pathway to understand the nature of
    suffering and how it can be overcome.
    Buddhism
    • The central figure in Buddhism is Siddharta
    Gautama, known as the Buddha, meaning “the
    Enlightened One,” “the Awakended One,” or
    “the One Who Knows.”
    • He is also called Buddha Sakyamuni because
    he hailed from the Shakyan people who resided
    in the northern parts of India and Nepal.
    Buddhism
    • It is quite inaccurate to say that Buddhists
    worship Buddha as God.
    • A Buddhist looks to the Buddha’s teachings
    in order to attain enlightenment but does not
    worship him as a God.
    • The Buddha itself made it clear that he is not
    a God and that the individual is solely
    responsible for his/her own enlightenment.
    Buddhism

    • Buddhism stands different from the majority


    of world religions because of its status as a
    “nontheistic religion.” While it believes the
    God (devas) exist and encourages respect
    toward them, it adheres that they are NOT to
    be worshipped.
    Buddhism

    • According to Buddhist teachings, the


    human condition has the combination of
    pain and pleasure.
    • In Buddhism, being human is actually
    better than being God (deva)!
    Sources of knowledge
    About Buddha and his teachings
    • Buddha’s life and teachings are recorded in
    documents recorded and preserve by his followers.
    • Buddhist scriptural canon is a list of books that
    define matters of doctrine and discipline.
    • Most of these books contain discourses between
    Buddha and his disciples, called suttas (or sutras in
    Sanskrit).
    • The canon also contains codes of monastic
    conduct, commentaries, and stories about
    the Buddha and his disciples.
    • Because the Buddhism is presently divided
    into three major schools (Theravada,
    Mahayana, and Vajrayana), there are three
    separate canons, with each of the schools
    recognizing their own set of writings as
    Pali Canon

    • It was written in the language that is close to the


    actual one used by the Buddha himself.
    • Also called the Tipitaka (literally “Three Baskets”)
    • It is the authoritative list of books adopted by the
    Theravada school.
    • It contains the Sutta-Pitaka (sayings of the
    Buddha), the Vinaya-Pitaka (monastic rules of
    conduct), and the Abhidhamma-Pitaka (various
    philosophical writings).
    Mahayana Canon
    • The works has been translated to Chinese, and
    eventually to Japanese and Korean.
    • The Chinese canon (Ta-ts’ang ching) was produced in
    the province of Szechuan during the 10 th century C.E.
    • The Mahayana canon is divided into agamas (similar
    to the Pali canon’s nikayas), vinayas (rules for monastic
    conduct), and the Abidhamma (philosophical writings).
    Tibetan Canon
    • The Vajrayana school has the most recent body of
    scriptural texts, which were translated to Tibetan.
    • The Tibetan Canon is divided into two; (1) the
    bKangjur (kanjur), which is believed to be the
    words of Buddha himself; and (2) the bStan’gyur
    (Tanjur), whisch is believed to be elaborations of
    Buddha’s teachings.
    • Some of the books in Tanjur are from texts
    recognized in the Lama religion, the ancient

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