Buddhism

Janet Hall, Bethany Public Schools, OKAGE Teacher Consultant

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STORY TIME!!

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Photo source: screen grabs from Gautam Buddha's Animated Life Story in English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5TmpQwzxOc

Photo source: screen grabs from Gautam Buddha's Animated Life Story in English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5TmpQwzxOc

Photo source: screen grabs from Gautam Buddha's Animated Life Story in English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5TmpQwzxOc

Photo source: screen grabs from Gautam Buddha's Animated Life Story in English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5TmpQwzxOc

Photo source: screen grabs from Gautam Buddha's Animated Life Story in English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5TmpQwzxOc

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Buddhism does not teach of “God”? So why do Buddhists pray?

“Buddhists don’t pray, but they do have devotional meditation practices which could

be compared to praying. “http://www.buddhanet.net/

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Buddhist scriptures:Tripitaka

1. rules and regulations for the monastic community2. the Buddha's teachings

3. songs, poetry, and stories of the Buddha and his past

lives

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Although Buddhism began in India, it is rare in India today:

Hindu 81.5%

Muslim 12.3%

Christian 2.3%

Other 2.3%

Sikh 2%

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Buddhism

Hinduism

Traditional

The Buddha Mind Monastery and the

http://ctbuddhamind.org/ http://viengiacoklahoma.tripod.com/

are both Mahayana – even though one is Chinese and one is Vietnamese.

And I’m supposed to care about this

because…?

Even though Mahayana Buddhism is the most common form of Buddhism today, it has changed some since Buddha’s time.

(Okay, maybe it’s changed a lot.)

Oh?

Within a couple of hundred years after the life of the Buddha, there were two

branches of Buddhism:Theravada Buddhism

and Mahayana Buddhism.

*yawn*

Mahayana Buddhism is mainly Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese.

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Theravada Buddhism:focused more on the historical Buddha

and

Mahayana Buddhism:focused more on spiritual life forms

TIME OUT!

Explain!

Mahayana Buddhists focus a lot on spiritual life forms:

They believe there have been many Buddhas.

The most recent, born in India, is not the first and

will not be the last.

So at Mahayana Buddhist temples, you will see paintings and images

representing past Buddhas and future Buddhas.

They believe in reincarnation (like all Buddhists). But they also believe that individuals who have become pure enough to enter Nirvana can choose to delay –

to remain spiritually on earth to help humans.

So at Mahayana Buddhist temples, you will see paintings and images

representing Bodhisattvas.

These spirits are called Bodhisattvas, and they are greatly loved because they chose to stay

here and help humans.

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You will also see one or two temple “guards” – ugly dudes whose job is to scare away evil and

keep visitors safe.

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