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What are
you curious
about?
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Images of Buddha:
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| Statue of Buddha
in Japan |
| Buddha
in India |
| Statue of Buddha
in Thailand |
| Buddha
in Hong Kong |
| Statue of Buddha
in Burma (Myanmar) |
| Chinese
laughing Buddha
Read what it means when the Buddha holds a string of beads. |
| Statues often show
Buddha holding his hands a certain way, and sitting on a lotus
flower. Read
why in the last paragraph. |
| On
the Internet-- an image
people to help people do their meditation |
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Where
is Buddhism?
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| Map:
Buddhism traveled in 2 different directions from where the
Buddha lived in Bodh Gaya, India. The spread and changes
took place over 2500 years. Today Buddhism is the belief
of 1 out of 8 people in the world and most of the followers live
in Southeast Asia.
Trace the spread of Buddhism with
your finger. On the map, the yellow sections show one kind
of Buddhism that developed. The blue sections show a
different kind of Buddhism that developed. But the basic
teachings were the same. |
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Stories from Buddhism:
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| Buddha
spreads his teachings: 4 Noble Truths. |
| How did Buddha meditate and
become enlightened? Sitting
under the Bodhi Tree |
| Story to teach
"Respect
for Elders" |
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Teachings of Buddhism:
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| Buddha taught
the ideas that he felt would spread peace.
People could feel more peace inside and spread it to the world
if they were not violent, and if they followed the Eightfold
Path. |
| Four Noble
Truths and Eight-fold Path:
Scroll partway down the page to
the Wheel where it says, "What is
Dharma." Learn
how the Buddha is seen to help cure people's sufferings... like
a doctor. He prescribes the 8-fold path.
Take a 4 question quiz at the bottom of
that page. |
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Practicing Buddhism--
What Buddhists do:
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| Children sing
songs with words of prayer:
Children's
songs you can hear, or the words (lyrics) you can read.
Do they say things you have heard in other religious
songs? What's similar? What's different? |
| Buddhists read
lessons and meditate:
Buddhists believe that people
should show loving kindness and compassion towards others.
Read
about it. Learn about a meditation that Buddhists use to
help them spread loving kindness.
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Buddhists may visit temples
to meditate. They focus
on the image of Buddha to remember what he taught. Buddha
is not a god to them. He is simply someone who learned a
great deal and sets a good example. His teachings help
people to overcome their suffering and achieve
peace inside, and peace for the world.
Remember that Buddhism started in
India and Siddartha lived where there were many Hindus.
Many Hindus view Buddha as one of the incarnations
(avatars) of Vishnu (the way that the fish and the turtle
were.) In that way, Hindus might see him as a god.
But Buddhists don't. |
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Buddhists
may live as monks or nuns for a short period of their lives to
increase their learning. They live at a
monastery to learn from teachers.
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| Some Buddhists
celebrate a festival called Purnima. It
is held to celebrate the time when Buddha became enlightened.
Festival
in India |
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Buddhism Inspiration
Web
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| Use
the Inspiration Web above to show off to your teachers all that you
are learning! Open it and save a copy with your own name
on it into your own class folder on the O Drive. Come back
to this page to learn more! |
