Buddhism And Its Impact On Buddhism

Buddhism began by Buddha himself preaching his enlightenment message on his view on the world and how humans should, and the best way to, succeed in the world. However in the 6th century BCE the government had fallen and there was period of instability until the Sui Dynasty took over, during this period was when Buddhism began to majorly spread. After the fall of the Han dynasty, there were many responses to the spread of Buddhism throughout China between the 6th century BCE and 570 CE. Buddhism was accepted, tolerated, and rejected. Buddhism was accepted because it was an acceptable path to enlightenment. It was tolerated by those who would not be affected by its popularity and power. Those who rejected it were people whose wealth

A prince named Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) founded “Buddhism” in the sixth century before the birth of Christ. Buddhism is better understood as philosophy rather than a religion and follows the concept of the Four Noble Truths and the Eight Fold Noble path.

Buddhism is a tradition that evolved from the original teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha or Enlightened One. Buddha was born a Hindu in about 563 B.C.E. He was of aristocratic birth and grew up in relative luxury and the security of the ruling class of that period. At age twenty-nine, he tired of his comfortable existence and renounced the world and went in search of wisdom. Tradition states that he attained enlightenment on a full moon day in May - under a fig tree.

Buddhism was developed by Siddhartha Gautama or “Buddha” who is believed to have been a prince in the Shakya republic (von Sivers, Desnoyers, and Stow 228). Gautama’s sermons revolved around change, karma, and the cycles of death (von Sivers, Desnoyers, and Stow 229). However after Gautama's death religious disputes emerged that eventually divided the religion into two groups (von Sivers, Desnoyers, and Stow 229). Theravada Buddhism became the most prominent and began to spread as changes to its teaching made it more available to a wide range of followers (von Sivers, Desnoyers, and Stow 230). New ideas around the religion unfolded creating the branch of Mahayana which dispelled Theravada Buddhism. The religion became widespread as trade routes in central asia spread the religion to places such as China, Korea, Japan, and Tibet (von Sivers, Desnoyers, and Stow 230). Ultimately India’s the expansion of Indian culture in Asia came as a result of trade outpost and Indian settlements within Asia (von Sivers, Desnoyers, and Stow

Siddhartha Gautama is considered the founder of the religion of Buddhism. He is whom most Buddhists’ consider the “enlightened one” or “Buddha”. He spent his entire life looking for the path to enlightenment, once achieved he was looked upon as the founder of Buddhism.

Buddhism is the religions of about 400 million people in the Orient. Buddhism accepts some Hindu ideas and rejects others. It retained the ideas of Karma and re-incarnation of souls. The Buddhist movement

Buddhist teachings consist of teaching others how to end suffering in their own lives. Buddha teaches that if you follow an eightfold path, then you are moving toward reaching nirvana. This is the end of all suffering and the goal of all Buddhists.

Buddhism stands as a philosophy and a religion founding itself on the theory of a possible eternal soul. Until awakening is achieved, this eternal soul is locked in the vicious cycle of rebirth (Samsara). According to the Four Noble Truths preached by the Buddha, life is a perpetual suffering caused by desire and attachment, and freedom from suffering is only possible by practicing the Eightfold Path. The World is suffering in a succession of temptations and negative experiences from birth to death. Therefore Buddhism advises on searching to go beyond suffering, and only aspire to rest, nothingness, and liberation, into a final state called Nirvana. Happiness or Nirvana can eventually be achieved in a hereafter, another life, if man abandons any desire or perspective of action within his present life, in order to go past suffering.

We start our spiritual and philosophical journey in a place called Lumbini. The founder of Buddhism in this world is known as Buddha Shakyamuni. He was born as a royal prince in 624 BC,

Buddhism was founded by Gautama Buddha. The religious philosophy of the religion is found in the teachings of Buddha which are based on the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. The

Siddhartha Gautama was born around 500 BC, roughly the same time that Hinduism was shifting into the more meditative and spiritual form found in the Upanishads and breaking away from the old Vedic tradition. Siddhartha himself was raised within a Hindu community, and thus Buddhism, it can be said, began as an outgrowth of Hinduism very much like Christianity began as an outgrowth of Judaism. In fact, you’ll likely notice some amazing similarities between the life of Christ and the life of Siddhartha.

Suffering has a cause. Suffering can be suppressed. The way to suppression of suffering is the noble eight fold path, which consists of right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration,” (CH'EN 33). The teachings of the Buddha held a person to high morals and conduct. If a person went against these values, it would be considered the ultimate sin and would, therefore, be trapped in the vicious cycle of rebirth. Theravada also known as “The Doctrine of the Elders,” (CH'EN 30) was for a long time the only teachings and means to obtain nirvana. Nevertheless, Mahayana came along and the appeal of less restrictive acceptance made it popular. One of the major schools within Mahayana is Pure Land Buddhism, which contradicted the teachings of Theravada by allowing anyone to achieve nirvana by devotion to the Buddha, Amitabha. In Theravada, a person’s karma is the distinguishing factor of if and how long a person may be in heaven. Nirvana is not a permanent place in Theravada, but in Pure Land Buddhism it is and that devotion undermines the concept of karma. The main philosophy of Pure Land is that a person is not restricted or held to a high moral code. if a person, chants praises to Amitabha, they are relinquished from transmigration.

Buddhism is the practice of finding peace within ones self by developing inner peace, wisdom and kindness. This practice dates back 2,500 years, and the founder is known as Buddha Shakyamuni. He was born a royal prince in a town called Lumbini; originally part of northern India but now makes part of Nepal. When Buddha was 29 years old, he retired form his royal life and left to the woods to fallow the spiritual life of meditation. He found a new way of life without materialistic needs by finding inner enlightenment. Buddha teaches how to get liberation from suffering form oneself, and how to attain enlightenment for the sake of others; his main goal was to give people permanent liberation form suffering by helping them find lasting peace or nirvana.

The Buddhism is one of the major religion in the world. Buddhism started in India and so many of its early symbols are related to ancient India and Hinduism as well though their original meaning were often changed. Buddhism has followers all over the world most of them from China, India, Sri Lanka, Korea, Japan, Mongolia, and Thailand. The Buddhism religion is over 2500 years old. The name of Buddhism religion came from a person named Buddha. He was born Siddhartha Gautama of the Shaka. He was married and had a son. He was a teacher, but he didn’t think to be other than an ordinary human being. Other teachers were either God or directly inspired by God. The Buddha was a true human being, and he has no inspiration from any God. According to Buddhism the man is supreme, and he is his own master and there in no other higher power that judgment over his destiny.

3. Wisdom, peace and happiness, not salvation – Unlike other religions that highlight the concept of final judgment, Buddhists do not instill fear in people. Members of some religious organizations are fearful of not being saved when the fated day comes, so they follow the teachings of their religion, in hopes of securing a spot on the ‘to be saved’ list. In Buddhism, the goal is to achieve wisdom, peace and happiness. Whatever happens will happen, but if one has the wisdom, peace and happiness, there will never be any