Speech On Silence

The Buddhist monk sat cross-legged on a mountain top, inhaling and  exhaling while focusing his mind. He was trying to reach the state of enlightenment discovered by the religion's founder Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha's early life greatly affected and influenced the beliefs and values found in the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold path, and the Dhammapada. Precisely his early life in the palace affected the second noble truth,  his four journeys impacted the first noble truth, and his experiences influenced the Dhammapada.

After a long spiritual search he went into deep meditation, where he realised the nature of mind. He achieved the state of unconditional and lasting happiness, the state of enlightenment, of buddhahood. This state of mind is free from disturbing emotions and expresses itself through fearlessness, joy and active compassion.

The final lesson of the Historic Buddha was given as hundreds of his disciples wept by his side. His followers had no idea how they would be able to continue without their noble leader to guide them. The historic Buddha spoke…

Have you ever wondered how meditation, kindness, and suffering can help you reach true peace? Today, I will be informing you on how these concepts as well as a few others play an important role in reaching none other than, Nirvana. What I am going to be discussing is one of the great Asian philosophical and religious traditions, Buddhism.

About 2,500 years ago, Prince Siddhartha Gautama renounced his empire in search of happiness or panacea for sorrow (dukkha) Gautama, after an extensive research throughout his empire and meditating on the collected data under a banyan tree,discovered that aspiration or want (kama) was at the root of sorrow (dukkha) laid down four noble truths to eliminate sorrow, and became the Buddha, the enlightened. Truths “Sanskriti, Mana. "The Four Noble." (1998).”

Through his status as a Bodhisattva His Holiness has also shown that the helping of others to achieve enlightenment is an essential aspect of Buddhism. He has reinterpreted traditional scripture to make it easier for contemporary Buddhist followers to gain enlightenment. He has also published books to enable adherents to gain a deeper and more rounded knowledge of Buddhism and the

The value of practicing silence and solitude is peace. When being still in the presence of the Lord there is peace. A sense of calmness comes upon you, and you can actually think. I always start off with

The word «Buddha», as most people know, is not a name but rather an honorific title indicating a person 's enlightenment. In its purest sense, «Buddha» translates to «the Enlightened One» or «the Awakened One». It should be recognized that the title is most commonly used in relation to Siddharta Gautama, which historically is considered the founder of Buddhism. For simplicity 's sake, this essay will stick to the title «Buddha».

It is said that history is shaped by the lives of great men.  Great men are leaders.  They bring about change; they improve the lives of others; they introduce new ideas, models, and theories to society.  Most of the world's religions were founded, developed, or discovered by great men.  Two particular religions - Christianity and Buddhism - developed in different parts of the world, under different circumstances, and in different social atmospheres.  But each religion is based upon the teachings of a great man.  When one compares the life of Buddha with the life of Jesus, one finds that the two share many things in common.  This essay aims to compare and contrast the lives of Buddha1 and Jesus in two key areas:  conception and birth.

The journey “home” that Buddhists refer to as the privilege of enlightenment, the ultimate truth, is called the paramattha. The Paramattha is not the same journey as other faiths profess, because other faiths, like the science known as psychology, emphasize outside influence, in one way or another, in the ancient long search for understanding. Understanding life, afterlife, existence, thought, personality, behavior, and the unknown. These latter truth-seekers have overlapping roads of distinction on their charted course that is not an essential part of the

Siddhartha Gautama, who was the son of a very wealthy regional king of the Sakyas, founded Buddhism about 2500 years ago. In order to help him to reach his prophesized goal of being a “Chakravartin” or Universal King of India, his father kept him “shielded from contact with sickness, decrepitude, and death,” (Smith, 84). He later became disillusioned as is told in the “Legend of the Four Passing Sights”, in which he encountered a decrepit old man who showed him old age, a person with disease, a corpse that showed him death, and finally a monk from which “he learned of the life of withdrawal from the world,” (Smith, 84). It was this chain of events that led him to leave his lavish world and family behind to pursue other interests when he turned 29. This event came to be known later as his “Great Going Forth”.

Buddha is the main founder of Buddhism; an awakening sage. According to most biographical narratives, the legends that sprouted around Buddha conception, birth, life and death are extraordinary. Although Buddha whole existence can be seen as a phenomenon, I chose to write this reflection paper on Buddha conception and birth.

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Now is the time for you to accomplish this.” (Kadampa) Buddha escaped from the palace after his father would not grant him permission to leave. Buddha went to the forest to follow a life focused on meditation and asceticism to obtain said enlightenment. He accepted gifts from gods of the Land of the Thirty-three Heavens such as saffron robes in exchange for his royal clothing. This action ordained him as a monk. During his time of meditation, in which he focused on the nature of all phenomena, Buddha established the Buddhist Middle Way, a correct view of life with actions and attitudes that will lead to happiness for oneself and others. After six years of meditation, Buddha realized that he was nearing full enlightenment. At this time he sat beneath the Bodhi Tree to meditate. He made a vow that he would not leave this spot until he reached enlightenment. Evil tried to disrupt him during this time. Devaputra Mara, chief of demons, sent demons to surround Buddha in attempts to break his concentration. Buddha was in such a state of meditation that he viewed these demons and their attempted distractions as peaceful. He saw the fire and spears they threw at him as rainbows and flowers. He was sent into deeper concentration and meditation as Mara sent beautiful women his way as another attempt to distract. He could not be frightened away from his meditation. Because of this, he was deemed the “Conqueror Buddha.” (Kadampa) Buddha’s meditation

Hear Your Voice: In silence, you can hear your inner voice. What it wants. It works perfectly when we find ourselves in a great dilemma when we don’t know what to do next. Silence helps us to show the right way.