The article I found is titled Buddha's Life Illuminates My Path Home.
This article is about a man who went blind and realized Buddhism was what was most important in his life. Throughout this article he discuses him trying to live his life by Buddha. His goal is to follow his master home, he states many times. He discusses giving up all of his attachments and trying his best to help others see the light of Buddha. I found this article interesting to see the way he has tried to live his life, and the practices that he believes in. This article perfectly illustrates a dedicated Buddhist.
I wanted to find a website that focused on Buddhism today and why those who weren't raised Buddhist are so fascinated with the faith and take up the religion or just aspects of it. The same website also gave a background on what exactly Buddhism is.
I think the main attraction to this faith is that the Buddhist way of life involves a life of peace, loving kindness, and wisdom. And it has been this way since it was founded over hundreds of years ago. The website states that Buddha explained that all our problems and suffering arise from negative states of mind and that happiness and good fortune will arise from positive states of mind. Hence, the Buddhist practices of meditation, which involves clearing one's mind of negative mind states and using the faith in order to reach peace.
All the teachings of Buddha reveal how one can follow a spiritual path in order to reach Enlightenment, or the ultimate life of happiness and peace.
So in a world where there seems to never been enough time and everyone filled with stress, Buddhism offers the chance to lessen the negativity.
http://www.religionfacts.com/buddhism This is the same website I found the information for Confucianism. This site includes the basic definition of Buddhism, facts, history, practices, beliefs, and more. Buddhism is about 2,500 years old and is the dominant religion of the East. Buddhism has influenced the way of life in the west as well, specifically the area of meditation and nonviolence. The most basic and central beliefs of Buddhism center around suffering and how to avoid and/or deal with it. Buddha taught that the true way to eliminate suffering is to truly understand the nature of the world. Buddhism does not focus so much on the existence of God, the afterlife, or the nature of the universe, but more on the Four Noble Truths that can help one to escape the wrath of suffering.
I found this article, about Buddhism and I liked that it talked about karma. Do you believe in karma? It states that what you do · In life now will effect how you live in your next life. Karma is the idea that our actions from the past have the power to affect us presently in either a positive of negative way. I think this brings me to how we are born good bad or neutral. I feel we are born neutral but have the ability to shift in a good direction or a bad direction.
I agree, I really like the article you chose. This article makes some great points. I also believe in karma and like how they discuss it in this article. I also agree that karma and being reborn is a good way to think about how some people believe that you can be born good or bad. This is a very good way to explain that, like you said.
This site introduces Buddhism and talks mostly about the four noble truths, karma, and rebirth. The four noble truths are Budda's teachings that helps one escape suffering. Karma plays a huge role in buddhism as well. Karma refers to good or bad actions a person takes during their lifetime. The good actions consist of generosity and positive acts while the bad actions consist of lying, cheating, stealing, etc. Based on this article, if you have good karma, you will have happiness and a good afterlife, and if you have bad karma you will be unhappy and have a bad afterlife. In regards to the afterlife, "positive karma are reborn into one of the fortunate realms: the realm of demigods, the realm of gods, and the realm of men. While the demigods and gods enjoy gratification unknown to men, they also suffer unceasing jealousy and envy. The realm of man is considered the highest realm of rebirth".
To me this says that based on buddhism, our lives are in our own hands and we control our life based on the choices we make. Whatever goes wrong in our lives, based on this, we are responsible for. This brings me to the topic in class we discussed, do we have a destiny? or do we create our own endings based on our choices?
Brandi, I like how you interpreted this topic. I think we make choices that create a life either good or bad. I think we are all meant to do good but it's are choice if want to live a good life or a bad one.
"To Buddhism, however, death is not the end of life, it is merely the end of the body we inhabit in this life, but our spirit will still remain and seek out through the need of attachment, attachment to a new body and new life. Where they will be born is a result of the past and the accumulation of positive and negative action, and the resultant karma (cause and effect) is a result of ones past actions." The belief in rebirth is very popular and I find it interesting that it is based on the good and the bad effects of your past. If you move up or down in the system that is based off of you actions throughout your previous life. All must strive to do good so that when they are born again they can have a better life.
The website I found gives an overview about what Buddhism is and the different aspects of it. Buddhism started with Buddha. Buddha himself was enlightened, he was on a quest to teach others about the reality of life and the way to enlightenment. One of the most well known teachings of the Buddha consisted of the eight fold path. The eight fold path is a practical guidance on how to live your life according to Buddha. Buddha also teaches the four noble truths as well. Buddhism also has many practices and one of which is meditation. The practice of meditation is highly encouraged. Meditation helps transform the mind allowing it to become positive and away from negative things in one's life. This practice also allows oneself to develop the qualities of awareness, kindness, and wisdom. Overall, Buddhism is a path to enlightenment that is guided by the spiritual teachings and practices of Buddha.
Here is a video, that talks about nirvana and talks how it could be comparable to heaven. It is a short clip but talks about an interesting idea that they believe in.
I used the same site as I did for the Confucianism post. This site gives a wonderful overview and is organized to easily understand religions. It says that Buddhism is the most prominent religion in the Eastern World. It also tells about how Buddhism has also influenced the Western World and America. Religious symbols include the Buddah. The Buddah is the "Enlightened One." The statue of the Buddah is the most popular symbol of Buddhism. It is even found in America. The ideas of Karma and good living stem from Buddhism but influence those who do not practice the Buddhist religion. Even Americans use the word karma on a daily basis. The main idea of Buddhism is living a simple and good life and living correctly.
I found a page on Buddhism on a religious tolerance page. It high lights all key aspects of Buddhism. also notes quotations from Siddhartha Guatama. Buddhism has over 376 million followers worldwide.
This is an article written by a Harvard student which gives a great summary of the worldview of Buddhism. He also makes the connection to how the worldview of Buddhism can play a huge role in advancing world ecology. He connects the views of environmentalists to Buddhists and it turns out that their beliefs run parallel and aid each other. Interesting read.
This PBS article provides basic background information on Buddhism. The article talks about the Four Noble Truths which make up the basis of Buddhist teachings. They are: the truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, and the truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering. The article puts them in different wording by saying "More simply put, suffering exists; it has a cause; it has an end; and it has a cause to bring about its end". The article goes on to talk about Karma and the Cycle of Rebirth. In Buddhism, Karma refers to good or bad actions a person takes during her lifetime. The Buddhist Cycle of Rebirth says that there are 6 planes into which any living being can be reborn -- three fortunate realms, and three unfortunate realms. People with positive/favorable karma are reborn into a fortunate realm (demigod, god, man), and those with bad karma are reborn into non-favorable realms (animal, ghost, hell).
Here is a video about Buddhism. It is an introduction to Buddhism just explaining the basics of Buddhism. This video tells the story about Prince Siddhartha and how he vowed not to return to his palace until he solved the problem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxq-RiLb-6M
Here is a video about Buddhism. It is an introduction to Buddhism just explaining the basics of Buddhism. This video tells the story about Prince Siddhartha and how he vowed not to return to his palace until he solved the problem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxq-RiLb-6M
This website does a brief but informative breakdown of Buddhism. It explores the different aspects of Buddhism as well as who Buddha was and how it views other religions. This website explains the 4 noble truths, 8-fold path, and the 5 precepts as well as other concepts that are part of the philosophy/religion.
http://en.minghui.org/html/articles/2014/12/31/147596.html
ReplyDeleteThe article I found is titled Buddha's Life Illuminates My Path Home.
This article is about a man who went blind and realized Buddhism was what was most important in his life. Throughout this article he discuses him trying to live his life by Buddha. His goal is to follow his master home, he states many times. He discusses giving up all of his attachments and trying his best to help others see the light of Buddha. I found this article interesting to see the way he has tried to live his life, and the practices that he believes in. This article perfectly illustrates a dedicated Buddhist.
http://www.aboutbuddhism.org/buddhism-today.php/
ReplyDeletehttp://www.aboutbuddhism.org/what-is-buddhism.htm/
I wanted to find a website that focused on Buddhism today and why those who weren't raised Buddhist are so fascinated with the faith and take up the religion or just aspects of it. The same website also gave a background on what exactly Buddhism is.
I think the main attraction to this faith is that the Buddhist way of life involves a life of peace, loving kindness, and wisdom. And it has been this way since it was founded over hundreds of years ago. The website states that Buddha explained that all our problems and suffering arise from negative states of mind and that happiness and good fortune will arise from positive states of mind. Hence, the Buddhist practices of meditation, which involves clearing one's mind of negative mind states and using the faith in order to reach peace.
All the teachings of Buddha reveal how one can follow a spiritual path in order to reach Enlightenment, or the ultimate life of happiness and peace.
So in a world where there seems to never been enough time and everyone filled with stress, Buddhism offers the chance to lessen the negativity.
http://www.religionfacts.com/buddhism
ReplyDeleteThis is the same website I found the information for Confucianism. This site includes the basic definition of Buddhism, facts, history, practices, beliefs, and more. Buddhism is about 2,500 years old and is the dominant religion of the East. Buddhism has influenced the way of life in the west as well, specifically the area of meditation and nonviolence. The most basic and central beliefs of Buddhism center around suffering and how to avoid and/or deal with it. Buddha taught that the true way to eliminate suffering is to truly understand the nature of the world. Buddhism does not focus so much on the existence of God, the afterlife, or the nature of the universe, but more on the Four Noble Truths that can help one to escape the wrath of suffering.
ReplyDeleteI found this article, about Buddhism and I liked that it talked about karma. Do you believe in karma? It states that what you do · In life now will effect how you live in your next life. Karma is the idea that our actions from the past have the power to affect us presently in either a positive of negative way.
I think this brings me to how we are born good bad or neutral. I feel we are born neutral but have the ability to shift in a good direction or a bad direction.
http://humanitiesbuddhismriverstone.blogspot.com/2012/09/0-false-18-pt-18-pt-0-0-false-false_1068.html?m=1
I agree, I really like the article you chose. This article makes some great points. I also believe in karma and like how they discuss it in this article. I also agree that karma and being reborn is a good way to think about how some people believe that you can be born good or bad. This is a very good way to explain that, like you said.
Deletehttp://www.pbs.org/edens/thailand/buddhism.htm
ReplyDeleteThis site introduces Buddhism and talks mostly about the four noble truths, karma, and rebirth. The four noble truths are Budda's teachings that helps one escape suffering. Karma plays a huge role in buddhism as well. Karma refers to good or bad actions a person takes during their lifetime. The good actions consist of generosity and positive acts while the bad actions consist of lying, cheating, stealing, etc. Based on this article, if you have good karma, you will have happiness and a good afterlife, and if you have bad karma you will be unhappy and have a bad afterlife. In regards to the afterlife, "positive karma are reborn into one of the fortunate realms: the realm of demigods, the realm of gods, and the realm of men. While the demigods and gods enjoy gratification unknown to men, they also suffer unceasing jealousy and envy. The realm of man is considered the highest realm of rebirth".
To me this says that based on buddhism, our lives are in our own hands and we control our life based on the choices we make. Whatever goes wrong in our lives, based on this, we are responsible for. This brings me to the topic in class we discussed, do we have a destiny? or do we create our own endings based on our choices?
Brandi,
DeleteI like how you interpreted this topic. I think we make choices that create a life either good or bad. I think we are all meant to do good but it's are choice if want to live a good life or a bad one.
http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma5/viewdeath.html
ReplyDelete"To Buddhism, however, death is not the end of life, it is merely the end of the body we inhabit in this life, but our spirit will still remain and seek out through the need of attachment, attachment to a new body and new life. Where they will be born is a result of the past and the accumulation of positive and negative action, and the resultant karma (cause and effect) is a result of ones past actions."
The belief in rebirth is very popular and I find it interesting that it is based on the good and the bad effects of your past. If you move up or down in the system that is based off of you actions throughout your previous life. All must strive to do good so that when they are born again they can have a better life.
https://thebuddhistcentre.com/buddhism
ReplyDeleteThe website I found gives an overview about what Buddhism is and the different aspects of it. Buddhism started with Buddha. Buddha himself was enlightened, he was on a quest to teach others about the reality of life and the way to enlightenment. One of the most well known teachings of the Buddha consisted of the eight fold path. The eight fold path is a practical guidance on how to live your life according to Buddha. Buddha also teaches the four noble truths as well. Buddhism also has many practices and one of which is meditation. The practice of meditation is highly encouraged. Meditation helps transform the mind allowing it to become positive and away from negative things in one's life. This practice also allows oneself to develop the qualities of awareness, kindness, and wisdom. Overall, Buddhism is a path to enlightenment that is guided by the spiritual teachings and practices of Buddha.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmdP1Yqz--s
ReplyDeleteHere is a video, that talks about nirvana and talks how it could be comparable to heaven. It is a short clip but talks about an interesting idea that they believe in.
http://www.religionfacts.com/buddhism
ReplyDeleteI used the same site as I did for the Confucianism post. This site gives a wonderful overview and is organized to easily understand religions. It says that Buddhism is the most prominent religion in the Eastern World. It also tells about how Buddhism has also influenced the Western World and America. Religious symbols include the Buddah. The Buddah is the "Enlightened One." The statue of the Buddah is the most popular symbol of Buddhism. It is even found in America. The ideas of Karma and good living stem from Buddhism but influence those who do not practice the Buddhist religion. Even Americans use the word karma on a daily basis. The main idea of Buddhism is living a simple and good life and living correctly.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/buddhism.htm
ReplyDeleteI found a page on Buddhism on a religious tolerance page. It high lights all key aspects of Buddhism. also notes quotations from Siddhartha Guatama. Buddhism has over 376 million followers worldwide.
http://fore.yale.edu/religion/buddhism/
ReplyDeleteThis is an article written by a Harvard student which gives a great summary of the worldview of Buddhism. He also makes the connection to how the worldview of Buddhism can play a huge role in advancing world ecology. He connects the views of environmentalists to Buddhists and it turns out that their beliefs run parallel and aid each other. Interesting read.
http://www.pbs.org/edens/thailand/buddhism.htm
ReplyDeleteThis PBS article provides basic background information on Buddhism. The article talks about the Four Noble Truths which make up the basis of Buddhist teachings. They are: the truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, and the truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering. The article puts them in different wording by saying "More simply put, suffering exists; it has a cause; it has an end; and it has a cause to bring about its end". The article goes on to talk about Karma and the Cycle of Rebirth. In Buddhism, Karma refers to good or bad actions a person takes during her lifetime. The Buddhist Cycle of Rebirth says that there are 6 planes into which any living being can be reborn -- three fortunate realms, and three unfortunate realms. People with positive/favorable karma are reborn into a fortunate realm (demigod, god, man), and those with bad karma are reborn into non-favorable realms (animal, ghost, hell).
Here is a video about Buddhism. It is an introduction to Buddhism just explaining the basics of Buddhism. This video tells the story about Prince Siddhartha and how he vowed not to return to his palace until he solved the problem.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxq-RiLb-6M
Here is a video about Buddhism. It is an introduction to Buddhism just explaining the basics of Buddhism. This video tells the story about Prince Siddhartha and how he vowed not to return to his palace until he solved the problem.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxq-RiLb-6M
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/5minbud.htm
ReplyDeleteThis website does a brief but informative breakdown of Buddhism. It explores the different aspects of Buddhism as well as who Buddha was and how it views other religions. This website explains the 4 noble truths, 8-fold path, and the 5 precepts as well as other concepts that are part of the philosophy/religion.