Buddhism Notes: A Therapy for Living: budh to awaken to HC (sin, suffer, death) Overcoming HC, prone to suffer, constant

nt state of disease/discomfort Therapy treatment Gautama: born about 560 BC, Kshatriya caste Four Passing Sights: 1. Old Man we all eventually grow old 2. Diseased Man disease threatens us all 3. Corpse all die in the end 4. Ascetic sense of hope/pleasures are impermandent Goes into a strict asceticism, eats only one sesame seed, a tangerine and a grain of rice -> has no energy to do anything other than meditate The Middle Way: Starvation does not equal salvation, in order to have a healthy spiritual life you have to have a healthy psyical life Preached to everyone, no outcasts Enlightened One: Meditating under a fig tree -> awareness in B, but C/J forbidden Reflecting on the HC, god of death comes, King- Mara Daughters: Discontent, Delight, Desire Three Watches: 1. 1st Watch evening/ previous lifetimes, suffering 2. 2nd Watch midnight/ gets divine eye (seeing death/rebirth of others) 3. 3rd Watch late night/ 4 Noble Truths -> Enlightenment (spiritual perfection) Nirvana eternal bliss, similar to C heaven, and H moksha. Spiritual perfection, ultimate goal/ unfathomable
Pani: local dialect, spoken by the native people Street version of Sanskrit (only for nobles/wealthy) Five Precepts For All Buddhists: 1. Do not take life 2. Do not take what is not given 3. Do not engage in sensuous misconduct 4. Do not use false speech 5. Do not drink intoxicants Only for monks/nuns: 6. Do not eat after noon 7. Do not watch dancing or shows 8. Do not garlands/perfumes (accessories) 9. Do not sleep on a high/soft bed 10. Do not accept gold/silver

The Dharma: Buddhist teachings from mans insight gained through profound meditative experience To understand requires degree of insight, not dependent on divine revelation/emphasizes insight on HC Everything Buddha discorevers can be found in oneself, -> to examine completely the inter realm of the self leads to the discovery that the self does not exist. Buddha dies in 480 BC at 80 years old/Pani 3 Marks of Existence: 1. Anattta no self, no ultimate reality within no essence, the real essence of Buddhism is that there is no essence. 10 years ago you did not exist, result of a long sequence of change (you are a different person now) 2. Anica impermanence/constant state of change 3. Dukkha suffering, frustration, distraction/ part of the Human Condistion results of selfishness. Samsara: if there is no self, then what is reborn? transferring of energy, rebirth of one body to next, based completely on karma. The Four Noble Truths: 1. To live is to suffer 2. Suffering is caused by desire 3. Suffering can be brought to cessation 4. The solution to suffering is the Noble Eightfold Path Diagnostics of Disease Dukkha: suffering, frustration, dislocation is needed for repair, stages - birth, old age, disease, death Attachments set us up to suffer Diagnosis -> all subject to Dukkha Determination of Cause: Tanha desires, thirst, craving/selfish Final Diagnosis: people suffer, solution be aware of disease/cause Practices of religion bring joy Prognosis, optimistic/hope Prescription: Noble Eightfold Path 1. Right views content of dharma 2. Right intentions abond evil, nor have good 3. Right speech avoid vocal wrong doings 4. Right conduct live normally 5. Right livelihood right job 6. Right effort control judgment 7. Right concentration meditation 8. Right mindfulness clear mind Zen heightened state of awareness Arhart worthy one awakened one who awaits death of body Nirvana blowing out of arharts energy, cannot be explained Three Paths: - Quest for salvation like river, one side is samsara the other is nirvana

leader of each group is the dali lama. 1. Theravada Way of Elders, Hirayana Lesser Vehicle Found in Cambodia, Burma, Sri Lanka, Thailand 2. Mahayana Great Vehicle Found in China, Japan, Korea 3. Varajayana Vehicle of the Diamond Found in Tibet - Mudras: choreographed hand motion - Martras resonating chants - Mandelas patterned icons Goal of Buddhism: Moderation and Meditation