Everything about Buddhism as a religion
Everything about Buddhism as a religion
Buddhism arose around the 6th century BC inIndia. Buddhism is a religious-philosophical teaching based on spiritual awakening. The name of the doctrine was named after its founder Siddhartha Gautam, who will later be called the Buddha of Shakyamuni. Buddhism as a term appeared in the XIX century. Before this, the doctrine was called dharma (law) or buddhadharma (Buddha law). At present, there are about 800 million followers of Buddhism on the planet. Mostly they live in the Far East, Central, South and South-East Asia.
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According to legend, Siddhartha Gautama was a nobleorigin. The father took care that his son knew nothing of need, lived in luxury. When the prince grew up, he married a girl whom he loved. They had a son. Thanks to the efforts of his father Siddhartha did not know that in the world there are diseases, betrayal, stupidity. Once Gautama met a decrepit old man. So he learned that in the world there is old age. Then I saw a funeral procession. So Siddhartha learned of death. Another meeting was fatal. The young man met a beggar, who traveled the world and did not want anything from life. The prince, who spent his whole life away from troubles and tribulations, began to think about people and their destinies.
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At age 29, he left home and relatives and began to livesolitary. He believed that hermitism would help him understand the meaning of life. In 35 years he was called the Buddha, that is enlightened. At the age of 45, he was widely known as a preacher, narrating about the four noble truths.
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Buddha believed that the cause of the suffering of people in themthemselves. People are too attached to everything material. Everything in the world is changing, and humanity is opposed to this, creating the illusion of stability with the help of things. In order to attain enlightenment and see true being, one must limit oneself, meditate and be free from attachments.
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For centuries of the existence of religion Buddhism has absorbed intoa lot of rites and beliefs. There is no canonical Buddhism with clearly defined rules. Some followers of the Buddha recognize themselves and meditate, others do good deeds, others serve the Buddha like priests.
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Buddha preached that there are 4 nobletruths that need to be followed. 1. Everything in the world is suffering, fear, impermanence, anxiety, lack of satisfaction. All this together is called dukkha. 2. The cause of dukkha is trishna-the thirst for sensual pleasures, the false desires of people. It is possible to get rid of dukkha. Each person must find a way in life that will remove dukkha and lead him to nirvana (eightfold path).
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In his teaching, the Buddha spoke of karma and that all things are dependent on certain causes. At the heart of Buddhism is also the doctrine of anatmava (lack of soul) and the doctrine of kshanikavada (instantaneous).
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In the schools of Buddhism, these principles and doctrinesinterpreted in different ways. Common to all schools is the life and enlightenment story of Siddhartha Gautama, the doctrine of karma and the wheel of samsara, the four noble truths, the eightfold path.
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Buddhist can not be born, they can become, findingthree jewels: Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, that is, to find the enlightened one, to understand the Buddha's teachings and to enter the Buddhist community. Each Buddhist must destroy in himself three poisons: ignorance of the nature of being, passion and selfishness, anger and intolerance.
