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Origins of BuddhismOrigins of Buddhism

The Big IdeaBuddhism began in India

and became a major religion.

Main Ideas

•  Siddhartha Gautama searched for wisdom in many ways.•  The teachings of Buddhism deal with finding peace.•  Buddhism spread far from where it began in India.

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Quest for Answers

• Siddhartha was born aprince but he !uestionedthe meaning of life.

• "etermined to findanswers using#

• $editation

• %asting

• Learning fromdifferent teachers

Enlightenment

• %ound it under the Tree of&isdom while meditating

• 'alled the Buddha()nlightened *ne+

• Spent the rest of his lifetra,eling and teaching hisideas

SiddharthaSiddhartha

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1.Suffering and unhappiness are a part of human life. -o onecan escape sorrow.

Teachings of BuddhismTeachings of Buddhism

Four Nole Truths

!.Suffering comes from our desires for pleasure and materialgoods.

".eople can o,ercome desire and ignorance and reachnir#ana a state of perfect peace.

$.eople can o,ercome ignorance and desire by following aneightfold path that leads to wisdom enlightenment andsal,ation.

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The Eightfold %athThe Eightfold %ath

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Ancient &a's

• The Buddhataught thatfollowing the

/edic te0ts wasunnecessary.

• 'hallenged theauthority of1indu priests

(hanging Societ'

• 2 moreindi,idualisticapproach to

enlightenment

• ebirth as ameans to e,ol,e

(hallenging )indu Ideas(hallenging )indu Ideas

(aste S'stem

• *pposed castesystem

• The )ightfoldath could leadany indi,idual tonir,ana.

• The Buddha4s

teachingsreached allclasses.

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Buddhism ranches out

Buddhism s*lits

• 2so5a one of the most powerful 5ings in India became aBuddhist and spread Buddhism in India and foreign lands.

• Buddhist missionaries tra,eled the world to teachenlightenment.

• Buddhism split into two main sects# Thera,ada and $ahayana.

• $embers of the Thera,ada followed the Buddha4s teachings

e0actly.• $embers of the $ahayana belie,ed that indi,idualinterpretation was important.

Buddhism egan in India and then ecame aBuddhism egan in India and then ecame a

ma+or religion.ma+or religion.

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