Lisa Schlais July 28, 2012

BUDDHISM

The Three Jewels• The Buddha

• The Dharma (teachings)

• The Sangha (community)

Belief System

• The truth of dukkha

• The truth of the origin of dukkha

• The truth of the end of dukkha

• The truth of the path leading to the end of dukkha

• Correct Thought• Correct Speech• Correct Actions

• Correct Livelihood• Correct Understanding

• Correct Effort• Correct Mindfulness• Correct Concentration

The Four Noble Truths The Noble Eightfold Path to Liberation

Morality• No moral absolutes in Buddhism

• Ethical decision-making involves a complex relationship of causes and conditions

Preliminary Tantric Practices

• Making 100,000 mandala offerings to generate merit by generosity• Reciting 100,000 refuge prayers (to increase one's confidence)• Reciting 100,000 Vajrasattva mantras to purify obstacles• Making 100,000 prostrations to counteract pride

• Offering 100,000 water-bowl offerings (create merit by generosity)• Reciting 100,000 Guru's name mantras: Guru-yoga, to generate confidence and establish a deeper relationship with the teacher• Making 100,000 clay images or

'tsa-tsas' in Tibetan • Reciting 100,000 Samayavajra mantras (somewhat similar to Vajrasattva)• Making 100,000 fire offerings

to Vajra Daka (Dorje Khadro).

Traditional Preliminary Practices Additional Preliminary Practices

Trantric Practices

Tsa-tsas

Making prostrations

Festivals• Buddhist New Year

• Vesak or Visakah Puja (“Buddha Day”)

• Magha Puja Day or Sangha Day (Fourfold Assembly)

• Asalha Puja Day (“Dhamma Day”)

• Uposatha (Observance Day)

• Pavarana Day

• Kathina Ceremony

• Anapanasati Day

Festivals• Abhidhamma Day

• Songkran

• Loy Krathong (Festival of Floating Bowls)

• The Ploughing Festival

• The Elephant Festival

• The Festival of the Tooth

• Ulambana (Ancestor Day)

• Avalokitesvara’s (Kuan Yin) Birthday

Loy Krathong Images

Elephant Festival Image

Images of Temple of the Tooth

Exterior Interior

Resources• Buddhist ceremonies festivals and special days (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.buddhanet.net/festival.htm• Thera, N. (n.d.). A manual of Abhidhamma. Retrieved from http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/abhidhamma.pdf• Khadro, Ven. S. (1996). The 10 Non-virtues. Retrieved from www.abuddhistlibrary.com/Buddhism• O’Briend, B. (n.d.). Buddhism and morality. Retrieved from http://buddhism.about.com/od/basicbuddhistteachings/a/morality1.htm• A view on Buddhism retrieved from http://viewonbuddhism.org/sangha_monks_nuns.html