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Summarize the pivotal experiences that led the young Siddhartha to abandon his courtly life.
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Siddhartha grew up super freaking rich. He was the son of a prince. Upon birth a priest foretold two possible paths: 1) he follows his father's footsteps into royalty, or 2) He becomes a spiritual leader
his father obviously was like "IT'LL BE NO. 1" so he made sure Buddha grew up in a lovely and luxurious environment One night he left the castle, and saw much suffering he saw 1) old man, 2) starving man, 3) corpse, and 4) monk. he then realized how sheltered he was and how oblivious he was to life, he had many unanswered questions about life and suffering, etc long story short after that, he meditated for quite some time, almsot starved himself to death, then realized moderation is key (middle way) |
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Life the Four Noble Truths and explain how they illustrate the practical nature of Buddhist teaching
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1) All life is suffering
2) suffering is caused by desire 3) there can be an end to desire 4) the way out is the Eightfold Path The four marks of reality in the Buddhist religion are guidelines to minimizing suffering and finding inner peace must accept the concept of "anatman" = no self in order to gain wisdom and to be free form suffering have to understand that there is always suffering in life, no matter what explaining it is our desires that cause this suffering. As humans that believe in the individual self, we are always clinging on to ideas, objects, people, etc.; we are never satisfied. In order to release ourselves from this suffering, we must also release ourselves from our desires, as stated in the third truth |
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How does the Eightfold path help followers to deal with suffering?
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(to reach nirvana and obtain inner peace)
1) right understanding: recognize desire, suffering; impermanence of life 2) right intention: pure thoughts/motives 3) right speech: speak kindly and honestly 4) right action: not harm others 5) right work: occupation does not harm others 6) right effort: strive to improve 7) right meditation/attention/mindfulness: meditation to understand nature of reality 8) right concentration: cultivate states of inner peace allows us to release ourselves from our desires (which cause suffering) help us become better people |
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Describe how a Buddhist worldview might interpret a current social or political issue today (opinion=okay)
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*have to keep in mind the idea that things are always changing, no permanence
might not take some things other people consider serious, serious because things are ever changing we have "no-self" and everything exists in relation to another, so internal conflicts can be dismissed -e.g. mental illnesses; think of mental illness ad just human emotion and distress, rather than a neurological problem to - homosexuality: Buddhist judge the intentions behind a sexual act rather than who is doing it -if it is considered an act of genuine love and the desire to give and share, than it does not matter who is doing it |
