Buddhism

Speech: Buddhism, one of the world’s oldest religions and one of the big 5. Clearly a dynamic, living religion with over 370 million followers world-wide, but with the characteristics, they interact in order to do this, specifically ethics and beliefs and believers. Good morning year 11 and Mrs Flocco, my chosen Religion has been Buddhism which ethics, and beliefs and believers have both interacted in ways and have created a dynamic living religion in different ways. The ethics of a Buddhist…

Buddhism Imogen Dibley, 10 Blue Word count: 543 Buddhism is a religion followed by around 300 million people all over the world. The word Buddhism comes from 'Bodhi', which means to awaken'. It first started about 2,500 years ago when Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha, was enlightened at the age of 35.Buddhism originated in India by a man called Budda the religion later spread to China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and parts of Asia. Studying Buddhism helps Christians by explaining a purpose to…

Buddhism: Religion or Philosophy? To properly answer this question we first need to define the difference between religion and philosophy because while religion and philosophy deal with many of the same ideas they are different. Religion revolves around commitment, faith, worship, and the supernatural, whereas philosophy revolves around criticism, doubt, and the nature of reality, the mind and conduct. Some definitions of “religion” are a belief in and the worship of Gods; any system of belief…

Hinduism and Buddhism are one of the oldest beliefs that have ever been known. Both started in India around 2500 years ago, and originated in the northern part of India. Buddhism was founded in 563 B.C.E by Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha, who was born and raised in a wealthy family, believed that humans will suffer as long as they breath. He left his wealthy life behind and started looking for the truth of enlightenment. Buddhism is not a religion, it is a way of thinking that changes the way…

Buddhism was not based on a belief in God, rather a belief in freedom of thought and purpose. This belief helped relations between Buddhism and contemporary science, which also inspired the western world to follow the principles. Similar to how we do things now, such as scientific method is how Buddha thought. He reasoned that there were many ways of achieving an outcome, however they had to be tried in order to see if it worked. He tried different scenarios and did this until he figured…

Harvey, P. (n.d.). An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices (1st ed., Vol. 2). Cambridge University Press. When starting on understanding Buddhism and its complexity, first get a basic knowledge of what it is about. Basic knowledge is key when trying to go in depth into such a complex subject such as another religion. Harvey’s “An Introduction to Buddhism” is an excellent first choice of book to begin learning what exactly Buddhism is. It’s an easy to follow book with well…

whether Buddhism is considered a religion or a philosophy, but I believe that it is both. According to http://www.ancient.eu/buddhism/ (2016) Buddhism is a non-theistic religion or philosophy that covers a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices mostly based on the teachings of the Buddha. Buddhism involves several traits that consider it a religion and a philosophy. There is not a clear difference that categorizes Buddhism as one or the other. Some practices of Buddhism have…

A simple look at Buddhism and its 2,500 year long history. Through careful research, Samuel Bercholz and Sherab Chödzin discuss multiple aspects of Buddha and Buddhism. This book covers Buddha's life and historical background. In addition, the book discusses Theravada, Mahayana, Zen, and Tibetan Buddhism explaining the similarities, differences, and origins of each. The text provides meditation instructions, an explanation of reincarnation, images of Buddhist art and architecture, as well as…

throughout the world. According to Stephan Juan, “Christianity is the number one religion practiced in the world while Buddhism is number six” (Juan). However, Buddhism has become the fastest growing religion of the world. The earliest recorded date of Buddhism was the year 563 B.C.E, two thousand and five hundred years ago making Buddhism the oldest religion of the world. Buddhism started a few years after the birth of Buddha in Lumbini, Nepal India. On the other hand, Christianity was…

With Buddhism, going for refuge has been a very significant aspect of their religious practice since the time of the Buddha. Going for refuge marks the point where a person commits themselves to taking the Dhamma. Why is this commitment considered a refuge one might ask? In pre-Buddhist India, going for refuge meant proclaiming one’s allegiance to a powerful person or god in hopes of receiving protection from danger in return. Similar to the Hinduism religion, Buddhism is not a theistic…