Gautama Buddha

the things he has done, and what has distracted him from his goal. Longing for something “more” is something almost everyone, including Siddhartha, experiences throughout life. It was that longing which sent Siddhartha on a journey in search of the Buddha and the…

In the book Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, throughout the entire book Siddhartha is taking a journey to what he thinks would help him find enlightenment, peace, wisdom, and knowledge. Siddhartha is taking this journey because he is in denial of his Brahmin heritage, and the teachings of Gotama, which his father gave to him, he feels like there is nothing more Gotama teachings can offer him to reach enlightenment. Wisdom and knowledge are two of the most topics brought up in “SIddhartha By Hermann…

and can be misunderstood. Even though Zen is a word, there are some websites that will teach you what Zen is about. Zen Buddhism is to be experienced in order to be understood. The concept of Zen Buddhism is thought to be that all human beings are Buddha; to discover who they truly are, they must go through that cycle themselves. Zen send us to a journey to find enlightenment within oneself. The way to be enlighten is to meditate for a long period of time and let go of any desires suffering or…

Karma is a central concept of many eastern hemisphere religions, or beliefs depending on how one defines religion, that provides a portion of the foundation for each belief. Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism all have a basic concept of karma, however, how the perceive it within each belief varies slightly from one to another. In general karma is known as the destiny, or fate, as a direct causation from how a person lived their life. This general concept is just a ground foundation point to which…

refusal to the call. When Govinda was trying to convince Siddhartha to go with him and visit the Buddha and learn from him, Siddhartha said, ‘” … I have become distrustful of teachings and learning and that I have little faith in words that come to us from teachers.”’ (pg. 22) When Siddhartha says this, he is saying that he no longer trusts the words of teachers so he refuses Govinda’s offer to go see the Buddha. I also refused my call to get my permit at the time because I did not want to go to…

meaning and personal vocation. The Eightfold Path is a process of removing suffering by having the right knowledge, right motives, right speech, right action, right occupation, right perseverance, right awareness, and the right absorption. At the Zen Buddha temple, they followed their dharma names, and don’t really focus on the Eightfold Path too much. They try to relate their practice of meditation towards the goal of removing suffering from their lives. Buddhism wants life to be a…

Most humans are clueless about their true identity and what their goal in life is. We all go through many periods in our lives where we are interested in finding our true selves. However, knowing yourself can be a very difficult thing to accomplish because the ego can cloud our judgement of the self. When individuals conquer their own ego their true self is revealed. Only when this is done, can we reawaken ourselves and realize everything that was hindering us. Conquering the ego can sometimes…

one of the methods in seeking enlightenment. Meditation was a practice that the Buddha himself once indulged in, in order to find enlightenment. In the Buddhist community meditation is an action that not only allows a person to experience what the Buddha experienced, but also allows the practitioner to experience self-awareness. Although meditation has been eminent in the lives of mostly the official sangha of…

2.2. Pallava Grantha Script The Pallava rule in the Tamil country bought with it greater influence of Sanskrit culture. They devised a script around the 5th century CE for writing Sanskrit in the Tamil country. The need arouse because the tamil script does not have glyphs to represent a number of Sanskrit letters. The new script came to be known as the Pallava Grantha. Brahmi is the origin for Pallava Grantha, like all other scripts for native Indian languages. There is a lot of closeness of…

Comparison between Buddhist philosophy and Gross National Happiness philosophy Bhutan is an enlightened country where happiness is the guiding principle of development, and majority of the people are enthusiastically practicing Buddhism. Buddhism is one of the profound religion in the world which show and leads the people to the enlightenment. As a Buddhist country, we look at the welfare of all the sentient being. Similarly, the concept of Gross National Happiness is a unique philosophy which…