• WORLD PEACE CONFERENCE •
BUDDHISM
Here's a video we have created to describe the religion of Buddhism
Buddhism began in India around 500 B.C. Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, was born in a royal family in Lumbini, Nepal. One day Siddhartha, who was unfamiliar with the suffering of life, left the palace and shocked when he saw people in misery. He saw that life is filled with misery, such as diseases, aging, and death. Numerous questions came to his mind and to find their answers he left his comfortable lifestyle.
He joined a group of Hindu priests who practiced self-denial and desire for spiritual purposes. He meditated with them and nearly starved himself to death. He left the priests and went to meditate under a tree for nearly fifty days. Eventually, he achieved Enlightenment, or Nirvana. Through his meditation, he came to the conclusion that life's suffering are caused by desire and to truly be at peace, one has to eliminate desire.
To end all suffereings, Gautama Buddha taught his disciples the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. The Four Noble Truths are:
1) All life is full of suffering, pain, and sadness.
2) The cause of suffering is the desire for things like money, power, fame, and a long life.
3) The only way to stop suffering is to end desire, to stop wanting things in the past to be different, or wanting things for the future. Live life one day at a time and you can truly be happy.
4) The only way to end desire is to follow the Eightfold Path.
The Eightfold Path are:
1) Right view
2) Right thought
3) Right speech
4) Right action
5) Right livelihood
6) Right effort
7) Right mindfulness
8) Right contemplation
1) All life is full of suffering, pain, and sadness.
2) The cause of suffering is the desire for things like money, power, fame, and a long life.
3) The only way to stop suffering is to end desire, to stop wanting things in the past to be different, or wanting things for the future. Live life one day at a time and you can truly be happy.
4) The only way to end desire is to follow the Eightfold Path.
The Eightfold Path are:
1) Right view
2) Right thought
3) Right speech
4) Right action
5) Right livelihood
6) Right effort
7) Right mindfulness
8) Right contemplation
Buddha strictly rejected the caste system which was followed in India. He believed that anyone, regardless of their place in society, could reach Nirvana if they follow the Four Noble Tryths and the Eightfold Path. If they follow those rules, then they will earn good karma, which would eventually lead to enlightenment. However, if poeple don't have enough good karma then they will be reborn on earth and have another chance.
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