ORIGIN CREED CODE CULT

•A religion • The fundamentals of the • Practices the • There are no

and Buddhist belief system “Noble Eight- universal Buddhist
philosophy lie in the spiritual Fold Path” birth, marriage and
that enlightenment of 1)Right death ceremonies
originated followers through Understanding (rites of passage).
from India spiritual cultivation, - Related to These also vary
• Founded by religious practices, and Discernment from country to
Siddhartha meditation. Through the country and from
Gautama study of Buddha’s 2) Right tradition to tradition.
(Buddha) of words, the practice of a Thought
the Shakyas. virtuous, moral life, and - Related to • The Mahayana
• When he got by purifying the mind, Discernment schools of
in touch with followers can obtain Buddhism have
the life bodhi, or enlightenment. 3) Right developed a variety
outside the Speech of other ritual and
palace walls. • Generally Buddhism - Related to devotional
He saw four does not believe in a Virtue practices, many of
things that personal God or a which were inspired
forever divine being, it does not 4) Right Action or influenced by the
changed his have worship, praying - Related to existing religious
life: an old to, or praising of a Virtue cultures of India,
man, a sick divine being (although China, Japan,
man, a dead some sects do). It offers 5) Right Southeast Asia, and
man, and a no form of redemption, Livelihood Tibet.
beggar. forgiveness, no - Related to
Deeply heavenly hope, or a Virtue  Meditation -
distressed final judgment to those Mental
by the practicing its system. 6) Right Effort concentration
suffering he - Related to and mindfulness
saw, he • If a Buddhist believes in Concentration  Mantras -
decided to God, he usually holds to Sacred sounds
leave the a pantheistic view. 7) Right  Mudras -
luxury of Many Buddhists view Mindfulness Symbolic hand
palace life God as an impersonal - Related to gestures
and begin a force which is made up Concentration  Prayer
quest to find of all living things and Wheels -
the answer holds the universe 8) Right Reciting
to the together. Concentration mantras with the
problem of - Related to turn of a wheel
pain and • They believe that the Concentration  Monasticism-
human world is an illusion. - Chooses to religious
suffering. He avoid extremes practice in which
later • Most Buddhists believe in life someone
concluded there are many ways to -Having renounces
that real life God. The emphasis is balance worldly pursuits
based on the path that
 was all we must work on by our between being to fully devote
about own effort. too easy and their life to
inescapable being too hard spiritual work
grief and • Another belief of on oneself is  Pilgrimage -
sorrow. Buddhists is to end the what they aim Visiting sacred
• He then stress of existence. To for. They call sites
chose to do so would be to this the “Middle  Veneration of
become an discover the truth of all Way.” Buddhas and
ascetic. But things and reach a state Deities
asceticism of Nirvana. The Four •Three
too seemed Noble Truths and the Fundamental • Buddhism rituals and
to be Noble Eightfold Path are Principles practices comprise
meaningless the means by which the 1)Sila: Not to of very intricate and
since it did ignorance and suffering do Evil (Virtue, detailed prayers.
not lead to of existence can melt good conduct, • The prayers are
peace and away and the individual morality) By initiated with the
self will be shown the truth. doing unto evoking of a
realization others what you sangha. After the
but merely • One fundamental belief wish others to Sangha has been
weakened of Buddhism is often do unto you evoked, sadhaka or
the mind and referred to as dharma student
body. It was reincarnation -- the 2) Samadhi: To performs three
then that he concept that people are Cultivate Good prostrations, also
decided to reborn after dying. In (Concentration, known as three
lead fact, most individuals go meditation, gates or three
moderation through many cycles of mental aggregates.
and not to birth, living, death and development) • In the prostrations,
engross rebirth. A practicing By being able five parts of the
himself in Buddhist differentiates to control our body touch the
penance and between the concepts of mind, we would ground. These five
self rebirth and be able to body parts include
mortification. reincarnation. In practice decent the two palms, the
He sat under reincarnation, the and good two knees and the
a fig tree, individual may recur conduct forehead, signifying
the Bodhi repeatedly. In rebirth, a the five elements of
Tree person does not 3) Prajna: To earth, water, fire, air
(meaning, necessarily return to Purify the Mind and space.
"tree of Earth as the same entity (Discernment, • As a student
wisdom") ever again. After many insight, performs these
and decided such cycles, if a person wisdom, protestations, he
to seek truth. releases their enlightenment) surrenders himself
He vowed attachment to desire Wisdom will to the Buddhas of
not to leave and the self, they can emerge if and past, present, and
the place attain Nirvana. This is a only if your future and ten
until he got state of liberation and mind is pure directions.
the answers freedom from suffering. and at the • The folded hands
 to the same time, also connote a
worldly Four Noble Truths calm deeper meaning as
troubles. At The Four Noble Truths -Family- a part of the
the age of were the first statement of planning to Buddhist rituals.
35, he Gautama Buddha prevent The touching of the
gained following his excessive ten fingers with
enlightenme enlightenment. These number of each other
nt and truths are among the most pregnancies symbolizes the ten
became fundamental of - Meditating will directions. The right
popular as the Buddhist teachings enable people hand represents the
Lord and are at the core of the to see the true male, active, yang
Buddha. enlightenment experience. nature of energy, while the
• As he began The Four Noble Truths are existence left hand represents
his teaching regarded as deeply -“Man is his the female,
ministry, he insightful and a well laid own master.” receptive, yin
gained a out cognitive energy. When both
quick methodology, not simply a of them join, they
audience theological perspective. • The Five epitomize the
with the Precepts: Buddha's
people of 1. Life means suffering. 1) Do not kill. enlightening activity
India since Absence of of upayakaushalya.
many had To live means to suffer, violence • After these rituals
become because the human have been
disillusioned nature is not perfect and 2) Do not steal. performed, the
with neither is the world we live Avoid fraud and student practices
Hinduism. in. During our lifetime, we economic meditation on
By the time inevitably have to endure exploitation. shunyata or
of his death physical suffering. emptiness.
at age 80, Although there are 3) Do not lie. • The prayers come
Buddhism different degrees of Avoid to an end with a
had become suffering and there are gossiping, ritual in which
a major also positive experiences name-calling people express joy
force in in life that we perceive as and performing over the good deed
India. Three the opposite of suffering, acts related to and merit of others.
centuries such as ease, comfort and this They also request
later it had happiness, life in its Buddha to teach
spread to all totality is imperfect and 4) Do not them and not enter
of Asia. incomplete, because our misuse sex. in parinirvana.
Buddha world is subject to
never impermanence. 5) Do not Community life
claimed to consume
be deity but 2. The origin of suffering alcohol or other The Sangha
rather a is attachment. drugs.
"way- To avoid Monks or bhikkhus live
shower." The origin of suffering is divorcing a strict, simple life of
However, attachment to transient ourselves from meditation, study and
 seven reality
hundred things and the ignorance work, with very short
years later, thereof. Transient things hours of sleep and only
followers of do not only include the one meal a day. They
Buddha physical objects that do not own money or
began to surround us, but also any possessions to
worship him ideas, and -in a greater speak of. They help
as deity. sense- all objects of our with the important task
• Buddhism is perception. Ignorance is of teaching and
not just a the lack of understanding assisting lay people,
religion but of how our mind is chanting from the
also a attached to impermanent scriptures (sutras),
philosophy. things. The reasons for giving blessings,
Others have suffering are desire, delivering a sermon
also passion, ardour, pursuit of and conducting
characterize wealth and prestige, ceremonies. A monk
d Buddhism striving for fame and may decide to disrobe
as a set of popularity, or in (cease being a monk)
spiritual short: craving and clinging at any time.
teachings . Because the objects of
and our attachment are Lay Buddhists
practices. transient, their loss is Lay persons form the
inevitable, thus suffering vast majority of
will necessarily follow. Buddhists. In all
traditions the lay
3. The cessation of persons are
suffering is attainable. considered important in
that they give material
The cessation of suffering support to temples and
can be attained by their daily work
through nirodha. Nirodha provide the economic
means the unmaking of foundation for the
sensual craving and teaching and practice
conceptual attachment. of Buddhism. They
The third noble truth also participate in such
expresses the idea that activities as festivals,
suffering can be ended by ceremonies and
attaining dispassion. pilgrimage.
Nirodha extinguishes all
forms of clinging and • Buddhist festivals
attachment. This means have religious,
that suffering can be social and historical
overcome through human dimensions, and in
activity, simply by some countries
removing the cause of (e.g. Nepal) these
suffering. are numerous and
4. The path to the very colorful.
cessation of suffering. Typically on a
festival day, lay
There is a path to the end people will go the
of suffering - a gradual local temple or
path of self-improvement, monastery and offer
which is described more food to the monks
detailed in the Eightfold and take the Five
Path. It is the middle way Precepts and listen
between the two extremes to a Dharma talk. In
of excessive self- the afternoon, they
indulgence (hedonism) distribute food to
and excessive self- the poor to make
mortification (asceticism); merit and in the
and it leads to the end of evening join
the cycle of rebirth. The perhaps in a
latter quality discerns it ceremony of
from other paths which are circumambulation a
merely "wandering on the stupa three times as
wheel of becoming", a sign of respect to
because these do not the Buddha,
have a final object. The Dhamma, Sangha.
path to the end of The day will
suffering can extend over conclude with
many lifetimes, throughout evening chanting of
which every individual the Buddha's
rebirth is subject to karmic teachings and
conditioning. Craving, meditation.
ignorance, delusions, and
its effects will disappear
gradually, as progress is
made on the path.
References:

Book

Mahathera, V. N. (1998). The Buddha and His Teachings. Taipei: The Corporate Body
of the Buddha Educational Foundation.

Retrieved from the internet on July 7, 2010

1. http://www.koyasan.or.jp/english/shingonshu/buddhism.html

2. http://www.ajanta-ellora.com/origin-of-buddhism.html

3. http://www.fundamentalbuddhism.com/

4. http://www.thebuddhistsociety.org/resources/Community.html

5. http://www.buddhanet.net/festival.htm

6. http://www.ajanta-ellora.com/origin-of-buddhis

7. http://www.religioustolerance.org/buddhism1.htm

8. http://www.londonbuddhistvihara.org/pubwol.htm

9. http://eapi.admu.edu.ph/eapr94/buda.htm

10. http://www.religioustolerance.org/buddhism1.htm

BUDDHISM

Camila Buduan

Karen Lim
Mary Grace Mondia

Tiffany Pavon

Maisie Tan

Sophia Uy

Racel Yu