Buddhism

Key Vocabulary The Buddha Buddhists live by five rules: There are no gods in • Never take the life of The teacher and . It was created Buddha a living creature. creator of Buddhism. by a man called Siddhartha Gautama, who was born • Do not steal. into a noble family. He lived When Buddhists • Be faithful to your partner. a sheltered early life, but close their eyes and when he was older he went • Do not lie. Meditate breathe deeply, trying out into the world and saw to empty their minds • Do not drink alcohol. that sickness, age and death of thoughts. come to everyone. After seeing Buddhism originated Breaking the Buddhist this, Gautama meditated and in Northeast India and Enlightenment cycle of and found the answer to life. This now has followers from reaching . made him the Buddha. This was called enlightenment all over the world. The The rules laid out by and the Buddha decided to is a Eightfold Buddha which will teach others how to reach it. symbol used in Buddhism. Path lead to Nirvana. Dukkha Samudaya Nirodha Magga ‘The Wheel Dharmachakra Everyone The cause of To end the suffering, To end the suffering of ’. suffers in life. suffering is a life must be lived for good, people craving for things one day at a time. must follow the Perfect peace with no and wanting to You must also let go Eightfold Path Nirvana suffering. control things. of cravings. created by Buddha.

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Key Vocabulary Special Shrines Buddhists can worship from home or at a temple, which are puja The Buddhist act of worship. built in a variety of shapes. Buddhists worship by sitting on the floor, making sure their feet face away from any image of A special place that is linked shrine Buddha. Their head and body face the image of Buddha. This with a holy object or person is called puja. Buddhists chant to show their love for Buddha Important Buddhist and make offerings of flowers and incense at shrines. festival when Buddhists Wesak try to clear their minds of negative thoughts. Holy Books When the Buddha died, people Buddhist symbol meaning thought it would be a good idea to write down what Dhvaja ‘spiritual victory’, often popular with warriors. Buddha said and thought. 500 Buddhist Monks met to check the content of his teachings. The teachings Buddhist symbol meaning were then passed down by word of mouth for Chattra ‘parasol’, a protection from around 400 years, before being written down. suffering.

The Buddhist Wesak is an important teachings are called Buddhist festival ‘ Canon’ and the celebrating the ‘ Canon’. Buddha’s birthday.

Chattra Dhvaja

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