What do Buddhists believe? What is Buddhism?
As the world's fourth largest religion, Buddhism has a marked impact around the world. Its approximately 376 million adherents come from a number of nations. Many are asking questions regarding how Buddhism compares to the teaching of the Bible.
Buddhism was founded by a guru referred to as the Buddha. Originally known as Siddhartha Gautama, he was born in the sixth century BC to parents who ruled a small kingdom in modern-day Nepal. As Buddhist accounts note, Gautama was considered a special child. On the night of his conception, his mother had a vision of a white elephant, the traditional sign of an exceptional child. An astrologer also predicted that Gautama would become either a great world leader or, if he experienced much suffering, an important spiritual leader.
Gautama's father sought to protect him from suffering by keeping him behind palace walls and not allowing him to see the outside world. At 29, Gautama had his chariot driver take him to visit the surrounding village. For the first time, Gautama saw what he would later describe as the Four Signs: an old man, a sick man, a corpse in preparation for cremation, and a traveling holy man. With his newfound knowledge, he felt compelled to flee the extravagance of his palatial life in an act known as the Great Renunciation. After six years of seeking truth, he chose to meditate in a single spot and experienced a spiritual awakening that developed into his signature message.
Gautama's teachings include his Middle Way (or Middle Path) through what he called the Four Noble Truths. These Four Noble Truths are 1) Life is all about suffering, 2) The cause of suffering is our desire and greed, 3) There is a way to overcome our desire and greed, and 4) The path to happiness and relief of suffering is the Eightfold Path.
In addition to the Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path, Buddhism follows several other distinctive beliefs. The major seven are meditation, nirvana, samsara (life is simply a flow of suffering, change, and reincarnation), renunciation (letting go), reincarnation, reincarnated Buddhas, and the Three Jewels (consisting of Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha).END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=BUDDHIST DHARMA WHEEL GOLDEN MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.15/2/2022.
BUDDHA"S CHILDHOOD.
The religion of Buddha claims to have a number of Buddhas in its doctrine. The Buddha, literally translated as the awakened one or the enlightened one, is the being who has found a way to end the suffering of all the living beings in existence. The philosophy of Buddhism came into existence after one man attained enlightenment and sought out to spread the knowledge of peace, compassion and generosity among the people around 2600 years ago. This man, known as Shakyamuni Buddha, is an historical figure, hence termed as the historical Buddha. The story of Shakyamuni Buddha is an extraordinary story, where he is born in a noble royal family only to renounce his princehood to find a way to end the suffering of life. People wonder how his life and childhood may have been spent during that period of time. Let us discuss his childhood in this section of the website. Birth According to the legends, it is believed that Queen Mayadevi, the queen of the Shakya Clan in Kapilvastu, Nepal, dreamed o...
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