Buddhism

The Buddha did not give any teachings regarding homosexuality, so there is no strict policy to adhere to. In this case, it is up to the personal views of the Buddhist - some may find homosexuality distasteful or wrong, and others may see it as acceptable.

Suffering ends when one reaches Nirvana, which is a state of being beyond all earthly pains and distresses. Nirvana is reached by acceptance of anger, ignorance, and attachment, which allows for the free flow of wisdom to the mind.

The Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sanga (or Sangha). These are also, often referred to as the Three Jewels. When being formally initiated into Buddhism, people pledge to take refuge in these three Jewels to help and sustain their practice. 1) Belief in Buddha and his message. While the historical Buddha and his Buddhist Canon is the central focus of the Buddhist religion, there is another famous saying that "if you should meet the Buddha on the road, kill him." While it sounds like a horrible idea, what it means is that the Buddha isn't necessarily a person, or something outside of yourself. The true Buddha is the one inside of you, your own true Buddha nature. So, the first refuge is to go inward to find that divinity within yourself. 2) The Dharma is literally, "The Way", meaning the way of life to be followed as a Buddhist. 3) Sanga- is reverence, belief, support and respect for the Buddhist clergy ( Buddhist monks) The Sanga is literally the fellowship of people likewise committed to these same principles. It usually applies to Buddhist monks, but can really be applied to any fellowship of like-minded people who help and support you in your practice.

Alternately the Sangha is the fellowship of all sentient beings, not just those who follow Buddhist principles, who by their examples (good and bad) further your own process to enlightenment - those further advanced than you who guide and those behind you who need your good example.

The Buddha - Historians have differing opinions on the precise date of the Buddha's birth but it was around the year 500BCE. He was born into a noble family in Lumbini, an area that today lies in the South of Nepal.

The ultimate goal of Buddhism is to attain enlightenment, or Nirvana. For those who are not monks, however, a more modest goal would be to simply live a good life by following the eight-fold path, or the rules laid out for Buddhists (much like Christians have their Ten Commandments).

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They believed that Hindu rituals would not lead to spiritual enlightenment.

According to Sadhguru, a buddha (like Siddharta Gautama, the Buddha, also known as Shakyamuni, the “Sage of the Shakya tribe”) is one who has transcended or is above his intellect (buddhi). So the opposite of a Buddha is one who has not transcended his buddhi, that is still subject to or below his intellect — the “common” people who are still subject to samsara.

The Tripitaka is the earliest collection of Buddhist writings. Initially, they were orally transmitted, but were written down by the third century BCE. The word means "the three baskets," and refers to the way the texts were first recorded. The early writing material was long, narrow leaves, which were sewn together on one side. Bunches of these were then stored in baskets. This is a large collection, running 45 volumes in one modern edition.

The Tripitaka is comprised of the Sutras, sermons and teachings of Buddha; Abhidharma, discourses on interpretation of the doctrine; and Vinay, rules for monks and nuns in monastic life. So the Tripitaka defines what Buddhism is and how we are to live our lives.

The general idea in Buddhism is that everything is sacred in the essence that nothing is ugly on its own; it is our perception of a thing that makes it sacred or not. In another words, whatever we perceive through an unenlightened mind has limitations and thus it is not the truth but a fabrication of concepts that we perceive.

Relatively, wherever a person becomes awakened or makes some progress towards awakening is considered sacred in Buddhism; wherever someone says or does a thing(s) that contributes to the awakening of mankind from the deep sleep of ignorance is considered a sacred place.

Hence, for the Buddhists there are quite a number of sacred places, and among them to name few of the most revered ones:

1. Lumbini, where Buddha was born

2. Bodhgaya, where Buddha attained enlightenment

3. Varanasi, where Buddha turned the firs wheel of Dharma

4. Rajgira, where Buddha turned the second wheel of Dharma

5. Vaishali, where Buddha turned the third wheel of Dharma

5. Kushinagara, where Buddha passed into Parinirvana

Death rites are performed worldwide in many religions and by people who are atheistic. The Death rites are done for the benefit of the remaining living people. Although there are belief systems that do hold the idea that the death rites helps the deceased person's soul to move on to the next realm.

Some people need the rituals to help them with their grief and to help them start the closure process (which can take a lot of time, especially if the person was murdered or was a child who died).

The rituals vary worldwide too and the intensity of the rites depend on the people or religions or cultures.

Many Born Again Christians are now doing the "celebration of life" because they know their Christian loved one is now in heaven with Jesus where the spirit life is wonderful. So they do many different things to celebrate the life of their loved one to honor them and to celebrate with the person who has crossed over to Jesus. They grieve their presence on earth but not their death.

Buddha was Siddhartha Gautama, a prince who grew up in luxury.

The term Buddha means the Enlightened one.

The Mauryan empire began to collapse. All the leaders following Asoka didn't do well. The last ruler of the empire was even assisnated by it's people. Afterwards, 5 centuries of confusion followed before the rise of a new empire.

Guatama hoped to learn the mystery of life.

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, was born on 6 July 1935.

Siddhartha Gautama(Budhha) "died" so no one knew that Siddhartha Gautama(Buddha) left his family.

Buddha's desciples of course - btw story of Buddha is very similar to that of Jesus Christ - only difference is that Buddha existed about 500 years earleir than Christ - Buddha also cured diseased by touching, fed a whole mass with few breads etc etc

Budhism and Hinduism.

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Siddhartha gets his father's blessing by earning his respect. He stands and waits next to his father's bedroom steadfastly, never wavering. Although his father gets annoyed that he won't leave, he takes notice that Siddhartha would not just run off without his father's permission. Siddhartha knows that it wouldn't be right to do that, so he waits, knowing that he will be granted permission to leave sooner or later. Siddhartha's honesty and dedication finally wore on his father, and he allowed Siddhartha to leave and join the Samanas.

Although Buddhism took set root across Asia, it slowly declined in India. However Hinduism eventually rapt some Buddhist ideas and made for Buddha as another Hindu god. Up to today, these two religions stand as the world's most religious population.

The Tripitaka (three baskets) is a set of books that contains the Buddha's teachings. It is comprised of the Sutras, sermons and teachings of Buddha; Abhidharma, discourses on interpretation of the doctrine; and Vinay, rules for monks and nuns in monastic life. So the Tripitaka defines what Buddhism is and how we are to live our lives.