Buddhism Changes

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Chapter 8 Lesson 2 Buddhism Changes

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Clay
Brian
Brock
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Objectives

• By the end of this power point you will know how
  to
• Recognize the difference between the nobles
  Buddhism and the Pure Land Buddhism.
• Identify where Zen came from and why it is
  important to Japan.
• Describe how Zen and Pure Land Buddhism work.

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Buddhism

• How it Started
• Siddhartha Gautama was a prince in ancient India.
  
• One day he left the palace and went into a deep
  meditation under a pipal tree for 49 day and
  found the answers to the middle way.
• From then on he was known as the Buddha.

Main idea
To reach the middle way. The middle way is a
path of moderation that lies between the extremes
of self-indulgence and self-mortification.
How Buddhists pray Actually Buddhists
dont pray. They meditate to find the middle
way.
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Pure Land Buddhism

• How it Started
• It started with a man named Dharmakara, soon to
  be named Amitabha Buddha.
• He wanted to become enlightened. So he took a
  vow to become enlightened and to save other
  beings.
• In the process of completing the vow he created a
  realm of joy, equality and where you can practice
  your dharma. The realm is called Sukhavati, or
  the Pure Lands.

• The Practice
• Recitation of the Amitabha Buddhas name
  (Amituofo in Chinese)
• To have faith in being reborn into to Pure Lands.
• The devotion to visualize and read about the Pure
  Land.

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Relationship to the samurai The relationship
between the Zen and the Samurais is that the
Samurai practiced Zen to develop better
discipline and fighting skills.

• Ancient Zen Gardens
• It is actually not called a Zen garden, but a
  Japanese rock garden or Karesansui in Japanese.
• The main elements of a rock garden is the sand
  and rocks.
• Zen gardens are used to make the mind clear
  calm, and to meditate

• Where Zen Originated From
• Zen can be traced back to Buddhism from India and
  Taoism from China.

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Ryoan-ji Temple in Northwest Kyoto, Japan.
There is fifteen rocks in this Garden. You can
only see fourteen of them at any point in the
garden, but it is said that once you reach the
state of enlightenment you can see all fifteen at
once.
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Chapter 8 Lesson 2 Buddhism Changes