Wednesday 10/23/1013Objective:

Students will experience the story of Siddhartha Gautama, the worlds first buddhaHomework:

– Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow• Do now:

Take out vocabulary homework•Take out notebook

How I was introduced to Buddhism• Imagine that you are on the edge of a cliff

that is 100 feet tall• You look over the edge of the cliff and you

see hundreds of jagged, sharp and pointy rocks at the bottom

• Now imagine that someone has pushed you over the cliff and you are falling to your certain the death

The question becomes

• Would you take pleasure in the fall knowing that you are going to die……

• If the answer is no, than why would you take pleasure in life??????

Siddhartha

His name was Siddhartha

The first trip he saw an old man

The second trip he saw a sick man

On the third

On the fourth trip he sees an Indian holy man

I will not move from this spot till I have achieved my answers

The answer relies on the 4 noble truths

Thursday 10/23/13

• Objective: Students will examine four reasons that allowed Buddhism to spread across china

• Homework– No homework

• Do Now-– Set up paper for Cornell notes

• What Buddhists believe

Four Noble TruthsFour Noble Truths

1. There is suffering in the world. To live is to suffer. (Dukkha) The Buddha found

this out when he was young and experienced suffering and death in others.

Four Noble TruthsFour Noble Truths

2. The cause of suffering is self-centered desire and attachments.

Four Noble TruthsFour Noble Truths

3. The solution is to eliminate desire and attachments.

Four Noble TruthsFour Noble Truths4. To reach nirvana, one

must follow the Eightfold Path.

1. Reincarnation• concept that one must go through many

cycles of birth, living, and death• After many such cycles, if a person releases

their attachment to desire and the self, they can attain Nirvana  - a state of liberation and freedom from suffering

2. Karma the law that every cause has an effect, i.e., our actions have results.

There are no Gods, Not even Buddha

himself

World Populationappx. 376 m

** 4th largest

Country Percent

Thailand 95%

Cambodia 90

Myanmar 88

Bhutan 75

Sri Lanka 70

Tibet * 65

Laos 60

Vietnam 55

Japan ** 50

Macau 45

Taiwan 43

The Largest Buddhist Communities

Top 10 Countries with theHighest Proportion of Buddhists

Buddhism: world distribution

Primary source analysis

• What evidence do we have that Buddhism spread across china?

• Evidence C