Title:Beliefs of Buddhism

1. Title:Beliefs of Buddhism • Do Now: • On this day in 1849, scientist Luther Burbank was born. Burbank was a botanist, or someone who studies plant life. He was known for developing new types of flowers and plants. Do you think it’s important that scientist develop new types of plant life? Why or why not?

2. Agenda • Do Now • Beliefs of Buddhism Lesson • Create a Mandala

3. Objective • Students will begin drawing their own Mandala showing 12 impotent things, wishes or wants in their life

4. Vocabulary • Nirvana: a state of blissful peace without desire or suffering • Monastery: a home of a religious community, men who live here are called monks • Nun: women who live in a religious community

5. 4 Noble Truths • As part of his Deer Park Sermon, he described the Four Noble Truths • He had learned these truths while sitting under the Bodhi Tree

6. The 4 Noble Truths • The first Noble Truth is that: • Life is filled with suffering: birth, sickness, old age, death, being separated from people the love

7. The 4 Noble Truths • The second was that suffering is caused by wanting or desiring things we do not have • Buddha did no preach that all desires were bad. • For example: it is not wrong to desire the happiness of others, but the selfish desires lead to suffering

8. The 4 Noble Truths • The third was that suffering can be ended • Its cure is to overcome selfish desires and wants

9. The 4 Noble Truths • The Fourth Noble Truth is that the way to overcome selfish desires is to follow the Eightfold Path

10. The Eightfold Path • It describes a way of life that leads to the end of desire • The first steps on this path are not hard to carry out in everyday life • The later ones involve becoming aware of one’s thoughts and feelings and require a lot more effort. • The Buddha taught that this path was open to anyone, no matter what caste they were born into

11. Reaching Nirvana • The final goal of a person is to reach nirvana • Those who enter nirvana are freed from the cycle of death and rebirth • Buddhist art often depicts the Buddha in a state of nirvana where he appears calm and blissful with a shining circle around his head

12. The Eightfold Path • Eightfold Path: In brief, these are the laws of the Eightfold Path: • To know the truth • To intend to resist evi • To not say anything to hurt others • To respect life, property, and morality • To work at a job that does not injure others • To try to free one's mind from evil • To be in control of one's feelings and thoughts • To practice appropriate forms of concentration

13. Mandala • In ancient India, and India today, people create mandalas - special circle pictures - as part of making a kind of wish. This special wish is called an intention. The intention can be anything you need to have or want to achieve. • They would use these to focus their thoughts on the goal they wanted to achieve. • Today you will be creating your own! Since your goals are only your goals, this will be an individual project

14. Let’s Create Our Own Rubric What is expected in each picture? What are essential pieces to include? You do not need to finish today, you will complete it tomorrow! Mandala project • Using the mandala project handout, you will create your own. • You will have today and tomorrow to complete it • It must be colored and have at least 12 pictures on it