Buddhism: The Ultimate Little Book on Buddhism and Enlightenment (A Guide to the Fundamental Beliefs and Traditions of Buddhism, Past and Present)
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Buddhism - Bradley Johnson
Buddhism
The Ultimate Little Book on Buddhism and Enlightenment
(A Guide to the Fundamental Beliefs and Traditions of Buddhism, Past and Present)
Bradley Johnson
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Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: BUDDHISM
CHAPTER 2: THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
CHAPTER 3: THE EIGHTFOLD PATH
CHAPTER 4: UNDERSTANDING IMPERMANENCE
CHAPTER 5: THE CONCEPT OF NON-SELF
CHAPTER 6: KARMA AND ITS IMPACT
CHAPTER 7: COMPASSION AND LOVING-KINDNESS
CHAPTER 8: MINDFULNESS MEDITATION
CHAPTER 9: THE ROLE OF WISDOM AND INSIGHT
CHAPTER 10: LIVING A BUDDHIST-INSPIRED LIFE
Chapter 1: Buddhism
Brief information of Buddhism
Buddhism, one of the international's critical religions, strains its roots to the classes of Siddhartha Gautama, called the Buddha, who lived within the sixth century BCE in what's now contemporary-day-day Nepal. Buddhism emerged as a response to the big religious and philosophical questions of his time, seeking out to cope with the character of human suffering and the direction to liberation from it.
The story of Buddhism starts with the lifestyles of Siddhartha Gautama, who become born proper right into a privileged royal own family. Despite his prosperous upbringing, Siddhartha have become deeply laid low with the struggling he witnessed within the global—developing older, infection, and death—and felt compelled to are searching for answers past the comforts of his palace walls.
At the age of 29, Siddhartha renounced his royal way of life and set out on a spiritual quest, decided to discover a method to the pervasive struggling he encountered. After years of excessive meditation and ascetic practices, he attained enlightenment underneath the Bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya, India. This 2nd marked the begin of Buddhism, as Siddhartha have become the Buddha, or the Awakened One.
The Buddha's teachings, referred to as the Dharma, revolve across the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path. The Four Noble Truths encapsulate the essence of human lifestyles: the truth of struggling (dukkha), the reality of the motive of struggling (samudaya), the truth of the cessation of struggling (nirodha), and the fact of the route primary to the cessation of suffering (magga). The Noble Eightfold Path outlines a realistic framework for accomplishing liberation from suffering, encompassing moral behavior, highbrow location, and facts.
Following his enlightenment, the Buddha spent the relaxation of his life travelling during India, sharing his teachings with humans from all walks of existence. His message resonated deeply, and his network of fans, known as the Sangha, grew regularly. After the Buddha's passing, his disciples preserved his teachings orally until they have been finally written down in the Pali Canon, which serves because the foundational text of Theravada Buddhism.
Over time, Buddhism various into diverse colleges and