Describe Buddhist teachings about how people should treat the environment and animals
Describe Buddhist teachings about how people should treat the environment and animals Buddhism is known as a peaceful religion which treats humans and animals as equals. As a result of this, many Buddhists are vegetarians whom also embrace a kind attitude towards nature. Buddhist teachings give the basic moral teachings of life, which are then incorporated into their actions towards animals. These teachings include The Four Noble Truths and the Eight Fold Path. The Eight Fold Path compromises of eight aspects to further morality and mental training. All of these can be applied, in some way, in Buddhists treatment towards the environment and animals. Right Intention, Right Livelihood, Right Action and Right Mindfulness are four key aspects of the Eight Fold Path and can be taken further to examine how Buddhists should treat the environment and animals. Right Intention is thinking and reasoning in situations. If the action is wrong, at least the intention is still there. With Right Intention, a Buddhist is able to intend helping the environment: thus, the motive is there. This is then carried forward through Right Action. Right Action helps guide a Buddhist and states: "do not destroy life." Some people inadvertently tread on insects or kill insects without realizing, but a buddhist must try hard not to do so. This has become such a problem, that one group of
Buddhism and Buddhist teachings.
GCSE RE Coursework: Buddhist 2002 All Buddhist have an aim in life and that's to reach enlightenment and escape samsara (the cycle of death and rebirth.) To do this they have to follow certain rules and teachings, which affect their daily life in many ways, for example their diet, Buddhists aren't aloud to eat after midday. The numbers 3,3,4,4,5,8 and 10 may seem like a long list of numbers but in fact these numbers help me to remember the Buddhists teachings and beliefs... 3 stands for the three signs of life. Every Buddha wants to escape samsara the cycle of death and rebirth. To do this they must cope with the three signs of being, Dukkha, Annicca and Anatta. Dukkha means 'suffering' everyone has to suffer to succeed in something, it means more than just pain. Being uncomfortable or even bored. "Nothing in life is perfect and the Buddha said that no one can escape dukkha" meaning everyone has to suffer sometime in their lives, for example, losing a relative or close friend and no one can escape this happening to themselves or anyone else. Annicca means everything changes, for example, humans change, plants change and animals change, nothing lasts, and Buddhists believe that there is no rest except nirvana. Anatta means no soul. Buddhists believes that you don't own your soul your soul owns you. In other words your soul owns you until you gain enlightenment and
Describe The Social and Religious Conditions of India When Gautama The Buddha Was Teaching.
Describe The Social and Religious Conditions of India When Gautama The Buddha Was Teaching (33) Siddharta Gautama was born in North East India around the 6th century BCE. This was a time of great prosperity. The area was very fertile and much of the land remained forested ready for cultivation. There was a great trade in agriculture and there were many merchants. This prosperity brought peacefulness. There was a very structured civilisation with a caste system. Due to the prosperity there was a much more complex society. People had time to discuss life and religion without upsetting anyone. Unlike England and America in the past when people could be tried as 'witches' for the most minor of incidents. Especially in the main towns there was a much wider range of people; merchants, businessmen, nobles, teachers, intellectuals, musicians, actors dancers, and even prostitutes. There were quite a few religions around at the time of the Buddha's teaching. The oldest was the Vedic tradition; this was the main religion, It came with the Aryans when they moved into India around 1500 BCE. The Aryans influenced Indian society a lot, and it is believed the caste system came from the Aryans. The caste system had four levels; The Brahmins who were the priests and considered closest to God, the Vaishyas who were usually soldiers and civil servants, the Shudras who were the servants and
Puja: Buddhism
R.s homework- Puja . Describe a typical Buddhist Temple. Modern temples are usually very bright and colourful, with three main features. There will be a shrine room with a main Buddha image and many other images, either statues or wall paintings telling the story of the Buddha's life. There are also gigantic statues of the Buddha to make him look massive. Horns may be blown; there may be the chanting of mantras over and over again. The robes are richly coloured. There may be candles, both in front of the images and around the shrine room. There may also be incense burning. Tibetan Buddhists use prayer wheels. Mantras are written out on paper and tucked into prayer wheels. Small prayer wheels are carried in the hand. Larger ones are fixed and people turn them with their hand as they pass, reciting a mantra. A temple is made up of a few different buildings. Firstly there is the temple itself. This is a very ornate building where the Buddhists will meditate, pray and worship. Secondly is the building that the monks live in. The walls of the temple will be elaborately decorated with images from the Buddha's life and in some temples the walls will also picture events from recent times. In the temple that I visited in Birmingham, the walls had images of nuclear war heads, old prime ministers and technology. The ceiling of the temple pictured the Buddha in the different
Describe Buddhist teachings about how people should treat the environment and animals
R.E Buddhism Coursework - Part A Describe Buddhist teachings about how people should treat the environment and animals At the moment there are many terrible things going on in the world which are caused by the fault of humans and the way they treat the environment. For example the rain forests over the world have dramatically decreased in size due to the fact that humans continue to chop it all down, whilst knowing that rain forests are essential for oxygen. Also by chopping down the rain forests many different species of plants and animals are being wiped out. Buddhists are very against anything to do with harming the environment. Buddhists would never get involved with anything to do with harming the environment, for example you would never find a Buddhist helping or even justifying chopping down the rainforests. They do everything they can to preserve the earth that they are so grateful to live on. Another aspect of the environment is that humans are harming is by polluting the world. The main factors that are polluting the world are factories and vehicles. This is a quote by W.O Cole "Modern Buddhists believe that being socially involved to protect our environment simply neglecting, destroying and polluting our planet will result in people living on a neglected and polluted planet because of the Laws of Karma" Buddhists are also very keen to keep the environment
Analysis the Sutra on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings.
Analysis the Sutra on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings Introduction: a monk whose name was An Shin Kao translated the Sutra on the Eight Realization of the Great Beings from Sanskrit during the later Han Dynasty in China. An Shin Kao was a prince when he was young, however, he became a monk after his father died. Moreover, An Shin Kao learned the knowledge of sutras well; he translated many famous Buddhist Sutras. Thus, An Shin Kao could represent to be a translating monk for the Buddhist Sutra in the earlier period of Buddhism in China. The word of great beings means that people are liberated from birth and death and help everyone in the world with Great Vow. In other words, Great Beings is similar to Bodhisattvas. The purpose of these eight realizations is for Buddha, Bodhisattvas and Great Beings who have followed and practiced diligently the way of compassion and understanding. There are over three hundred words in the sutra, but the value is important. Therefore, learners can get the main idea of the sutra easily because of clear clauses. Eight Realization of the Great Beings The view of World-1.All political regimes are subject to fall. 2.The world is impermanent. 3.All things composed of the four elements are empty. The view of Life-1. More desire is the root of samsara. 2. To feel fulfilled is the root of practicing the way. 3. To
"If we need to kill animals for research, we should Do you agree? Give reasons to support your answer and show you have thought about different types of view. You must refer to Buddhism to your answer
C. "If we need to kill animals for research, we should" Do you agree? Give reasons to support your answer and show you have thought about different types of view. You must refer to Buddhism to your answer Before researchers test drugs in human clinics the drugs are tested on animals. This is to determine the toxicity, dosing and the efficiency of the drug, hence seeing if it is safe for human use. Cosmetics are also tested this way. This process is called Animal Testing or Animal Research. Animal Testing has created a major backlash. Some perceive it as cruel, as it is technically using animals for human gain. An alternative view is that it is simply necessary for medical process. There are many arguments for animal testing. The principal one is that it clears any doubt about the safety of the drug and can help save peoples lives. Charles Darwin's theory of evolution can be incorporated into Buddhism. As a Buddhist would realise everything changes and nothing stays the same. With animal testing, the testing actually can benefit the animals since it helps them become stronger by furthering their DNA. However, a Buddhists view on animal testing is unclear. For example, within Buddhism, Karma and Suffering (Dukka) are two main aspects. Karma is another way of saying "what goes around comes around". This means, someone who gained bad Karma in their past life
Buddhists are taught to understand that everything in life happens for a purpose and all actions have consequences.
Buddhists are taught to understand that everything in life happens for a purpose and all actions have consequences. This can also be in relation to the environment and animals. Karmic consequences result in karma being collected through all actions in a Buddhists life, good or bad. Buddhists believe in reincarnation and that the karma you collect in this life will play a major role in the outcome of your next. If a Buddhist harmed the environment or animals they would collect bad karma resulting in a life of ignorance, suffering and possibly a lower rebirth. Reincarnation demonstrates we have all been animals in our past lives from being reborn time and time again. Potentially we could have been related to all beings, animal or human. These beliefs would have a definite influence on how Buddhists treat animals. Animals around them could be creatures they have loved and cared for and by harming them or treating them unjustly, Buddhists may be being disrespectful to beings they once cherished. Reincarnation also alters Buddhist views on the environment. They believe we depend on the world for survival, not and in the future. If they destroy, damage and harm the environment now they will only have to suffer a bad life next time round as consequence of their own actions. Engaged Buddhism is when the teachings of Buddhism are applied to the lives of Buddhists. This relates to
Explain How a Buddhist Might Put These Teachings Into Practice In His Or Her Daily Life
Explain How a Buddhist Might Put These Teachings Into Practice In His Or Her Daily Life The Buddhist principle of the oneness of self and environment (esho funi) means that life (sho) and its environment (e) are inseparable (funi). Funi means "two but not two." This means that although we perceive things around us as separate from us, there is a dimension of our lives that is one with the universe. At the most fundamental level of life itself, there is no separation between ourselves and the environment. "Like the Buddha, we too should look around us and be observant, because everything in the world is ready to teach us. With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly through the ways of the world. We will come to understand that everything in the world is a teacher. Trees and vines, for example, can all reveal the true nature of reality. With wisdom there is no need to question anyone, no need to study. We can learn from Nature enough to be enlightened, because everything follows the way of Truth. It does not diverge from Truth." (Rajah Cha) Buddhists must also beware of getting ill as there are so many medicines that are tested on animals. Buddhists cannot take such medicines as they do not wish to harm animals and they follow "right intention" by abstaining from anything that could possibly hurt the environment or any animals. A Local Buddhist
A Review And Analysis Of 'The Matrix' By The Wachowski Brothers, And Its Exploration Of Christianity.
A Review And Analysis Of 'The Matrix' By The Wachowski Brothers, And Its Exploration Of Christianity 'The Matrix', a 1999 film by the Wachowski Brothers, is a psychologically disturbing film that questions the reality of our existence. This film is a story with a moral plot, about a group of renegades fighting a noble battle for truth, and the liberation of the human race. The film revolves around a character called Thomas Anderson (also known online under the alias of 'Neo', a hacker) who appears to be completely normal - he has a normal, dull desk job by day, and at home he leads another life in front of his computer. However, everything changes when a person called 'Trinity' - an apparently quite well-known and infamous hacker - asks to meet with him. The events that follow reveal to 'Neo' that the world he accepts as reality is in fact a computer program. The world has long since fallen to a form of Distopia - Artificial Intelligence reigns as the superior race, using humans as a power source, keeping them restrained in 'pods', sending a computer program of the 'real world' into their brains to keep them content and quiet. With the help of Trinity, Neo meets with the group of renegades and their leader, Morpheus, who have freed themselves of the brainwashing program (called the Matrix). Morpheus tells Neo about the Matrix and Neo joins them in the 'real' world. Morpheus