Create your own Mandala

The word "mandala" is from the classical

Indian language of Sanskrit. Loosely
translated to mean "circle"

It wholeness, a cosmic diagram reminding

us of our relation to infinity, extending
beyond and within our bodies and minds.
 Buddhism:
Enlightenment
A Nontheistic Religion
Buddhism builds around Siddharta Gautamas
experience of enlightenment.
Buddha offered a pathway to understand the
nature of suffering and how it can be
overcome.
Buddhists do not worship Buddha; look to
Buddhas teachings in order to attain
enlightenment.
 In Buddhism, being a human is actually
better than being a god (deva).

Not a Religion Religion

insistence in not ritual practices in

worshipping any honouring the
god (including Buddha
Buddha) religious features of
does not have a monastic Order
place for faith on importance of belief
any divine being in the Buddhas
teaching
The Triple Gem
The Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha are
important to Buddhism and are referred to as
the Triple Gem which is the basis of taking
refuge for Buddhists.
1. The Buddha
refers to the inspiration from Siddharta
Gautama, the teacher who led his
disciples to enlightenment
believers place their faith in Buddhas
teaching and recognize their capacity to
be a buddha, an enlightened one
2. The Dhamma
refers to the teaching of the Buddha
believers put the teachings of Buddha to
practice to attain enlightenment

3. The Sangha
refers to the monastic order founded by
the Buddha
preserves the teachings and pass them on
to future generations
dedicate their lives in attaining
enlightenment and helping others do the
same
Siddharta Gautama
Prince of the Sakya Clan in the Kingdom
of Magadha
Son of an Indian warrior-king
Lived from 560 to 477 B.C.
Sprang the Religious Philosophy
Buddhism
Gautama began searching for answers
to the riddles of lifes sufferings,
disease, old age, and death.
He encountered an old man, an ill man, a
corpse and an ascetic.

Gautama was known as the Buddha,

meaning the "Enlightened One."

Convinced that the way of escape from

pain and misery lay in the transformation
of ones mind
Gautamas life was devoted to sharing
his Dharma or Law of Salvation

A simple presentation of the

gospel of inner cultivation of right
spiritual attitudes, coupled with a
self-imposed discipline whereby
bodily desires would be channelled
in the right directions.
The Five Precepts
recited by devout Buddhists after reciting
the Triple Gem
also called Pana Sila which contains the
believers basic moral guidelines
form the basis of sila (morality) for a
Buddhist
not rules imposed by a higher authority but
an ideal or aspiration freely embraced
 The Five Precepts are:
1. I take the precept to abstain from
destroying living beings (killing).
2. I take the precept to abstain from taking
things not given (stealing).
3. I take the precept to abstain from sexual
misconduct.
4. I take the precept to abstain from false
speech (lying).
5. I take the precept to abstain from
anything that causes intoxication or
heedlessness (getting drunk or using
illegal drugs).
1. Life is suffering (dukkha).
It is about dukkha usually
translated as sorrow or suffering
and, interestingly, is the origin of
the Filipino word dukha, which
means poor or destitute.
It teaches that it is useless to run
after the pleasures of earthly life
because they are impermanent.
2. There is suffering because there is desire.
It is about desire or, in some translations,
cravings as the root cause of suffering.
It teaches that craving arises from
ignorance which is the incapability to
know the truth of impermanence.

3. In order to get rid of suffering, one has to

get rid of desire.
It is about the possibility if ending
suffering by extinguishing ones desire.
It teaches that to believe that suffering is
ones fate is wrong; theres always a way
out.
4. There is a path that leads from suffering
(the eight-fold path).

It is about the path that leads to the end

of suffering: a) avoid too much
indulgence in ones desire, and b) avoid
to much asceticism.
It is only in following the Middle Way
that the individual will find happiness,
peace, and enlightenment.
The Noble Eightfold Path
summarizes the Buddhas Middle Way
prescribes different areas of ones life that
need to be subjected to the Dhamma
The following is the Noble Eightfold Path
Your worst enemy cannot
harm you as much as your
own unguarded thoughts
- Buddha