EIGHTFOLD

PATH
“EIGHTFOLD PATH”
LAW OF DEPENDENT
ORIGINATION
Paticca-Samuppada
 One of the most insightful teachings of Siddhartha
 A short formula for this principle can be read in four lines as:
When this is, that is;
This arising, that arises;
When this is not, that is not;
This ceasing, that ceases.
DEPENDENT ORIGINATION
twelve-linked chain that explicates how all things are inter-connected,
how error and attachment to error occur and how of the chain is untangled.
IMPERMANENCE OF
THINGS
 Impermanence- an unavoidable fact of human existence
 Five uncontrollable processes of any individual
 Old age
 Sickness
 Dying
 Decay
 Death
 When one is released from Samsara (reincarnation), a being escapes all
these phenomena
 When one achieves nirvana, a person’s mind is at perfect peace.
 Arhat- one who achieves nirvana or “one who is worthy of honor”
 SANGHA
SHARER
-monks who share in the general fund of alms provided by a community
-”association” “assembly”
-Buddhist order and monastic community founded by Siddhartha during
the same year he attained enlightenment.
FIVE ASCETICS

 Most ppopular monk in Buddhist history

Sariputta
Monggallana
Rahula
Kondanna
Ananda
 BHIKKUS
Ordained Buddhist monks
 BHIKKUNIS
Nuns
THREE JEWEL OR TRIRATNA

 Summarizes the Buddhist faith

 I take refuge in the Buddha, in the teaching and in the sangha
WORSHIP AND
OBSERVANCES
 STUPAS
 Commemorative monuments that contain sacred relics associated
with Siddhartha himself.
 Represent Siddhartha’s body, speech, and mind.
 Vesakha or Vesak
 Buddha Purmina or Buddha Day
 Refers to lunar month that falls in May
 Vesak Day holiest day for all Buddhists.
CELEBRATIONS

 Buddhist New Year

 Mangha Puja Day Sangha Day
 Asatha Puja Day Dhamma Day
 Uposatha Observance Day
 Pavarana Day
 Bodhi Day Enlightenment Day
SUBDIVISIONS

 MAHAVIHARO
 ABHAYAGIRI DAGABA
SELECTED ISSUES

 War and Violence

 Women in Buddhism