Buddhism: Part 2

Teachings

Three Marks of Existence

• Annica/Impermanence
  • Nothing in this life is permanent, and everything is constantly changing.
• Anatta/No-Self
  • No permanent self or soul.
• Dukkha/Sufferingsome text
  • The suffering or unsatisfaction of life.

Four Noble Truths

• To live is to suffer.
• Suffering is caused by attachment.
• To eliminate suffering, one must eliminate attachment.
• One can eliminate attachment by following the noble eightfold path.

Eightfold Path

• Right view
  • Understanding the truths of existence.
• Right intention
  • Being willing to achieve enlightenment.
• Right speech
  • Saying all that is, and only what is, required.
• Right actions
  • Doing all that is, and only what is, required.
• Right livelihood
  • Being a monk.
• Right intention
  • Directing one’s energy properly.
• Right meditation
  • Meditating properly.
• Right concentration
  • Maintaining continuous focus.

Code of Conduct

• Following the five precepts is essential to help Buddhists
  • Do not kill.
  • Do not steal.
  • Do not commit sexual misconduct.
  • Do not use harmful speech.
  • Do not indulge in intoxicants.

What Buddhists Think About Jesus

• Jesus does not make sense for many Buddhists. 
• Some might argue that the Bible’s claims about Jesus do not make scientific sense. 
• Some might say that Jesus spent time studying under Buddha. 
• The most significant issue many Buddhists have with Jesus is that he claims to be God.

John 5: 24-30

24 “Truly I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life. 25 “Truly I tell you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 26 For just as the Father has life in himself, so also he has granted to the Son to have life in himself. 27 And he has granted him the right to pass judgment, because he is the Son of Man. 28 Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear his voice 29 and come out—those who have done good things, to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked things, to the resurrection of condemnation. 30 “I can do nothing on my own. I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me."

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