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	Buddhist Religion FAQ
		Buddhism teaches "that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct, wisdom, and meditation releases one from desire, suffering, and rebirth".
		The premise of Buddhism is that Buddha was the first person we know of who achieved the state of enlightenment, which isn't really explainable but could be described as a state of super-awareness, which brings about a release from suffering.
		Buddhism in Tibet adopted Tibetan culture, Buddhism in Japan adopted Japanese culture, and Buddhism in America adopts American culture.
	www.answerbag.com /c_view.php?id=120

	Anthropology of Religion Position Papers
		The importance of suffering in Buddhism is one aspect of the religion that differs from the historical to the cultural context.
		It is a little misleading to suggest that the Burmese have trouble with the idea that life is filled with suffering--in fact they are very much aware that life is filled with suffering--it's just that they have trouble grasping that even very pleasurable activities, according to orthodox Buddhism, entail suffering because of the attachment involved.
		According to the theology of Theravada Buddhism, nirvana is the ultimate goal.
	www.union.edu /PUBLIC/ANTDEPT/43f02/poswk5.htm

	Vajrayana: Gothic Buddhism?
		Like all Buddhism, Vajrayana Buddhism is based on the idea that "life is suffering." In other words, a basic component of existing is the fact that the being who is existing will eventually suffer.
		When Vajrayana Buddhists say that "life is suffering" it is not to make people suffer more, but to help them get started on the path towards suffering less, even if it means going through a painful period of admitting the suffering which is currently in their lives.
		The fact that Buddhism practitioners hold dangerous magical power is not because this is what they hope to achieve, it is simply an acknowledgment that the world is a dangerous place and that even Buddhist masters can sometimes falter and use their skills for malevolent purposes.
	www.fatesworsethandeath.com /!Tibet/vajrayana_goth.htm (1376 words)

	Buddhism in Thailand Page2
		Buddhism as Religion is Buddhism as a system of practice based on morality, concentration, and insight, and culminating in liberating insight; a system which when practiced to completion enables one to break free from suffering.
		Buddhism is a religion based on intelligence, science, and knowledge, whose purpose is the destruction of suffering and the source of suffering.
		Buddhism probably reached its height under the reign of King Li Thai of Sukhothai (King Ramkhamhaeng's grandson) as it was during his reign that the first Buddhist didactic literary work was written and it was known as the "Tribbumikatha".
	www.geocities.com /Tokyo/Towers/5265/buddhis2.html (3378 words)

	Buddhism in India , ancient buddhism, india to china
		Buddhism began a steady and dramatic comeback in India during the early twentieth century, spurred on originally by a combination of European antiquarian and philosophical interest and the dedicated activities of a few Indian devotees.
		Convert communities, by embracing Buddhism, have embarked on social transformations, including a decline in alcoholism, a simplification of marriage ceremonies and abolition of ruinous marriage expenses, a greater emphasis on education, and a heightened sense of identity and self-worth.
		Breaking through the final barriers, he achieved the knowledge that he later expressed as the Four Noble Truths: all of life is suffering; the cause of suffering is desire; the end of desire leads to the end of suffering; and the means to end desire is a path of discipline and meditation.
	www.indianchild.com /buddhism_in_india.htm (3378 words)

	India's Religions and Philosophy (Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Islam, Christianity, Jainism)
		Buddhism rests upon four Noble Truths: (i) suffering is universal, (ii) it is caused by desire and yearning (iii) suffering can be prevented and overcome and (iv) eradication of desires can lead to removal of suffering.
		With the origins of Hinduism and Buddhism in India, religion is considered to be extremely important.
		India's Religions and Philosophy (Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Islam, Christianity, Jainism)
	www.asianinfo.org /asianinfo/india/religion.htm (3378 words)

	Teaching Chinese Archaeology, Buddhism in China - NGA
		Buddhism is based on the life and teachings of Sakyamuni, who lived in eastern India in the sixth or fifth century B.C. (roughly the same time as Confucius).
		Buddhism proved to be adaptable, not only in China, but elsewhere throughout Asia, by incorporating indigenous practices and beliefs.
		He sought enlightenment at Bodh Gaya, and resolved to teach the four noble truths: That life is suffering, that suffering is caused by craving or desire, that one must eliminate the cause of suffering, and that this is done by following the Noble Eight-fold path leading toward morality, concentration, and wisdom.
	www.nga.gov /education/chinatp_bud.htm (403 words)

	Tibetan Buddhism Explained
		The practice of Buddhism entails consistent meditation and mindfulness for the purpose of reducing one's poisons or delusions and arriving at a clear state of mind - the Enlightened Mind of the Buddha.
		Buddhism was brought to Tibet by Padmasambhava in the 8th Century, and has flourished there ever since, transmitted from Gurus to disciples in an unbroken lineage.
		The Tibetan practices share a distinctive motivation: they are undertaken to end not only one's own suffering, but also the suffering of all other beings, to each of whom we owe a karmic debt.
	www.mts.net /~ctbs/buddhism.html (202 words)

	Shinto & Buddhism: Wellsprings of Japanese Spirituality
		The Shingon sect stands in the mainstream of Buddhism in terms of doctrine -- emphasizing the transient nature of existence and calling upon its followers to transcend the ordinary world of suffering -- and in the broad outline of its practices, which stress the importance of ethical conduct, meditation, and study.
		On the one hand, for example, Buddhism regarded the world as transient and saw it as a source of suffering for those who remained attached to it, a view that contrasts sharply with Shinto's ready acceptance of the world.
		However, Shingon Buddhism advocates a distinctive type of meditation.
	www.askasia.org /frclasrm/readings/r000009.htm (202 words)

	Shinto & Buddhism: Wellsprings of Japanese Spirituality
		The Shingon sect stands in the mainstream of Buddhism in terms of doctrine -- emphasizing the transient nature of existence and calling upon its followers to transcend the ordinary world of suffering -- and in the broad outline of its practices, which stress the importance of ethical conduct, meditation, and study.
		On the one hand, for example, Buddhism regarded the world as transient and saw it as a source of suffering for those who remained attached to it, a view that contrasts sharply with Shinto's ready acceptance of the world.
		Discusses Shinto and Buddhism along with other religions that are part of the Japanese religious tradition.
	www.askasia.org /frclasrm/readings/r000009.htm (202 words)

	Kriegman, Michele: Writer/Editor
		One of the teachings of Buddhism is that this life is about suffering and, thus, that letting go of the ideal of social change or messianic utopianism is one of the prerequisites to accepting the dharma of suffering.
		Judaism (like her daughter religions, Christianity and Islam) is a congregational religion whereas Buddhism is not.
		I consider Buddhism as worthy a religion as Judaism.
	www.kriegman.com /essays/buddhism.html (1559 words)

	Buddhism
		Buddhism is based on a great awareness of suffering and the means of eliminating this suffering.
		Buddhism Diamond Way Australia is part of an international network of Buddhist Meditation Centres that are directed by Lama Ole Nydahl and under the spiritual guidance of the 17th Karmapa Thaye Dorje - the king of the yogis of Tibet.
		Buddhism is a 2500-year-old Eastern spiritual philosophy based upon the teachings of its founder, Shakyamuni Buddha.
	www.australia.christfamilies.com /display1.asp?category=Religion&item=Buddhism (2074 words)

	Search Tuna Report for asoka
		According to legends, after his bloody conquest c BC of the state of Kalinga, Asoka was remorseful for the suffering he had inflicted; accepted Buddhism and abandoned wars of conquest.
		According to legends, after his bloody conquest c BC of the state of Kalinga, Asoka was remorseful for the suffering he had inflicted; accepted Buddhism and abandoned wars of conquest....
		Asoka, grandson of Chandragupta, was one of the first royal patrons of Buddhism....
	www.searchtuna.com /ftlive2/622.html (2074 words)

	Basics of Buddhism
		In Buddhism, desire and ignorance lie at the root of suffering.
		Buddhism is a major global religion with a complex history and system of beliefs.
		Historians estimate that the founder of Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama, lived from 566(?) to 480(?) B.C. The son of an Indian warrior-king, Gautama led an extravagant life through early adulthood, reveling in the privileges of his social caste.
	www.pbs.org /edens/thailand/buddhism.htm (942 words)

	Godserver Alternative Health and Spiritual Directory: World Religions: Buddhism
		"Buddhism: A religion of Eastern and Central Asia growing out of the teachings of Gautama Buddha that suffering is inherent in life and that one can be liberated from it by mental and moral self-purification.
		Originating as a monastic movement within the dominant Brahman tradition of the day, Buddhism quickly developed in a distinctive direction.
		Alms: In Buddhism, the offering of food to monks on their daily rounds and the donation of goods and money to the monasteries."
	www.godserver.com /buddhism.shtml (997 words)

	Zen
		Zen thereby shows its continuity with the original idea of the Indian philosopher and founder of Buddhism, Gautama Buddha, that suffering is the result of grasping desire, for it holds that the mind and feelings frustrate their own proper functioning when they cling deliberately to the world of experience.
		Zen and Ch'an are, respectively, the Japanese and Chinese ways of pronouncing the Sanskrit term dhyana, which designates a state of mind roughly equivalent to contemplation or meditation, although without the static and passive sense that these words sometimes convey.
		Zen has had a strong influence upon Far Eastern arts and crafts because its point of view is connected with action rather than theory and with direct vision of nature rather than interpretation.
	www.connect.net /ron/zen.html (941 words)

	Transcripts
		ALEX VAN OSS: Poet Allen Ginsberg was a student of Tibetan Buddhism who often wove traditional teaches about suffering, impermanence, and death into his songs and verse.
		And Tibetan Buddhism seems to be attractive to growing numbers of Americans who find the belief comforting when illness and death loom near.
		Rebirth is a basic tenet of Tibetan Buddhism, which has seized public attention as a result of several recent movies and rock concerts.
	www.npr.org /programs/death/980110.death.html (2012 words)

	Green Tara and White Tara - Feminist Ideals in Buddhist Art
		The word Tara itself is derived from the root 'tri' (to cross), hence the implied meaning:' the one who enables living beings to cross the Ocean of Existence and Suffering'.
		The story of Tara's origin, according to the Tara Tantra, recounts that aeons ago she was born as a king's daughter.
		Thus traditionally whereas the Green Tara is visualized as young girl having a mischievous and playful nature, the White Tara is represented as a mature woman, full-breasted and wise.
	www.exoticindiaart.com /tara.htm (1549 words)

	Basics of Buddhism
		In Buddhism, desire and ignorance lie at the root of suffering.
		Buddhism is a major global religion with a complex history and system of beliefs.
		Historians estimate that the founder of Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama, lived from 566(?) to 480(?) B.C. The son of an Indian warrior-king, Gautama led an extravagant life through early adulthood, reveling in the privileges of his social caste.
	www.pbs.org /edens/thailand/buddhism.htm (942 words)

	Wake Up!
		Similarly, Buddhism teaches that the suffering of human beings is dependent upon a cycle of ignorance and desire which locks humans into a repetitive cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
		Neo is overtly constructed as a Jesus figure: he is "the One" who was prophesied to return again to the Matrix, who has the power the change the Matrix from within (i.e., to work miracles), who battles the representatives of evil and who is killed but comes to life again.
		Neo's apartment number is 101, symbolizing both computer code (written in 1s and 0s) and his role as "the One." Near the end of the film, 303 is the number of the apartment that he enters and exits in his death / resurrection scene, evoking the Trinity.
	whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com /rl_cmp/new_phil_wakeup.html (7572 words)

	Mahayana Buddhism
		Mahayana Buddhism is based on sophisticated metaphysical speculations regarding the nature of Reality (shunyata), or Enlightenment (sambodhi, prajna) and of the Buddha (Trikaya).
		This conception, central to Mahayana school, developed from the original idea of one who defers the "ultimate goal" of nirvana (extinction) in order to return to the world of suffering again and again for the sake of sentient beings.
		Mahayana Buddhism spread northeast from India into China (1st century A.D.), and from there into Tibet and Korea, and from Korea into Japan.
	www.kheper.net /topics/Buddhism/Mahayana.htm (612 words)

	Buddhism -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		While it is impossible to escape one's ((Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation) karma or the effects caused by previous thoughts, words and deeds, it is possible to avoid the suffering that comes from it by becoming enlightened.
		Buddhism thus has more in common with Western ((philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience) empiricism, ((philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value) pragmatism, and (Click link for more info and facts about anti-foundationalism) anti-foundationalism than it does with nihilism per se.
		However, Buddhism there was supplanted by the introduction of (The monotheistic religion of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran) Islam around (The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100) 1000.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bu/buddhism.htm (7183 words)

	Engaged Buddhism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Since then, the term continues to apply to Buddhists who are seeking ways to apply the insights from meditation practice and dharma teachings to situations of social, political, and economic suffering and injustice.
		Engaged Buddhism is a term originally coined by Vietnamese Zen Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh.
		Organizations such as the Buddhist Peace Fellowship and the International Network of Engaged Buddhists are devoted to building the movement of engaged Buddhists.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Engaged_Buddhism (7183 words)

	Dancing Demons - Ceremonial Masks of Mongolia
		Buddhism, one of the world’s oldest and most widespread religions, derives from the Buddha, who was born a prince named Siddhartha Gautama in what is now Nepal in 563 B.C.E. As a young man, Siddhartha renounced his princely life and set out to find the cause of human suffering.
		Buddhism, with its all-inclusive, systematic vision of the world and its well-administered hierarchical structure had many points in its favor to make it more practical and attractive in the eyes of conquerors than the unstructured shamanism in which they were raised.
		Mongolian Buddhism was at this time was a religion imposed from above by the court and was probably restricted to elite strata of Mongol society.
	www.asiasociety.org /arts/mongolia/buddha.html (7183 words)

	Advayavada Buddhism Information Center - Amsterdam
		Advayavada Buddhism indeed considers progress (pratipada, patipada) as the fourth sign of being, this next to the impermanence and the selflessness of all things and the universality of suffering in the world, which are the three signs or marks of being traditionally taught in Buddhism.
		Buddhism is a collective name for the diverse philosophical, esoteric and religious beliefs that are derived from the way of liberation taught, in the 6th century B.C., by the North-Indian prince Siddhartha Gautama, called the Buddha, which means the Awakened or Enlightened One.
		Buddhism must therefore be understood as a 'way of reconciliation' with the whole of existence just right as it is, i.e.
	www.euronet.nl /~advaya (7183 words)

	Overview of Buddhism
		Buddhism also claims that it is designed to do away with suffering.
		Buddhism was popular in India for several centuries until it was driven out by "reformed" Hinduism and the new Muslim faith.
		Buddhism claims that wherever it has gone it has raised the ethics of people, promoting honesty, sexual morality, and sobriety.
	www.familybible.org /Teaching/Religions/Buddhism.htm (7183 words)

	WAiB - Female Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
		Unlike the green form of this deity, White Tara has seven eyes -- one in each hand and foot, and a third eye on her face -- to show that she sees and responds to suffering throughout the universe; and she sits in full lotus posture.
		Samantabhadri (Kuntuzangmo in Tibetan) is the consort and female counterpart of Samantabhadra/Kuntuzangpo, the primordial Buddha of the older schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
		This white-coloured deity, a form of Tara, is a female counterpart of the thousand-armed form of Avalokiteshvara.
	members.tripod.com /~Lhamo/9deity.htm (4278 words)

	Tara - Land of Medicine Buddha - A Center for Healing & Developing a Good Heart
		Usually Tara connotes liberating or releasing us from the suffering of the three lower realms, the general sufferings of samsara and the bondage of nirvana, the blissful state of peace.
		All 21 Taras have one face and two hands: in there right hands, upon the palm of their girt-bestowing gestures, the hold the flasks that accomplish their various active functions, and with their left hands they hold a lotus flower.
		Tara is the female Buddha of Enlightened Activity of which there are 4 types: pacifying, increasing, overpowering and wrathful.
	www.medicinebuddha.org /tara.htm (2715 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions About Buddhism
		In Buddhism this truth is nibbana, the hallmark of the cessation of suffering and stress, a truth of utter transcendence that stands in singular distinction from anything we might encounter in our ordinary sensory experience.
		In taking refuge in the Sangha, we set our inner sights on the ideal community of Noble Ones (ariya-sangha) — those monks, nuns, laywomen, and laymen who, throughout history, have by their own diligent efforts successfully carried out the Buddha's instructions and gained at least a glimpse of the supreme happiness of nibbana.
		Instead, Buddhism calls for us to hoist ourselves up by our own bootstraps: to develop the discernment we need to distinguish between those qualities within us that are unwholesome and those that are truly noble and good, and to learn how to nourish the good ones and expunge the bad.
	www.accesstoinsight.org /bfaq.html (2715 words)

	Tsechen Samdrup Ling / Kyegu Buddhist Institute - Eight Lectures Page
		Buddhism starts when we discover how burdensome and feverish life is, and how precarious our embodied state of living is. Once we're here there's no stopping the decay of the body, and its going to hurt like hell.
		In the context of refuge, it is the fear of rebirth and suffering.
		What Buddhism provides is relief from this fear, by training the mind in a way of relating to the world that cheerfully accepts the fact of change and the inevitability of death.
	www.kbi.org.au /frames/practice.html (2715 words)

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