Buddhism

Buddhism

1. The Noble Eightfold Path

   • RIght Meditation
     • Training the mind to be calm
   • Right Action
     • Living an ethical life
   • Right Speech
     • Speaking in a positive way
   • Right Awareness
     • Fully aware of yourself and others
   • Right Vision
     • Understanding that everything changes
   • Right Emotion
     • Whole hearted commitment
   • Right Livelihood
     • Doesn't harm others

2. Nibbana

   • Experiencing peace of Nibbana
   • Enlightenment
     • The point in which you understand the true meaning of life
   • You realise that everything changes constantly
   • Samsara
     • life-death-rebirth
   • Over come desires
   • Karma
     • If you have good karma you are closer to achieving Moksha (and then Nibbana)
     • Actions that infuence one's future. The law of cause+effect
   • Buddhist spend their lives trying to acheive Nibbana
     • Because the Buddha did

3. The Three Universal Truths

   • Dukkha
     • Everything changes
     • Life is continuously changing
   • Anicca
     • Energy=Matter
     • Nothing is lost
   • Anatta
     • Continuous Changes (in science etc)
     • Laws of causes and effects

4. Meditation

   • Feeling of inner peace
   • Zen
   • Relax the mind
     • In an empty room with no talking
       • Maybe with instrumental music
   • To go into their own zone
     • To release their feelings and thoughts
   • To clear their mind
   • After meditating
     • Gone from heavy to relaxed
     • May zone out
     • Good experience
     • Feeling calm and light