Hinduism Buddihsim_en_removed (4).pdf

Big Three Mahayana vs Theravada vs Tibetan Buddhism Theravada Buddhism: Emphasizes living the right life by accumulating right words and actions. Emphasizes the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. No original bhikkhus (Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, etc.; Vietnam is Mahayana) Mahayana Buddhism...

Big Three Mahayana vs Theravada vs Tibetan Buddhism Theravada Buddhism: Emphasizes living the right life by accumulating right words and actions. Emphasizes the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. No original bhikkhus (Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, etc.; Vietnam is Mahayana) Mahayana Buddhism: Emphasizes compassion to help others. Emphasizes the idea of bodhisattvas (saints who delayed or renounced enlightenment in order to save sentient beings). Buddha means "enlightened one," so everyone can theoretically ultimately become a Buddha (countries with Chinese character cultures) Tibetan Buddhism (Tibet, Mongolia): Lama (bla ma) means 'highest being, superior being'. A paraphrase of the Sanskrit word 'guru', meaning 'teacher'. Teacheroriented. Mystical. Ultimate Goal Liberation from suffering. Anatman (無我, Not-Self): The foundation of Buddhist thought→ “It starts with realizing that "everything changes.” Atman - real self Anatman - non self Suffering occurs when something you thought was "mine(that which I can control over)" is "out of your control" due to an accident or the passage of time. Accept that things that were once "mine" will one day not be "mine.” Core Concepts Tamjinchi: The three vices of greed, anger, and foolishness, which we must guard against to avoid falling into suffering. Meditation(samādhi): The ultimate thing you can do to get out of suffering; "A level-headedness that doesn't favor or disfavor” “When you feel something, don't put a 'favorite' on it, and don't 'hang on' to 'wanting' to do only what you like. 'I realized' that by being constantly alert to what my mind is doing and the flow of my emotions, I no longer think of anything as 'good' or 'bad' when I see it.” Core Concepts Emptiness (or Voidness): a fundamental tenet of Buddhism that all things, including human beings, are caused by direct causes and indirect causes are caused by karma, that is, they are subject to change and have no fixed or immutable existence. [Emptiness does not mean "everything is meaningless" because all value judgments depend on relative standards, but rather "anything can be anything" because it can be viewed differently depending on relative standards.]